The United Cyprus Park is declared
We were born between barbed wires, raised on streets split in half by the military’s barrels; we are the children of divided cities, and we are erasing and will continue …
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One Island, Six Armies: Fighting against militarisation in Cyprus
Political Critique & European Alternatives is publishing a Syspirosi Atakton review of militarisation. You can read it here. Cyprus is an enduring feature of the Global Militarisation Index’s Top 10. …
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Intervention at PRIDE: We Speak Up, We Organise, We Beg For Nothing
[ελληνικά] On May 28th, responding to a call by Queer Cyprus Association, which is active in the north of the island, we participated in the “Pride March” organised by accept …
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This is (not) a Queer Manifesto / The lies we tell to ourselves
This is not a manifesto, it’s a personal story. And yet, it is a manifesto, for when we become aware of our place in the grand order of things, we …
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Queer Cyprus Association at Pride 2017
Transcript/Απομαγνητοφώνηση/Transkripsiyon While we are marching, raising awareness and increasing our visibility marking the 17th of May, commemorating the decision to remove homosexuality from the International Classification of Diseases, hundreds of …
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“Here we go again!” We participate in the Pride protest on 13/5
For us, pride marches are marches commemorating the Stonewall uprisings, as well as all the struggles and assertions for the liberation of our desires, genders and sexualities. Liberation from oppressive …
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[Event] Beyond Gay: The politics of pride
We invite everyone to join our screening of the documentary “Beyond Gay: the Politics of Pride” on the 9th of May at Social Space Kaymakκιν, in Kaymakli, at 19:00. Following …
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We will tear down the wall piece by piece!
[ελληνικά] [türkçe] 14 years ago, οn April 23, 2003, the first checkpoint was opened in the Ledra Palace area in Nicosia. The opening of the checkpoints has shattered the rhetoric …
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