Manuela Kay

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Manuela Kay (2009)

Manuela Kay (born April 2, 1964 in Berlin-Neukölln ) is a German journalist , author and publisher .

Life

Manuela Kay worked from the first day of existence (1987) to 1991 as an editor and presenter at the first Berlin private broadcaster Radio 100 , including for the gay and lesbian radio program Eldoradio . She is a co-author and film producer of various video films on the subject of lesbian sexuality and feminist pornography .

In 1992 and 1994 she released the films Du Darfst and Airport . The 33-minute low-budget airport is still considered the first German lesbian porn and a milestone in pornographic film history .

After freelance work as a journalist, author and presenter, she worked from 1996 to 2005 as editor-in-chief of Berlin's queer city ​​magazine Siegessäule . She was instrumental in the development process of the magazine from a gay magazine to gay-lesbian and finally queer content. In 2003 she designed the lesbian magazine L-MAG and initially led the editor-in-chief together with Peter Polzer.

From 1995 to 2005 she was an employee of the Berlin International Film Festival in the Panorama section and the "queer" film prize Teddy Award . In other film festivals in Europe (z. B. in Kiev , Turin , Bilbao , Barcelona , Bern , Lisbon , Prague ) and at international film festivals (such as Montevideo , Tel Aviv and several in the United States ) it sits again in the jury and holds lectures.

Together with Wolfgang Theis and Maria Schmidt, she curated the exhibition “Nobody is perfect - film idols of lesbians and gays ” (January 20, 1999 - April 11, 1999) in the Schwules Museum * Berlin and gave various tours through the exhibition.

Kay also translated the English edition of the fan book for the popular lesbian TV series The L Word - When Women Love Women - into German in 2006 .

Since 2007 she has been co-organizer and curator of the PornFilmFestival Berlin .

In 2012 the now deceased publisher of Siegessäule and L-MAG , Reiner Jackwerth, discontinued the publishing operations of Jackwerth Verlag and sold the media. Manuela Kay and her long-time colleague Gudrun Fertig then founded Special Media SDL GmbH in 2012 and took over the magazines SIEGESSÄULE, L-MAG and DU & ICH from Jackwerth Verlag. Kay thus became, together with Ready, the managing majority shareholder and at the same time the publisher of the magazines listed .

Kay's main journalistic topics are lesbian culture, sexuality , film and international topics.

Sociopolitical engagement

Manuela Kay sees herself as a radical feminist and is committed to lesbian visibility, feminism and LGBT rights in general.

On the occasion of the 10th anniversary of L-MAG 2013, Kay fulfilled a long-cherished dream and initiated the Dyke * March Berlin based on the US model. In the meantime, Cologne (since 2015), Hamburg (from 2016) and 2017 followed the Dyke * March Rhein-Neckar in Heidelberg with the demo on the evening before the CSD for lesbian visibility.

Prices

In 2013 she received the “Travel Writer Award!” From the IGLTA (International Gay and Lesbian Travel Association) as a travel journalist.

In 2015, together with Gudrun Fertig, she was awarded the Augspurg Heymann Prize, which has been awarded annually to courageous lesbian women by the LAG Lesben in NRW since 2009 to promote the visibility of lesbian women.

Works

Books

Book contributions

  • Interesting facts about lesbians in Berlin. Micha Schulze (ed.): Homopolis. Gay Berlin. Jackwerth Verlag Berlin and Cologne 1997. ISBN 3-932117-33-6
  • Warm beer and cool looks. In: Traude Bührmann (Ed.): Lesbian Berlin: The city companion . Orlanda women's publisher. Berlin 2002. (1999), ISBN 978-3-929823-59-2
  • On the hunt and allowed , what is pleasing . In Joachim Braun & Beate Martin: Mixed feelings. A reading book for sexual orientation . rororo / Rowohlt. Hamburg 2000, ISBN 978-3-499-60835-3
  • The unnoticed touch of unleaded gasoline. In Detlef Grumbach (ed.): Over the Rainbow. A reading book for Christopher Street Day. Swarm of Men Publishing House. Hamburg 2001, ISBN 978-3-928983-94-5
  • Fucking cops . In: Lisa Kuppler (Ed.): Queer Crime: Lesbian-gay crime stories. Transverse publisher. Berlin 2002, ISBN 978-3-89656-076-6
  • Neukölln women fuck better . In: Jörg Sundermeier / Sarah Diehl / Werner Labisch (eds.): Neuköllnbuch. Criminal Publishing House. Berlin 2003, ISBN 978-3-935843-28-7
  • Tormenting discussions about excruciating sex - SM . In Dennert, Leidinger, Rauchut (eds.): Keeping Movement - 100 Years of Politics, Culture and History of Lesbians. Transverse publisher. Berlin 2007, ISBN 978-3-89656-148-0
  • "The lesbian porn revolution - why does lesbian porn actually have to be shown at queer film festivals?", In "Beautiful: 20 Years of Lesbian Gay Film Days Hamburg", Querbild eV (publisher), Männerschwarm Verlag, Hamburg October 2009
  • “The QUEER fog - why nobody wants to be gay or lesbian today” In Bodo Niendel, Volker Weiß (ed.): “Queer to the norm. Life beyond a gay or lesbian identity ”, Edition Waldschlösschen Volume 11, Männerschwarm Verlag, Hamburg 2012, ISBN 978-3-86300-116-2
  • "Lesbian? It's always the others! ”, In Patsy l'amour la love (Ed.):“ Self-hatred and Emancipation ”, Querverlag, Berlin, 2016, ISBN 978-3-89656-246-3
Movies
  • You May (1992).
  • Latex Hearts (1993).
  • Airport (1994).
  • Co-produced and co-directed the short film collection Fucking Different XXX (2011).

Web links

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Individual evidence

  1. Airport 1994 - a little lesbian porn and its big consequences. gratis-in-berlin.de, accessed on June 17, 2016 .
  2. L-MAG - The magazine for lesbians: L-MAG - The magazine for lesbians - About Us. In: www.l-mag.de. Retrieved July 29, 2016 .
  3. Schwules Museum *: Nobody is perfect - film idols of lesbians and gays | Gay Museum *. In: www.schwulesmuseum.de. Retrieved July 29, 2016 .
  4. 2013 - How it all started. March 28, 2016. Retrieved July 29, 2016 .
  5. DYKE MARCH COLOGNE. In: www.dykemarchcologne.de. Retrieved July 29, 2016 .
  6. ^ First Hamburger Dyke March - Intervention eV In: www.intervention-hamburg.de. Retrieved July 29, 2016 .
  7. Dykemarch Rhein-Neckar | Friday, August 11, 2017 at 6 p.m. in Heidelberg, Universitätsplatz. Retrieved August 14, 2017 .
  8. Queer travel :: QUEER TRAVEL publisher receives IGLTA media award. (No longer available online.) In: www.queer-travel.net. Archived from the original on July 29, 2016 ; Retrieved July 29, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.queer-travel.net
  9. Augspurg Heymann Prize 2015 awarded to Manuela Kay and Gudrun ready. In: www.lesben-nrw.de. Retrieved July 29, 2016 .
  10. Konny: Strong together for lesbian visibility: Augspurg Heymann Prize 2015 goes to the L-MAG editors. Retrieved July 29, 2016 .