Labrisz Lesbian Association was officially registered in 1999, but the group that created it had been organising meetings and discussions since 1996. Some lesbians started publishing a photocopied, unofficial paper, and later organised discussion evenings for its readers. The group met monthly and evolved into Labrisz Evenings. Later, ten of the women frequenting the events founded Labrisz Association. The most important activities of the Association are community building (through discussion evenings and other community events), increasing the visibility of sexual minority women (through festivals, publications and the herstory archives), fostering lesbian culture through films and other works of art, and facilitating social dialogue through disseminating information, lobbying and the organisation’s education programme.

The most important activities of the Association are community building (through discussion evenings and other community events), increasing the visibility of sexual minority women (through festivals, publications and the herstory archives), fostering lesbian culture through films and other works of art, and facilitating social dialogue through disseminating information, lobbying and the organisation’s education programme.

The first activities of the organisation were compiling and disseminating a (printed) Labrisz newsletter and organising monthly thematic discussion events called Labrisz Evenings. We became co-founders of the Rainbow Mission Foundation, which organises Budapest Pride, and since 2005 we have been organising the Lesbian Identities’ Festival (LIFT). We have published several books: Leszbikus tér/erő (Lesbian Space) is a volume of essays discussing lesbian history and politics, Szembeszél: Leszbikusok a szépirodalomban (Counterwinds: Lesbians in Fiction) contains short stories and poetry, Előhívott önarcképek (Developed Self-Portraits) is a collection of autobiographical writings by lesbians, and Eltitkolt évek (Secret Years) is an interview volume of 16 lesbian life stories.

The organisation’s school programme, “Getting to Know LGBT People”, started in 2001 and operated until 2022. In 2003 we published a teachers’ handbook, Már nem tabu (Not a Taboo Anymore)then in 2018 another one called Még mindig tabu? (Is It Still a Taboo?). In 2023 we started our new education programme, “Without Taboos”, which offers trainings primarily to professionals working with young people. In 2008 we co-founded the human rights programme Civil Courage, then in 2016 the Network of Human Rights Educators. 

Since autumn 2007, we have been organising the Gobbi Hilda Film Club, where lesbian-themed films are shown, followed by a discussion.