Utrechtenaren, memorable queer people

Pride Photo 2025
The open-air exhibition Pride Photo 2025 will open on Friday 30 May at 6 pm at the Mariaplaats in Utrecht.

1659-1738 Frederik Adriaan van Renswoude
Utrecht nobleman and regent

1762-1843 Petronella Moens
Blind Writer

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

1893-1976 Marie Anne Tellegen
Unconventional individualist and resistance hero

1917-1974 Wim Sonneveld
Entertainer, singer and actor

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

1929-2008 Dirkje Kuik
Artist and transgender activist

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

1941 Gea Zijlstra
Lesbian and Christian

1943-2006 Robert Long
versatile artist and activist

1943-1992 Hans Rosenberg
Utrecht governor

1946-2010 Sylvia Bodnár
Lesbian icon

1950 Gloria Wekker
Intersectional thinker

1951 Judith Schuyf
Historian, archaeologist and LGBTQIA+ activist

1955 Boris Dittrich
Activist, politician and writer

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

1975 Claudia de Breij
Comedian, singer, writer and VIP

1987Jeffrey Wammes
Top athlete and pride ambassador