News release

Judith Schuyf

28 April 2023

Maurice van Lieshout describes the career of historian, archaeologist and lhbti+ activist Judith Schuyf. She has been fighting for LGBT+ rights all her life.

Judith Schuyf was born in 1951 in The Hague, studied History and Archaeology in Leiden, but has long lived in Utrecht. There she started her career in Historical Geography at Utrecht University. Her involvement in Gay & Lesbian Studies (founded 1982) and her experiences with aggressive young people during the National Pride Day in Amersfoort (also 1982) were the start of her activism that continues to this day.

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