In autumn 2019, the Czech Republic celebrated the 30th anniversary of the 1989 Velvet Revolution, which ended four decades of communist rule in the former Czechoslovakia. New freedoms have made it easier for LGBTQ people to live their lives more openly in this Central European country, yet they still face significant challenges. Established in 2014, the Society for Queer Memory is the first Czech queer archives and museum. It now holds more than 1,000 objects. Art historian Ladislav Zikmund-Lender will discuss the work of the organization, providing insight into how the history of queer lives and experiences is being documented and presented in the Czech Republic. His talk will compare and contrast the ways that the path to queer emancipation in Central Europe has been distinct from the United States.

SPEAKER

Ladislav Zikmund-Lender is a Czech art historian who specializes in architectural history and queer cultural history. He is a faculty member at the Department of Theories and Histories of Art at the Faculty of Fine Arts at the Brno University of Technology in Brno, Czech Republic.

LOCATION
The GLBT Historical Society Museum
4127 18th St., San Francisco
www.glbthistory.org/museum

ADMISSION - TICKETS
$5.00 | Free for members
Limited seating: RSVP required

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Image credit: Ad for Casino Restaurant in Prague, a gathering place for LGBTQ people in the 1930s.

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