Zine: 5 Love Languages
Dear readers, We’re happy to let you know that our volunteer Silvia Casto created a zine titled “5 Love Languages” as part of her personal project during her ESC volunteer stay at DIH. In the zine, you can take a…
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TEN MONTHS OF ACTIVISM: My European Solidarity Corps Experience
Hello readers! It’s Silvia here! I concluded my ESC experience in Slovenia just a few weeks ago and today I will be sharing my afterthoughts with you. I arrived in Ljubljana towards the end of November last year ready to…
Representation
Iana and Sarah decided to watch a movie that evening. They looked up on their smart tv and scrolled among the possible options. “What are you in the mood for?” “Dunno, maybe something light. A romcom would do.” “Gotcha. What…
International Drag Day
Since 2009, July 16th was chosen as International Drag Day to celebrate and recognize the art of drag worldwide. International drag day was founded by Adam Stewart through his fan page for Drag queens on Facebook, with the main objective…
Disability Pride Month: How redefining independence helped me take pride in my disability
In modern society, having a disability is still inextricably connected to shame, tragedy and sadness. If you think about it, how many people can say “Yes, I am okay with my child being born disabled?” When a child is born…
From the Youth Exchange “Activists Assemble” in Latvia
The Active Rainbow – Activists Assemble Youth Project exchange is an experience we would highly recommend to anyone in the queer community and our allies. For most of our group, this was the first time to participate in an Active…
Meet Lee, our new ESC-volunteer
Hi, Hello, Zdravo :) I am Lee, your new international ESC-volunteer at DIH. I come from Germany and will stay in Ljubljana until mid-June, shortly after Pride. After graduating from high-school last summer, I really wanted to go abroad. So…
6 months abroad as a volunteer – A recap!
Hi, my name is Rémi and I volunteer at društvo DIH. After spending 6 months in Ljubljana, it feels appropriate to write down how it is for me here as a volunteer, in a foreighn country. I am halfway through…
Call for new long-term ESC volunteers!
Call for new long-term ESC volunteers! When? 1st December 2021 – 31st May 2022 (possibility to start later) Where? Ljubljana, Slovenia Who? LGBTQIA+ people aged 18-30 from the EU with a strong interest in LGBTQIA+ topics About the volunteering Typical…
Društvo DIH and Out in Slovenija in Copenhagen!
During one week in August, Rémi, our ESC volunteer, had the opportunity to fly to Denmark, Copenhagen. Indeed, an LGBTI+ sport competition was happening: the EuroGames. With the help of the association Out in Slovenija, a NGO based in Ljubljana…
CHEMSEX IN EUROPE – RAISING AWARENESS
All over Europe and mostly in capital cities, If you belong in the gay community and use apps like Grindr, it is not rare to be asked if you want to participate in “chemsex” hookups. It means that drugs would…
QUEERNESS AND INCLUSION IN POP MUSIC
Artists, singers and performers have always been a way for people to identify, relate and feel represented. Today, we would like to shed some light on pop music curiosities. We are focusing on european artists whose queerness or life experiences…
DIH’s chill out corner
Dear DIH visitors, we have great news! 🤩 DIH’s info point on Slomškova 25 in Ljubljana will again ‘open its doors’. When the weather will be nice 🌤 we will prepare a ‘chill out’ space outside of DIH where you…
International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict
19th of June is International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict. There is a list of various articles about sexual violence against LGBTIQA+ people.”Many studies that have focused on individuals who identify as LGBTQ have found this…
QUEER TABOO – New Board game!
Članek v slovenščini: Have you heard of our board game Queer Taboo? Last year, we designed an informative and fun board game Queer Taboo, which is now also available online! What is Queer Taboo? Queer Taboo is based on…