Female impersonators between 1880 and 1910
The decades between 1880 and 1910 were both the heyday of male and female impersonators and a period when queer communities were emerging in Malmö.
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Friends of Queer History’s grants awarded to grassroots actors
Friends of Rainbow History awarded grants to ten grassroots actors to promote queer history related activities and build networks. The decisions emphasized the importance to queer history, locality, concrete feasibility,… Read More »Friends of Queer History’s grants awarded to grassroots actors
She was delighted when she heard her name, Erika
Emil Uuttu wrote the play ‘The Lovely Daughter Erika – Notes on a name’ (2023) based on a local story found in the folk poetry collection of the Finnish Literature… Read More »She was delighted when she heard her name, Erika
Queer Jewish Past and Present in Finland
Previous studies have pointed out that while the Finnish Jewish communities have in fact operated as Orthodox over the course of their time, due to the general societal changes, and… Read More »Queer Jewish Past and Present in Finland
International glimpses of Finnish trans activism in the 1990s
As the international history of trans activism originating from Finland has barely been researched, Dreamwear Club has usually been examined only from the national perspective. In their research, Jean Lukkarinen… Read More »International glimpses of Finnish trans activism in the 1990s