Gender identity & sexual orientation: series of events in winter 2024
To mark the annual Coming Out Day, the Central Equal Opportunities Officer and the AStA Equal Opportunities Officer at Paderborn University are inviting interested parties to a small series of events.
Together with the state project "blick* zu LSBTIQ* Strukturen im ländlichen Raum", they are offering three different events in winter 2024 that deal with the topics of gender identity and sexual orientation and are intended to open up exciting insights and new perspectives for all interested parties.
Attention: Date postponement!
Please note: Event no. 2, the reading with author Crimson K., unfortunately has to be postponed from the 26th of February 2024 to the 8th of March 2024.
The venue (Paderborn City Library) and time ( 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm) remain unaffected. All further events in the series will take place as planned on the 24th of January and the 6th of February 2024.
The events at a glance
Event type: Live talk
Date: 24th of January 2024 (7 pm)
Speaker: Leonie aka FrauLöwenherz (she/her) @frauloewenherz.de
Location: GWLB - Gewölbe unter dem Marienplatz (Marienpl. 18, 33098 Paderborn)
Leonie a.k.a. Frau Löwenherz has become an integral part of the German LGBTQIA+ community on social media. In just two years, she has built up a national and international audience that appreciates her views on current and historical topics relating to queerness, feminism and intersectional representation. She is particularly active on TikTok and Instagram. She is a true all-rounder on these platforms and inspires with analyses, educational videos and private stories. She always remains authentic, loud and courageous. This gives queer journalism a voice.
Event type: Author reading
Date: 08th of March 2024 (6 pm)
Speaker: Crimson K.
Location: City Library Paderborn (Am Rothoborn 1, 33098 Paderborn)
Crimson K., born in Berlin in 2000, self-published her debut novel 'Brown Eyed' in 2023. The author writes contemporary romance novels with BiPOC characters to give these people more attention in the world of literature.
Brown Eyed is a love story between two boys, Jayson Young and Levi Phan. For both of them, it is the first time they have fallen in love with a boy. With this book, the author wants to remind us that homosexuality does not only occur in one nationality.
The reading will be accompanied by a discussion between the author Crimson K. and Charlotte Kaiser from the state project blick*. One of the topics will be the importance of the visibility of multiple nationalities. What constitutes role models (even in adolescence)? Which role models do we wish we had when we were growing up? Which ones do we still wish for, and have some wishes perhaps already been fulfilled?
Event type: Interactive online lecture with Q&A on the topic of "Gender diversity at the university - challenges & opportunities"
Date: 06th of February 2024 (04.30 pm)
Speaker: Né Fink
Location: digital
Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89612071689?pwd=T0JzSDJ4eTd4a1YrTm1hNHVXSjVXdz09
Meeting-ID: 896 1207 1689
Kenncode: 648196
Né Fink is a systemic counsellor and trainer for gender diversity. Dey ( pronoun) has been a volunteer trans* counsellor at Trans* Beratung Göttingen since 2016, has a Master's degree in Gender & Ethnicity and coordinated the pilot project: "Support for trans* students" at Georg-August-Universität Göttingen.
In the online lecture offered, terms that often appear in connection with gender diversity, such as inter*, trans*, diverse and abinary, are explained in an easily understandable way. What experiences do trans* and abinary people actually have in the academic context? What challenges and opportunities arise from gender diversity at university? In addition to these questions, the lecture will also look at which structural conditions reinforce or mitigate discrimination against trans* and abinary students and how a natural, competent and professional approach can be achieved in personal encounters.
