All Posts 2019

Come and join the contest and become the first Mr. Mrs. Mx. Queer Base in history The event takes place on the 1st of June 2019 and we open the doors at 8pm that evening. The program will start at 10pm. At Eloa, Gertrude-Fröhlich-Sandnerstraße 3 1100 Wien (2 minutes from the main trainstation) If you…

In cooperation with Wiener Festwochen Queer Base organises the event “City as Queer” and questions Western notion of Queer Life in the global south. Addis Ababa, Damascus, Kampala – lesbians, gays, bisexuals, transpeople and interpersons organise an emancipatory underground and hold a Picnic for Unlearning Western concepts of queer life in the global South. The…

Standing up for freedom and equality isn’t something that happens only “in spirit” of solidarity Why being awarded the MigAward 2018 means something special. The goal of the integration week and of the MigAward is to set a sign of positive, peaceful coexistence of the people living in Austria. Austria has always been a country…

The situation in Austria is truly serious! Not only because things have been so difficult for us, but because until now there has been too little dissent and contradiction to effectively counter dangerous trends occurring in Austrian politics and society. When various Pride events are again held over the next weeks, then we can very…

Bild: Queer Base, visiting Andrea Braidt, Vice Rector of the Academy of Fine Arts Photo: Viktor Brázdil © Academy of Fine Arts Vienna Pride Month is drawing to a close, and we can look back on an intense year. The intensity comes not only from the incomprehensible, negative decisions on asylum, but also applies to…

Queer Base – a human rights necessity Laudatio on the occasion of the awarding of the Bruno Kreisky Prize for Human Rights 2017 June 9, 2017, Ceremonial Room of the National Library by Marianne Schulze Talking about Queer Base, making clear the urgency in terms of human rights of the association’s work, means first of…

Solidarity is a weapon—let’s us it! Queer Base is horrified at the recent intensification of violence against LGBTIQ people in the Russian Republic of Chechen Republic. Forty people have been imprisoned due to their sexual orientation or their non-conforming gender identity. Unfortunately, it must be assumed that two people have been murdered. As already with…