Stud Brno

STUD's office

STUD Brno is a Czech activist association of lesbians, gays, and their friends.

Basic facts

STUD was established in 1996 as an independent non-government as well as non-profit organization (civic association), the mission of which is to benefit the gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender minority, and to aim for legal and factual equality of their rights with other members and groups of the society. The name of the organization is abbreviated from ″students″. The full name was originally STUD-lgb and it meant ″lesbian, gay & bisexual students". ^[1]

STUD gathers people of homosexual and bisexual orientation, and their heterosexual allies. STUD counted some thirty members at the beginning of 2010. STUD is an all-volunteer group, except for one paid half-time staff member. ^[1] It was an active member of The Association of Gay and Lesbian Citizens‘ Organizations in the Czech Republic (SOHO) until its transformation in 2000. In 2003 STUD became a constituent member of the Gay & Lesbian League (GLL). ^[2]

Activities

• Queer Ball – annual LGBT dance event, nominated for 2014 bePROUD Award ^[3] (since 2013) ^[4]
• Mezipatra Queer Film Festival – formerly called Duha nad Brnem (The Rainbow above Brno); the annual LGBT film festival, held every November, ^[5] supported by US Embassy in Prague ^[6] and many others. In 2009, the festival was attended by 12,000 viewers in Brno and in Prague, and screened some 100 films. ^[7] (since 2000)
• Queer Library – community centre with LGBT library and archives ^[1] (since 2001)
• GaTe (Gay Teens) – a project supporting the process of self-discovery and self-acceptance of teenage gays. (since 2003) ^[8]
• Good for children in all families – a petition supporting legislative changes for same-sex partners children adoption (2010) ^[9]
• Campaign in support of the Act of Registered Partnership – a long-term campaign including petitioning, educational events, internet information project, and the 2002 media campaign "It Will Help Some But Hurt None". (1998–2006)
• Gay & Lesbian Helpline – counselling service over the phone (2001–2005)
• Light for AIDS – an annual event within the global campaign International AIDS Candlelight Memorial ^[10] (1997–2003)
• The Czech-Slovak Gathering of Gays, Lesbians and Their Supporters – an annual cross-border gathering held alternately in Czechia and Slovakia and coordinated with the Slovak partner organisation Ganymedes Movement Bratislava (1997–2002)
• Studna – a magazine of Brno’s lesbians and gays (1997–2002)
• The Gay Man of the Czech Republic – a national contest for the most attractive Czech gay man (1998 & 2000)

References

1. Richard Ammon: Gay Czech Republic. globalgayz.com, April 2009.
2. Gay and lesbian league
3. ČTK (16 May 2014). "Cenu bePROUD dostali poslanci, duhovou anticenu psycholog Klimeš". CeskeNoviny.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 15 July 2014.
4. Konečný, Jakub (15 February 2013). "Brno chystá první ples pouze pro homosexuály, zájem je obrovský". Tiscali Zprávy (in Czech). Retrieved 15 July 2014.
5. "Mezipatra 2014 International queer film festival: Event Description". Expats.cz (in English and Czech). Retrieved 15 July 2014.
6. "Small Grants Program: Supported Projects 2009-2011". Embassy of the United States in Prague. Retrieved 15 July 2014.
7. Cerise Howard: Turning X in an XXY World: The 10th Mezipatra Queer Film Festival Senses of Cinema, Issue 53, 28 December 2009
8. "Historie GaTe". GaTe (in Czech). Retrieved 15 July 2014.
9. ČTK (10 March 2010). "Homosexuálové vyzývají Kocába: Umožněte nám vychovávat děti". Lidovky.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 15 July 2014.
10. International AIDS Candlelight Memorial: Coordinators

Sources

• Seidl, Jan (2012). "5/4/3". Od žaláře k oltáři : emancipace homosexuality v českých zemích od roku 1867 do současnosti (in Czech). Brno: Host. p. 584. ISBN   978-80-7294-585-6.
• Navrátil, Jiří (2005). STUD, organizace sociálního hnutí v politologické perspektivě (in Czech). Brno: Masaryk University, Faculty of Social Studies. p. 17. Retrieved October 4, 2012.
• Tešnarová, Tereza (2006). "4.4". Současnost a budoucnost veřejného prostoru gay a lesbické subkultury (in Czech). Brno: Masaryk University, Faculty of Economics and Administration. Retrieved October 4, 2012.
• Smejkalová, Lenka (2012). Rámování politických požadavků českého gay-lesbického hnutí v období od roku 2000 (in Czech). Brno: Masaryk University, Faculty of Social Studies. p. 26. Retrieved September 28, 2012.
• Analysis of the Situation of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Minority in the Czech Republic (PDF). Prague: Office of the Government of the Czech Republic. October 2007. p. 17 & 68. Retrieved September 28, 2012.
• Katerina Nedbalkova: The Changing Space of the Gay and Lesbian Community in the Czech Republic, p. 76. In "Beyond the Pink Curtain. Everyday Life of LGBT People in Eastern Europe". Politike-Symposion, 2007.
• Richard Ammon: Gay Czech Republic. globalgayz.com, April 2009.

External links

• STUD Brno (Czech language)