Without Taboos volunteer training
Labrisz's educational program is called Tabuk Nélkül (Without Taboos), and we hold sessions for students, teachers, parents, and companies. Our program employs trained volunteers who demonstrate the difficulties faced by LGBTQ+ people, what social stigma and exclusion mean, and what we can do to create a more accepting world.
Labrisz evening: Will and Harper screening and discussion
On September 11 at 6:00 PM, we warmly welcome everyone to Auróra Community House (Budapest, Auróra Street 11), where we will screen the documentary Will and Harper (2024, dir.: Josh Greenbaum), followed by a discussion to continue the evening. The film offers a deeply…
Queen of Spades Game Night is back!
With the end of summer come good things too, like the Queen of Spades game night, which is starting up again this fall! Join us for our monthly card and board game evenings! Bring your partner, your friends, your favorite game, and meet new faces! Date: Sunday, September 14,…
Somatic day in Debrecen
We are organizing a somatic day in Debrecen on August 23rd, as part of the 2025 events of the historical-artistic exhibition Labrisz 25 -- Lesbian Herstory in Hungary, using the Labrisz archive collection.
Participatory film workshop at the Ördögkatlan Festival
A participatory filmmaking workshop was launched in May, jointly organised by the Control Studio Film Association and Labrisz, using the Labrisz archive, as a continuation of last year's historical-art exhibition Labrisz 25 -- Lesbian Herstory in Hungary. It will be presented at the Ördögkatlan Festival on 2 August at 16h. The screening will be followed by an informal professional discussion with Gábor Rumann and Réka Szűcs, the organisers. The film programme will be rounded off by a site-specific pop-up exhibition. In other words, we will build an installation from the exhibition material in a very special location in the "tower" of the Bölcsész courtyard. For the duration of the festival, the tower will become the "sanctuary" of the former Budapest Lesbian Film Committee (2000-2006).
Stop-motion animation short film summer camp
As part of the events of the Labrisz 25 - Lesbian Herstory in Hungary historical-art exhibition 2025, a stop-motion animation summer camp will be organised in Budaörs between 21-25 July 2025 by the Budaörs Animation Base and Creative Space (BABtér) and the Labrisz Lesbian Association, using the Labrisz archive, for which applications are invited by means of a call for applications.
Kecskemét screening of "The Second Golden Age - the challenges of love"
We cordially invite everyone to the screening of our film "The Second Golden Age - The Challenges of Love" on 19 July at 4 pm at the Otthon Cinema in Kecskemét! The screening starts at 16:00 at the Otthon Cinema. After the film there will be a discussion with the filmmakers. Guests: - Emese Vasvári, leading actress - Mária Takács, director - Timár Magdi Cilin, assistant director Moderated by: Zsanett Bajáki, editor-in-chief of KecsUp News.
Labrisz Picnic
This year’s Pride is a special one — not only because it marks the 30th anniversary of Budapest Pride, but also because the government has officially banned public Pride events. Naturally, we’ll be there no matter what! In line with tradition — but with added festivity this year — we’re holding the Labrisz Picnic the day after the Pride March, and we warmly welcome all the girls (and non-binary babes) to join us! Come hang out, chat, and play with us again on June 29th from 3 PM on Margaret Island! Location: Budapest, Margaret Island (the first big meadow after the former Holdudvar) — from the “Parkmozi” stop of bus 26, walk toward the Pest side and Árpád Bridge. You’ll find us in just 2 minutes, under a big shady tree at the edge of the meadow. 47,523988, 19,047649 This event is the part of the 30th Budapest Pride Festival.
Joint poster making for the Budapest Pride
On June 27 from 5:00 PM, we’re getting ready for Pride together – with posters, paint, enthusiasm, and lots of laughter in the workshop room on the 5th floor of Nyolcésfél (1084 Budapest, Német u. 16.). This isn’t just a craft afternoon – it’s a shared moment of tuning in and standing up for a common cause! We’ll provide the supplies, but feel free to bring anything you have. And bring a friend too – let’s make our team big and colorful!
Free Saturday – Ask, don't judge!
Van benned kérdés, de nem tudod, hogy fel lehet-e tenni? Hallottál már olyat, hogy "Jó, hogy van Pride, DE..."? Érdekel, hogyan beszélj tisztelettel olyan témákról, amikhez nem kaptál használati utasítást? Akkor ez az esemény neked szól! Ezen a két programelemből álló...
