Gisela Necker
Gisela Necker (born November 10, 1932 ; died June 24, 2011 in Berlin ) was a Berlin activist of the lesbian movement since the early 1970s.
As part of the West Berlin homosexual campaign , she was co-founder of their first lesbian group, later also co-founder of the West Berlin Lesbian Action Center and was involved in the creation of the Spinnboden archive .
Life
Necker was born in East Germany and grew up as an orphan. In the GDR she worked as a teacher , but went to West Germany in 1959 .
activism
Necker lived in Berlin and joined the beginning lesbian and gay movement there. As part of the West Berlin homosexual campaign , she founded their first lesbian group. From this group, the lesbian archive Spinnboden was founded in 1974. Necker was also involved in founding the West Berlin Women's Center and the West Berlin Lesbian Action Center .
proof
- ↑ a b 1950-72 Lesbian Life before Liberation | Berlin Goes Feminist ( en-US ) Retrieved February 20, 2019.
- ↑ Friederike Mehl: About Lesbian Action Center West Berlin (LAZ) ( German ) Digital German Women's Archive. Retrieved March 5, 2019.
- ↑ Spinnboden | visitBerlin.de . In: www.visitberlin.de . Retrieved February 20, 2019.
- ↑ Spinnboden: Gisela Necker . In: www.spinnboden.de . Retrieved February 20, 2019.
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SURNAME | Necker, Gisela |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German activist of the lesbian movement |
DATE OF BIRTH | November 10, 1932 |
DATE OF DEATH | June 24, 2011 |
Place of death | Berlin |