The Feminist Club Amsterdam
HISTORY OF PRIDE Pride started as a protest against police harassment towards the LGBTQ+ community, in New York City (NYC). The origin of pride is the famous “Stonewall riots” in reference to Stonewall Inn where the uprising happened on June 28, 1969, in NYC. At this period, homosexual relations were only legal in Illinois, USA. […]
By Hana Elramly As of March 2020, the world was hit by a ‘double pandemic’; Covid-19 and a surge in domestic violence cases across the globe. In France, a 30% spike in intimate partner violence (IPV) was documented in 2020. IPV refers to “sexual assault by a current or former intimate partner and includes sexual […]
17 May – International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia (IDAHOTBIT) : This day of awareness about the discriminations against LGBTQ+ people started in 1990 when the World Health Organisation removed homosexuality as a recognised health problem. 19 May – Agender Pride day: this is one of the newest celebration and awareness day of the […]
Disclosure: Trans Lives on Screen (2020) This documentary is a good way to start reflecting on the experiences of trans individuals, and the representation of trans identities in the movie industry. It was created by Sam Feder, Stacy Goldate and Laverne Cox to narrate the history of this representation in cinema. In this documentary, only […]
Written by Juliette R. Trans people exposure has seen a rise in recent years. With her appearance in Orange Is the New Black, Laverne Cox became an international star; Caitlyn Jenner, a member of the popular Kardashian-Jenner family, transitioned; and Netflix launched Pose, a series about the lives of people involved in ballroom culture in […]
Nawal El Saadawi died at the age of 89 on the 21st of March. She is well known for the many feminist books she wrote. She was especially reputed for her fight against female genital mutilation (FGM). She was originally a doctor from Cairo and later became a novelist for some newspapers. In addition, she […]