Conference Kyev

Public Round table “Anti-gender movements, nationalist and conservative attack on the rights of women and minorities: Ukrainian realities and international experience” During the round table we will talk about the challenges faced by LGBTQI and women’s movement in Ukraine, the conservative discourse, the nationalist and religious components in it. Why is gender equality in Ukraine […]

Keynote speakers Monica Benicio and Phyll Opoku-Gyimah open the conference!

This panel is specifically dedicated to the Eastern Europe and Central Asia, and we will discuss different and/or similar lesbian* living realities and activists’ challenges in this region and in six specific countries.

Artivism and lesbian gestures to improve your QueerSuperPower!

Come and hear from great lesbians how they conduct their love and sex life!

This session will welcome fabulous media activists and lesbian journalists from Brazil, France, Hungary, Ukraine, the Netherlands and Germany. The activists will tell us how they managed to make sure the media cover some issues related to lesbian rights and activism. The lesbian journalists will explain how to survive as a lesbian journalist in a […]

Wellbeing Legal Advocacy Youth Fundraising

An international overview of the movements making this world dyker

How to turn digital analysis of discriminations into positive speeches

How does heteronormativity influence lesbian relationships? How does heteronormativity work in the public sphere? And what are the effects on our intimacies? Lesbians grow up in a patriarchal culture and internalise its misogyny and values. Psychological violence in the forms of jealousy and control often become a feature of our intimate relationships even if we […]

How to turn digital analysis of discriminations into positive speeches

As we organise and shape our movement, we luckily have a lot of expertise and skills to draw from. Be it for the much-needed data collection on our lives and experiences, the unveiling of our realities, struggles and loves through art, or the carving of space in the political arena, and pushing of our voices […]

Let’s talk about feminist porn baby! Feminists have long engaged with the issue of pornography and it´s still a heated issue today. This is why we will start by discussing the history of feminist debates around pornography as well as the emergence and development of lesbian and feminist pornography. What is feminist porn and where […]

Why should we include animal liberation in our struggle for human liberation? Coming from an (eco-)feminist and LGBTQIA* perspective, we will investigate interconnections of oppression with a focus on non-human animals, whilst also addressing links with other forms of oppression and discrimination. We draw from previous research, theorizing, and personal accounts, to explore how the […]

This workshop will explore the reclamation of dark public and natural space as socially and culturally constructed and perceived as ‘unsafe’ for women and queer folks. This workshop takes this as a starting point to discuss, gendered social experience; gendered experience of public place; queer experiences of public space; gendered experience of mental health; LGBTQI […]

Lesbian and LGBTQI visibility seem to be on the rise in many countries. Prides are developping almost everywhere. But does this mean that we can be satisfied? We want to raise some uncomfortable but important questions: Are prides really political events that are useful for lesbian struggles or do they sometimes mainly serve commercial purposes, […]

The L word (law, of course!) is fundamental to defend the rights of LBQ women and activists. Legal means can be an effective way to fight discrimination, make our voice heard and mobilise our communities. Our lesbian geniuses, lawyers and human rights advocates, will discuss legal advocacy and strategic litigation from different countries, jurisdictions and […]

Stories of violence and resilience from office to street, from childhood to death

The arts of telling our lives

A workshop about the different economical models and the ressources available for Lesbian mouvements and how to improve the situation.

Examples from Spanish and Russian researchers

Uniformed lesbian* police officers from The Netherlands and France will speak on their national LGBT+ police organizations and about the overall coordinating EGPA (i.e. European LGBT Police Association). The goal is to inform women* participating in the EL*C about their respective possibilities of contacting LGBT liaison officers in their home country should they encounter hostility […]

KEY WORDS Threats. Challenges. Danger. Fight back.

Age power structures and youth empowerment in the lesbian movement.

Inspiring protest actions from lesbians facing the anti-gender movement on the ground

To Be Lesbian. What does it mean? There are so many “rules” how a lesbian should be like. Stereotypes and mythos live not only inside the society but also inside the lgbt-community. Some of the stereotypes are positive. Strong. Smart. Successful. Other – negative. Alcoholic. Complicated. Conflicted. Stereotypes are stereotypes. Lesbians can be different. We […]

Thanks to the efforts of activists from the region, Central Asia was included into the ILGA Europe, Transgender Europe, and now in EL*C. We deliberately strove for this, since for the activists from the region, it is crucial to recognize common experience, problems and solidarity with the countries of Eastern Europe and other post-Soviet republics. […]

KEY WORDS Identities. Intersectionality. Inclusion. Diversity. Alliances. Lesbian Genius