Queer as German Folk

The project Queer as German Folk takes the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Uprisings as an occasion to examine the current status of the gender diversity discourse on the basis of the history of the Queer Movement. It focuses in particular on the German LGBTQI* movements generated by the respective civil societies. It is also intended to correct historical perspectives and to question a traditional cis white male narrative.

In the participating Goethe-Instituts in Montreal, Toronto, Chicago, New York, Washington, San Francisco and Mexico City, as well as the Goethe-Zentrum Guadalajara, the centerpiece of the commemorative event series is an exhibition developed in collaboration with the Schwules Museum, Berlin. With approximately 100 objects, it is intended to create a space of experience that allows visitors to learn about the history and present of movement.

In addition to the exhibition, the project in New York includes the Queer Kino film series at Quad Cinema and Queer Resistance at The Center, one of four itinerant panels hosted in Toronto, Mexico City, and Berlin.

Queer as German Folk is a project of the Goethe-Institut North America in collaboration with the Schwules Museum, Berlin, and the German Federal Agency for Civic Education.