The Forum Queeres Archiv München (English: Forum Queer Archive Munich - LGBTIQ* in History and Culture) in Munich, Germany, is an association and archive with collections focusing on LGBTQ+ history and culture in Munich, Bavaria and Germany.[1] It opened in 1999 and was named forum homosexualität münchen – Lesben und Schwule in Geschichte und Kultur e.V. till 2019.[2]
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| Established | 1999  (25 years ago) |
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| Types | Queer community archives |
| Country | Germany |
| Coordinates | 48°08′18″N 11°33′11″E / 48.1383325°N 11.5529736°E |
| Membership | 80 (2024) |
Archive
editThe archive collects documents of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex people: private documents, diaries, photo albums and self-created collections of newspaper articles etc., who "have extraordinary significance to cultural history and are not only worthy but important to preserve."[3] The archive in Munich thus followed similar organizations in Berlin and Cologne.[4] The aim of the archive is "to conserve the past of the LGBTIQ* community in and around Munich and to make it accessible to the public".[5] Currently their library consists of about 3600 volumes, which includes research literature on sociology, history, AIDS and queer studies as well as biographies, coming-out literature, novels, poetry etc. They also possess rare, out-of-print literature of the early women’s/lesbian and gay movement and numerous publications from the time of Magnus Hirschfeld. Approximately 220 magazines with more than 10,000 copies from the 1920s until today,[6] 1,100 video cassettes, DVDs and CDs[7] and 850 posters[8] complete their collection.
Research produced with the help of the Forum's holdings focuses, for example, on the experiences of homosexuals after the Holocaust.[9] In October 2019 members of the Forum formed a research group to investigate the life and work of German painter Paul Hoecker[10] and digitalized a part of the family owned estate of him, which is now located at the Forum.[11]
Cooperations
editThe Forum Queeres Archiv München cooperated with the Munich Stadtmuseum and the Stadtarchiv Munich.[12] Since 2019 they jointly launched an appeal to collect objects and documents relating to Munich City’s LGBTI+ history, past and present.[13]
Publications
editThe results of researching the queer past of Munich and beyond are published by the Forum in two different series of publications: In the series Splitter they examine historical and socio-historical topics and present biographies of historical personalities. In the biographical series Lebensgeschichte (English: Personal histories) they publish autobiographical texts and contemporary witness interviews with LGBTIQ* people. In addition, they also publish artist's books featuring materials from their archive.[14]
English-language publications
edit- Splitter 14: Philipp Gufler (ed.): I WANNA GIVE YOU DEVOTION [The poster collection of the Forum Queeres Archiv München]. Munich, 2015 (co-published by Hammann von Mier, Munich), ISBN 978-3-947250-06-6
- Splitter 17: Philipp Gufler (ed.): Projection on the Crisis. Gauweilereien in Munich. Munich, 2021 (co-published by Hammann Von Mier, Munich), ISBN 978-3-935227-24-7
- Philipp Gufler: Quilt #01 – #30, Hammann von Mier, Munich München 2020, ISBN 978-3-947250-27-1
Events
editThe Forum Queeres Archiv München organises city tours, readings, lectures, Erzählcafés (public talks with older queer people), historical exhibitions provide information on LGBTIQ* topics and personalities and art exhibitions.[15] Recently they organized lectures about the attack on Magnus Hirschfeld in 1920 in Munich in collaboration with the Munich Documentation Centre for the History of National Socialism,[16] and about the work and life of Munich-based artist Lorenza Böttner in collaboration with the artist-run space Lothringer13_Florida.[17]
References
edit- ^ "About us". Forum Queeres Archiv München e.V. Retrieved 2020-12-17.
- ^ Gufler, Philipp (2014). Projektion auf die Krise (Gauweilereien in München). Munich: Hammann Von Mier Verlag. pp. 68–69.
- ^ "Archive". Forum Queeres Archiv München e.V. Retrieved 2020-12-21.
- ^ Könne, Christian (2018-09-07). "Homosexuelle und die Bundesrepublik Deutschland. Gleichberechtigte Mitmenschen?". Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung. Retrieved 2021-01-07.
- ^ "Archive". Forum Queeres Archiv München e.V. Retrieved 2020-12-18.
- ^ "Library". Forum Queeres Archiv München e.V. Retrieved 2020-12-18.
- ^ "Video and Audio". Forum Queeres Archiv München e.V. Retrieved 2020-12-18.
- ^ "Poster". Forum Queeres Archiv München e.V. Retrieved 2020-12-18.
- ^ Newsome, W. Jake (2016). Homosexuals After the Holocaust: Sexual Citizenship and the Politics of Memory in Germany and the United States, 1945 – 2008 (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-02-13. Retrieved 2021-01-07.
- ^ Müller, Bernd (2020-09-01). "Forschungsgruppe startet. Unbekanntes Genie". Leo. p. 10. Retrieved 2020-12-25.
- ^ "Estate of Paul Hoecker". Forum Queeres Archiv München e.V. 2020-09-22. Retrieved 2020-12-18.
- ^ "Munich probes into its LGBTI+ history". Münchner Stadtmuseum. Retrieved 2020-12-18.
- ^ Richter, Ricarda (2020-02-25). "Münchens queere Seite". Süddeutsche Zeitung. Retrieved 2020-12-21.
- ^ "Publications". Forum Queeres Archiv München e.V. Retrieved 2020-12-17.
- ^ "Events". Forum Queeres Archiv München e.V. Retrieved 2020-12-18.
- ^ Redaktion (2020-10-04). "Heute vor 100 Jahren: Rechtsextremer Anschlag auf Magnus Hirschfeld". männer*. Retrieved 2020-12-25.
- ^ "Lorenza Böttner – FLORIDA Lothringer 13". 16 September 2019. Retrieved 2020-12-25.
External links
edit- Forum Queeres Archive München website
- Munich probes into its LGBTI+ history by the Munich Stadtmuseum, Stadtarchiv Munich and the Forum