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🏳️🌈 Community of journalists and activists covering queer topics, part of n-ost. Currently working on https://unit.n-ost.org/history-unit/, a project of the “Education Agenda NS-Injustice” funded by the EVZ Foundation and the Federal Ministry of Finance
From secret networks under state watch to the birth of a movement – the four protagonists share how repression bound people together and sparked the queer resistance. unit.n-ost.org/post-war-gay...
Gay Life Under Post-War Persecution In Poland And Germany | Unit | n-ost
Despite post-war persecution in Germany and surveillance in Poland, gay men answered state oppression with solidarity, secretly building the movements we know today.
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October 20, 2025 at 3:08 PM
From secret networks under state watch to the birth of a movement – the four protagonists share how repression bound people together and sparked the queer resistance. unit.n-ost.org/post-war-gay...
How does a lesbian woman lead Germany's anti-LGBTQ+ AfD party? By drawing a sharp line between "homosexual" and "queer" – and history shows she's not the first to use acceptance as a weapon against others still fighting for their rights. unit.n-ost.org/queer-fronts/
'Married, Not Queer': AfD's Weidel Resolves Her Paradox | Unit | n-ost
Alice Weidel resolves the paradox of being a chairwoman of the queer-hostile AfD by distinguishing between ‘homosexual’ and ‘queer’. Divisions are also opening up within the queer community.
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August 16, 2025 at 2:27 PM
How does a lesbian woman lead Germany's anti-LGBTQ+ AfD party? By drawing a sharp line between "homosexual" and "queer" – and history shows she's not the first to use acceptance as a weapon against others still fighting for their rights. unit.n-ost.org/queer-fronts/
“For me, it’s a dream come true. We still don’t have a civil partnership law in Poland, but we now have a museum. For us – the community – and for everyone, for the whole of society.”
Krzysztof Kliszczyński, director of the newly opened QueerMuzeum in Warsaw: unit.n-ost.org/queermuzeum/
Krzysztof Kliszczyński, director of the newly opened QueerMuzeum in Warsaw: unit.n-ost.org/queermuzeum/
First LGTBIQ Museum in Eastern Europe Opens in Warsaw | Unit | n-ost
The QueerMuzeum has opened in Warsaw. It tells of pride, joy and sex, but also of stigmatisation and persecution.
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April 10, 2025 at 4:58 PM
“For me, it’s a dream come true. We still don’t have a civil partnership law in Poland, but we now have a museum. For us – the community – and for everyone, for the whole of society.”
Krzysztof Kliszczyński, director of the newly opened QueerMuzeum in Warsaw: unit.n-ost.org/queermuzeum/
Krzysztof Kliszczyński, director of the newly opened QueerMuzeum in Warsaw: unit.n-ost.org/queermuzeum/
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What stories power our future? Join us as we unpack nuclear narratives in Eastern Europe, the Caucasus and Central Asia.
Discussion with Aliya Vedelikh (Kazakhstan)
When & Where?
• Wednesday, 9 April 2025
• 6-8 pm
• n-ost media hub, Berlin
Register: bit.ly/nuclear-again
#NuclearEnergy #EECCA
Discussion with Aliya Vedelikh (Kazakhstan)
When & Where?
• Wednesday, 9 April 2025
• 6-8 pm
• n-ost media hub, Berlin
Register: bit.ly/nuclear-again
#NuclearEnergy #EECCA
April 2, 2025 at 11:19 AM
What stories power our future? Join us as we unpack nuclear narratives in Eastern Europe, the Caucasus and Central Asia.
Discussion with Aliya Vedelikh (Kazakhstan)
When & Where?
• Wednesday, 9 April 2025
• 6-8 pm
• n-ost media hub, Berlin
Register: bit.ly/nuclear-again
#NuclearEnergy #EECCA
Discussion with Aliya Vedelikh (Kazakhstan)
When & Where?
• Wednesday, 9 April 2025
• 6-8 pm
• n-ost media hub, Berlin
Register: bit.ly/nuclear-again
#NuclearEnergy #EECCA
Amid daily shelling, Kharkiv's queer activists build crucial support networks while fighting for recognition: unit.n-ost.org/kharkivs-lgb...
by Anna Holishevska for @hromadske.bsky.social
by Anna Holishevska for @hromadske.bsky.social
How Kharkiv's LGBTQI Community Fights for Their Rights | Unit | n-ost
A report on queer representation in the Ukrainian Armed Forces, on Prides and aid in times of war
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March 28, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Amid daily shelling, Kharkiv's queer activists build crucial support networks while fighting for recognition: unit.n-ost.org/kharkivs-lgb...
by Anna Holishevska for @hromadske.bsky.social
by Anna Holishevska for @hromadske.bsky.social
Ray shares its journey of self-discovery, self-acceptance, and advocacy for queer rights in Poland: unit.n-ost.org/belarusian-q...
Many thanks to Artur Koldomasov for the original article, and Nash Vybir for publishing it!
Many thanks to Artur Koldomasov for the original article, and Nash Vybir for publishing it!
Story of Belarusian Trans Non-Binary Activist in Catholic Poland | Unit | n-ost
Ray shares its journey of self-discovery, self-acceptance and struggle for queer rights
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March 27, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Ray shares its journey of self-discovery, self-acceptance, and advocacy for queer rights in Poland: unit.n-ost.org/belarusian-q...
Many thanks to Artur Koldomasov for the original article, and Nash Vybir for publishing it!
Many thanks to Artur Koldomasov for the original article, and Nash Vybir for publishing it!
The recognition of the queer victims of the #Holocaust is an ongoing struggle. Sarah Tekath's article looks at this topic in detail: unit.n-ost.org/pink-triangle/
We heartily thank Sarah for this work, as well as Publik-Forum and Deutschlandfunk Kultur for publishing it.
We heartily thank Sarah for this work, as well as Publik-Forum and Deutschlandfunk Kultur for publishing it.
The Prisoners with the Pink Triangle | Unit | n-ost
Among the millions of people murdered by the Nazi regime were thousands of gay men. For a long time, there was no commemoration of them or other queer victims.
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March 24, 2025 at 2:55 PM
The recognition of the queer victims of the #Holocaust is an ongoing struggle. Sarah Tekath's article looks at this topic in detail: unit.n-ost.org/pink-triangle/
We heartily thank Sarah for this work, as well as Publik-Forum and Deutschlandfunk Kultur for publishing it.
We heartily thank Sarah for this work, as well as Publik-Forum and Deutschlandfunk Kultur for publishing it.
📍Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine: 50km from the front line, queer support organizations create safe spaces amid war: unit.n-ost.org/queer-people...
This is the first report in Anna Holishevska's series from wartime Ukraine, originally published on Hromadske. We heartily thank Anna and Hromadske for this work
This is the first report in Anna Holishevska's series from wartime Ukraine, originally published on Hromadske. We heartily thank Anna and Hromadske for this work
How Queer People Live in Frontline Zaporizhzhia | Unit | n-ost
A story from the wartime Ukraine about queer people and the organizations supporting them
unit.n-ost.org
March 7, 2025 at 1:21 PM
📍Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine: 50km from the front line, queer support organizations create safe spaces amid war: unit.n-ost.org/queer-people...
This is the first report in Anna Holishevska's series from wartime Ukraine, originally published on Hromadske. We heartily thank Anna and Hromadske for this work
This is the first report in Anna Holishevska's series from wartime Ukraine, originally published on Hromadske. We heartily thank Anna and Hromadske for this work