Poland

Inga

Age 68

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Inga told:

This group [jesteśmy wszedzie, we are everywhere] is something very symbolic for me. Because it stands for something maybe a bit bigger than just these meetings. In various contexts I encountered, well you could say, a glass wall when it comes to building relationships connected with my queer identity. (...) And I really, really lacked this forum, because discussions took place at home with my partner, possibly with my daughter, who is very open. And I really lacked a forum where these topics can be discussed in depth and by choice, and this forum appeared. It's also such a message that yes, we're everywhere. We're this minority, but we exist, and that it's important to seek each other and find each other and create something alternative. This especially came out recently around the Holidays. Holidays for most people in this group are a great trauma, because they're contact with family, with tradition, with Catholicism and with silence, with avoiding topics, with such situations yes, you can be at Wigilia [Christmas Eve dinner, the most important Polish holiday tradition], but not with your partner. Really traumatic things and we also talked about how besides having to as a minority encounter this minority world, we need to create something alternative. Make our own holidays and take into them what we want to take, create our own rituals. Invite our own guests. Not seal ourselves in such suffering of a system victim."

About the project in Poland

Art educator Monika Mizielińska facilitated creative workshops where participants explored queer aging through artistic expression. Using materials provided on-site, they created diverse artworks reflecting their visions, hopes, and concerns about the future.

Contact

Linn Sandberg

Project investigator

linn.sandberg@sh.se

Contact

Linn Sandberg

Project investigator

linn.sandberg@sh.se

Contact

Linn Sandberg

Project investigator

linn.sandberg@sh.se

Contact

Linn Sandberg

Project investigator

linn.sandberg@sh.se