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Roma x Queer. Roma x Trans. Roma x Lesbian. Roma x Inter. Roma x Gay. Roma x Bisexual

Staying visible where others want to erase you. In times when trans*, queer and racialised bodies are once again becoming a projection surface for political fear fantasies, visibility is a survival strategy. And a form of power.



BARE Lebenswelten #1: IDAHOBIT trifft Roma Resistance Day Edition brings together voices, messages, texts and perspectives of Rom*nja who are queer, trans, non-binary or simply unclassifiable.


This first edition of Lebenswelten is loud – not despite but because of the violence and erasure (of any kind) that many experience: in the family, in the housing market, in the asylum system, in the media,in academia, in arts and in the healthcare system.


They show what is often ignored: That Queer Roma live and fight. And love – as memory and future. That the narrative that Roma* are “traditionally” queer-hostile is not only colonial, but dangerous.This event is also a space of care and collective resistance – of all those who are not invited in the room but stubbornly keep going against all odds.


Panel Discussion with:

* Joschla Melanie Weiß – Co-founder of the Rom*nja Power Theater Collective, Actress
* Vera Kurtić – Author of Džuvljarke: Roma Lesbian Existence
* Dr. Dezső Máté – Writer, Romani Rose PostDoc Researcher
* Patricia – Drag Performer, Trans Activist


Music: Lazlorrobot Homorrobot


Film Screening: Narrow Path to Happiness, directed by Kata Oláh, HU 2023


Moderation: Cat Jugravu


Languages: EN/GER
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Dates
May 2025
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