Events

Creativity thrives when people work together on a team. This is what we have proved on the last two weeks by making badges together. So, we invite you all to prove it once again on the penultimate for this season Pride Connects. See you!

The Pride Parade Association invites you to this year’s photo workshop and/or to join the festival’s photo team. If you are interested in participating in the workshop, please fill in the application form and send us three copyright photos of yours to info@ljubljanapride.org (Subject: Photographic Workshop) The course will be held in 4 parts, each part takes […]

Dear volunteers, supporters, allies, friends, join us for the last Pride Connects of the season! During June, Ljubljana Pride is already for the 4th year now hosting young volunteers who are participating in the European Solidarity Corps programme (former EVS), as they will be helping with the implementation of the Pride Parade Festival. This Tuesday, […]

Like every year, we need to prepare for the Pride parade. This workshop will be dedicated to making banners with the imagery of this year’s Ljubljana Pride Festival, but you will also get a chance to design and create banners of your own. All too often, public spaces are full of hateful graffiti, signs, stickers… […]

We will present this year’s political message and Ljubljana Pride Festival 2019 program to the public. Speakers at the press conference: Nina Perger, Ljubljana Pride Association Simona Muršec, Ljubljana Pride Association Jure Kirbiš, curator During this press conference, we will launch the online map, DecontRamination, a tool for reporting hate speech in public spaces. In […]

“The personal is political” is a phrase which pervades the work of the artist Soufiane Ababri. Ababri takes us between the sheets and invites us to read between the lines. Under the covers, we uncover a world where bodies become agents of resistance. As many of the subjects appearing in his drawings are laid bare, […]

The culture of hate has crept deep into every pore of society, and youth settings are no exception. As youth workers, youth leaders, trainers, activists, and experts, we have not only the power, but also the responsibility to respond to hate speech when it happens in a group of young people. All these “jokes” and […]

This public space will explore ways in which different collectives and organisations address and overcome sexist practices. We will get to know how they contribute to a feminist culture within their scope of action. We will create an open space in which guests from different backgrounds will share their tools, strategies, and materials with the […]

We invite you to a special Pride edition of Kavarniški večer (Cafe Evening) – a workshop on Mobilising for activism. We invite all activists – and all those interested in becoming one – to come and develop strategies for solidarity across different groups and struggles. With an informal educational approach and our intersectional glasses on, […]

By young people, for young people, this exhibition is an opportunity to see, hear, and feel the experiences of bullying, as told by LGBTIQ+ people who have survived it. Over the course of six months, with the technical support of artists and the pedagogical support of trainers (all from the LGBTIQ+ community!), these young people […]

Between the estrogen and the hardcore tough guy “Trans women in the punk scene – between hyper-masculine hardcore bands and toplessness, the space often grows small for gender-nonconforming individuals, even though the punk scene in particular should be the ideal space for free expression and diversity. As a trans woman that spent most of her […]

Come and support Ljubljana Pride Festival 2019! There are several different ways you can support the Pride Parade Festival. One of them is coming to the fundraiser, partying with us, drinking beer, taking some badges in exchange for a donation, having a great time and contribute to this year’s festival. Is there a better excuse […]

Have you noticed hateful graffiti in your neighbourhood? Does seeing bathroom graffiti targeting minorities – maybe even ones you belong to – in a pub or a club make you uncomfortable? If you want to learn more about strategies for changing and subverting hate speech in graffiti, stickers, and tags, join us at the DecontRamination […]

Like every year, we need to prepare for the Pride parade. This workshop will be dedicated to making banners, transparents, and decorations for the Pride trucks and the stage. Come and test your stencil-making skills, learn about spray painting, or simply make your own Pride banner. Craft and safety materials will be provided, as well […]

Roller derby is a female* contact sport on roller skates that is often associated with the LGBTIQ+ community. The Ljubljana Roller Derby club has skated in Ljubljana Pride for several years, and at the round table we will take a look at the history of this sport. We will also talk about different teams and […]

Any person who deviates from the projected physical beauty standards is treated as being unhygienic, ugly, lazy, and lewd. Society is so afraid and almost offended to see fat queers living their lives, wearing clothes they should not, going to the beach, being naked, or reclaiming their fat bodies. With our performance, we seek to […]

Most members of the LGBTIQ+ community are very familiar with the never-ending process of coming out. But does coming out as LGBTIQ+ or any other identity under the rainbow umbrella mean we are off the hook? Nope, not if we are also fat. Navigating living our best queer fat lives in the heavily sexualized LGBTIQ+ […]

This public discussion with guests will focus on manifestations of racism and other forms of hate towards minority/marginalised groups, with an emphasis on hate speech. We will address the interconnectedness of racism, as well as other manifestations of oppression and marginalisation, present in Slovene and European societies, focusing on connecting racism with LGBTIQ+ and gender-based […]

Stories of an Indecent Girl is a video performance, an intimate and personal experience about being a woman and her sexual affirmation within the cultural context of Cape Verde and the African diaspora. Lolo Arziki is a young African film-maker born in Cape Verde and trained in Portugal. Her work addresses topics such as sexuality, […]

Various expressions of racism are very common in Slovenian politics, the public sphere, media, everyday interactions, and public posts. Tackling racism in Slovenia is very hard because our society is distinctly white and religiously homogeneous, and it sees itself as a society that has not been influenced by colonialism. Racism is deep in every pore […]

U=U campaign presentation The members of ŠKUC Magnus will present the U=U campaign. We welcome everyone who wants to learn more about the complex stigma HIV-positive people face from HIV-positive individuals themselves. People living with HIV in Slovenia often still publically hide their status out of fear of discrimination. The stigma against HIV-positive LGBTIQ+ individuals […]

Both Cocaine Piss’s music and their name carry associations of ugliness, provocativeness, and lewdness; but the message of this quartet from Belgium cuts as deep as their singer’s voice. Their songs are fast, angry, and mostly shy of two minutes long. The band members identify as queer, support gender equality, and fight against sexism and […]

Sasha Perera, aka Perera Elsewhere, always has one ear tilted toward the future. As the vocalist in the Berlin trio, Jahcoozi, Perera and her bandmates made forward-thinking bass music before the onset of polyglot dance music boom of the last decade. She describes the music on her latest solo album, All Of This, as “doom […]

Rainbow in the pocket is a new manual for affirmative strategies of addressing LGBTIQ+ topics through art. The manual is comprised of an extensive theoretical introduction and 8 animated workshops that address different aspects of LGBTIQ+ topics, ranging from basic terminology to discrimination and violence. The authors and trainers will present the manual and demonstrate […]

WOOF is a spoken-word experience navigating the intersectionalities between gender, race, immigration, and mental health. Chiyo: The Prinx of Provocation. The Dark Prinx and Stray Mutt of London’s Cabaret scene. An Afrolatinx trans body attempting to fuck shit up. Chiyo has been destroying the UK Drag scene, dismantling the core of Cabaret with professionally executed […]

FPZ Z’borke Concert, preparation for Pride March

Volk za njenimi očmi is a four woman band. Eva Kokalj – lead vocals, rhythm guitar Maja Pahor – bass, guitar, drums Tina Mirošič – vocals, guitar, drums Petra Hrovatin – bass, synth This is punk. This is rap. This is poetry. It’s a story, a thought, a melody. It’s a change, a shout, melancholy. […]