Utrechtenaren – Portraits of Queer Life and Activism

1659-1738Frederik Adriaan van Renswoude
Utrecht nobleman and regent

1762-1843Petronella Moens
Blind Writer

1861-1913Johan Hendrik Ram
Officer and friend of Louis Couperus

1893-1976Marie Anne Tellegen
Unconventional individualist and resistance hero

1917-1974Wim Sonneveld
Entertainer, singer and actor

1920-1978Sonja Witstein
COC board member and professor of literature

1929-2008Dirkje Kuik
Writer, artist and trans woman

1931-1994Ien Dales
Labour politician and advocate for equal rights

1941Gea Zijlstra
Biologist and Christian activist

1943-2006Robert Long
versatile artist and activist

1943-1992Hans Rosenberg
Utrecht governor

1945-2005Anna Wies Rypkema
Reformed Student Pastor

1946-2010Sylvia Bodnár
Lesbian icon

1950Gloria Wekker
Intersectional thinker

1951Judith Schuyf
Historian, archaeologist and LGBTQIA+ activist

1955Boris Dittrich
Activist, politician and writer

1957Frank Vos
Gay activist and co-founder of Act Up Utrecht

1963Maxim Februari
Philosopher, writer, and lawyer

1975Claudia de Breij
Comedian, singer, writer and VIP

1983Mariken Heitman
Writer, biologist and gardener

1987Jeffrey Wammes
Top athlete and pride ambassador

1990-2020Saïd Zankoua
Nurse and victim of homophobic violence

1992Shanice van de Sanden
Football player

1993Pim Lammers
Children's book writer and poet