City Tour: Queer Stories

Stories of Struggle, Love, and Community in The Hague

During Coming Out Week, join us on Thursday, October 9, for a queer history city tour through The Hague. Hear stories from the city’s rich queer past. Where and how did men meet in the 18th century? Where were the gay and queer bars of the 1970s and 1980s? Who fought for equal rights for queer people in the 20th century? What and who do we commemorate at the International LGBTQ+ Monument at the Koekamp?

Learn about the victims of the 1730 sodomy persecutions, as well as the women and men of color from The Hague who established their own organizations 40 years ago to fight racism and queer discrimination. Discover the forms of resistance queer people engaged in during World War II. The tour focuses on historical queer stories while also highlighting places important to the queer community today.

Join us for a fun and informative walk! We’ll start at 15:30 from The Hague University of Applied Sciences and conclude the tour around 17:00 at the Grote Markt.

Guides

The tour will be led by Marieke Kroneman, lecturer for the Minor in Sexuality and Diversity, and Oskar Oonk, a master’s student in Architectural History at the University of Amsterdam and a queer storyteller.

Marieke loves browsing through biographies, novels and stories of courageous women and queer people from The Hague. "I collect and pass on the personal histories from those who contributed to queer emancipation in The Hague."

Oskar is a story teller and aspiring architectural historian. He focuses on uncovering the queer history of The Hague, with a particular interest in the queer nightlife scene of the 1960s and 1970s.