Stories from Utrecht’s queer history
Sodomites as scapegoats
The sodomite persecution of 1730 marked a turning point because the ‘silent sin’ was no longer hidden from the general public.
From sodomite to homosexual
In the 19th century a whole procession of experts were looking for explanations for deviant sexual behaviour.
Utrecht's victims of discriminatory criminal law
It is no longer possible to retrieve how many gay men and lesbian women in Utrecht have fallen victim to art. 248bis of the Criminal Code.
1949-1979 Changing times
Following the example of the church, science and government, most Dutch people in the post-war period regarded homosexuality as a sin, disease or crime.
The Tragedy of a Human Life
In the 'realistic novel' 'Men who are 'different'' its from 1963 the author uses the 1960s setting of Utrecht to make the story as realistic as possible.
Atalanta
Around 1980, Rymke Wiersma and Weia Reinboud started the anarcha feminist printing and publishing house Atalanta.