1983 interview with Jadwiga Jankowska-Cieślak
In February 1983, at the request of the lesbian group Homosexuelle Initiative Wien, Andrzej Selerowicz, president of the Eastern European Information Pool (founded by ILGA in 1981 and active until 1996) interviewed Polish actress Jadwiga Jankowska-Cieślak, the lead actress in Károly Makk's film Egymásra nézve (Another Way).
Labrisz in MagNet Bank's KAP program
Labrisz has been included in this year’s MagNet Bank Community Donation Program (KAP), through which the bank’s clients can support us with a portion of the bank’s profits. We thank MagNet for this opportunity! If you also use MagNet, we would be grateful if you…
“The Rebellion of the Lesbian Jacobins” in the making
We would like to bring to your attention Labrisz' upcoming community short film "The Rebellion of the Lesbian Jacobins". This absurd, historical short film is about Jacobin women in Somogy who organise their lives and communities around the ideals of the French Revolution. Their sense of freedom, equality and sisterhood is shaped by the arrival of the Emperor, who looks eerily like Trump. The ruler would arbitrarily take their land, tax them, and imprison dissenters. The Jacobins of Somogy are resisting, and their message includes the right to unite and to love freely.
No Country Was Built On Blacklists
14 May 2025 - The draft law submitted by the ruling party on Tuesday is nothing but an authoritarian attempt to hold on to their power. Its aim is to silence all critical voices and eliminate what remains of Hungarian democracy once and for all. The draft is an attack on remaining independent organisations more serious than ever: it is not only aimed at civil society organisations (CSOs) and the media, but also companies and individuals, and practically everyone who wants to live in a free and democratic country.
Dorottya Rédai's speech at the demonstration against the restriction of the right of assembly on 1 April
My name is Dorottya Rédai, I work for Labrisz Lesbian Association and I'm the leader of the project A Fairytale for Everyone. First of all, on behalf of LGBTQIA organisations, I would like to thank you for standing up for LGBTQIA people. Thank you for protesting against the ban on the Pride. Thank you for standing with us for years when the regime attacks us. Freedom of speech must be exercised, even when the government won’t listen to us, or when the police try to control who can hear our voices.
Women's Day message of Labrisz Lesbian Association
Dear friends, allies, and everyone who believes in equality! We have heard too often that change will come. That one day we will reach a place where everyone counts equally. That one day women’s rights will not be secondary, LGBTQ people will not be scapegoats, and social justice will not be just a campaign slogan...
Open letter from Labrisz to Alice Weidel, President of the German AfD party
Dear Alice Weidel, You are visiting Budapest on 11-12 February to meet Viktor Orbán. Your party, the Alternative für Deutschland (AfD), is one of Europe's extreme right-wing parties, which is rejected even by the majority of conservative political forces. The leading politicians of the AfD use national socialist rhetoric, relativise the Holocaust and represent a world in which human rights and social diversity do not exist. The AfD would expel from Germany people fleeing war, natural disasters, poverty and authoritarian regimes. The AfD rejects rainbow families, supports Putin and would have Germany exit the European Union. You are the president of this party. Meanwhile, you are openly lesbian, your partner comes from an immigrant background and the two of you are raising two children.
Golden Blende to the Golden Age
Great news: The trailer of our film The Second Golden Age – Challenges of Love, edited by Mária Takács, won the Golden Blende Audience Award! The creative director of the editing was Magdi Timár. Congratulations and thank you!
Herstory exhibition guide booklet and LIFT program booklet
Our lovely exhibition program guide booklet and the 15. LIFT programme booklet are out now (the graphics are the work of Ádám András Kanicsár, Márton Petrekovits and Eszter Lisztes), browse through them and come to the exhibition (until 24 Nov at 2B Gallery, Ráday u. 47.) and the LIFT Festival (23-24 Nov, Itt és Most Community Space, Ráday u. 18.)!
Labrisz 25 exhibition: Rita Antoni's opening speech
Opening speech for the exhibition "Labrisz 25 – Lesbian herstory in Hungary" delivered on 9 November 2024 at 2B Gallery.