Internationaal Homo / Lesbian Informatiecentrum en Archief

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Your own . A sheet for everyone and nobody , March 3, 1896, Adolf Brand's Verlag, Berlin-Wilhelmshagen. 12 pages. The world's first gay magazine, Collection IHLIA LGBT Heritage, Amsterdam.

The Dutch Internationaal Homo / Lesbian Informatiecentrum en Archief (German: Internationales Homo / Lesbisches Informationszentrum und Archiv , IHLIA) is a foundation and has existed since 2000. It is the largest information center of its kind in Europe. IHLIA initially had offices in Amsterdam and Leeuwarden , but the latter was closed in 2013.

history

IHLIA reading room in the public library in Amsterdam
The pink bookshelf in the reading room at IHLIA.

The IHLIA was created in 2000 through mergers with Amsterdam Homodok , Lesbisch Archief Amsterdam and Lesbisch Archief Leeuwarden . On the basis of these connections, an extensive library and archive, as well as an information and documentation center for LGBT (English abbreviation for: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans . German: Lesbian , Homosexual , Bisexuality , Transgender / Transsexuality ) was created. In Amsterdam the documentation center is in the public library (“Openbare Bibliotheek Amsterdam”, OBA).

As early as 1971 the University of Amsterdam (UvA) had set up a department for homosexual studies ("Homostudies") with the aim of presenting the history of homosexuality. In the later years the Homostudies department of the UvA merged with the Archief en Documentatiecentrum van Homosexualität , the Homodok and the Lesbisch Archief Amsterdam , which led to the establishment of IHLIA in 2000.

The library and archive contain more than 100,000 publications: books, magazines, videos, documentations, brochures, posters and papers. The stocks are not loaned out. Interested parties can make copies and, on request, IHLIA will also compile literature lists.

IHLIA has organized various exhibitions: Monument van Trots, Faces and Phases - Zanele Muholi / Proudly African & Transgender - Gabrielle LeRoux 25 years GLBT non discrimination policy, Faces of IGLYO, Oriental Echoes, 20 jaar Homomonument , Benno Premsela We Live Here Lesbian ConneXions Gay rights activist in court and others more.

In July 2009 IHLIA organized around 30 different women's activities at Amsterdam Gay Pride . IHLIA publishes a “nieuwsbrief” about the various activities.

literature

  • Rob Tielman: Homo sexuality in the Netherlands: study van een emancipatiebeweging . (“History of the homosexual movement in the Netherlands”). Uitgeverij Boom, Meppel 1982. ISBN 90-6009-403-4
  • Van der Wel, Jack: IHLIA - Making information on LGBTIQ issues in the past and the present accessible and visible , p 158 - 161 in: Ellen Greenblatt (ed.): Serving LGBTIQ library and archives users. Essays on outreach, service, collections and access , Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2011]. Googlebooks

Web links

Commons : Internationaal Homo / Lesbian Informatiecentrum en Archief  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ History of IHLIA . English. Retrieved April 8, 2017
  2. ^ Official homepage of IHLIA in Amsterdam . Information in this article is taken from this website (2017) (Dutch, English). Retrieved April 8, 2017
  3. ↑ IHLIA Collection . Dutch, English. Retrieved April 8, 2017
  4. ^ IHLIA Exposities . Dutch, accessed April 8, 2017