Jan Wilkens: Queer Jewish Groups in Europe (1972-1990s), Gebunden

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In the 1970s, queer Jews became excited by the developments of the Gay Liberation Movement in both the US and Europe since they themselves could not be openly queer in their Jewish communities. Yet, they quickly realized that the movement was not as welcoming as anticipated. Thus, in London in February 1972, the world's first queer Jewish group became publicly visible with its symposium "The Jewish Homosexual in Society." The Jewish Gay Group began tackling the exlusion of non-heteronormative Jews in British Jewish and queer communities. Soon after, two similar queer Jewish groups formed: Beit Haverim ("House of Friends") in Paris and Sjalhomo (a neologism of "shalom" and "homosexual") in Amsterdam. Besides their goal of emancipation, these groups brought their members together based on their shared experiences as both Jewish and queer, opening up spaces for social encounters. Moreover, the groups established a support network on the European continent that enabled an international collaboration amongst them for more than a decade. This study archives these groups' histories and that of its network. By doing so, it broadens prevelant narratives of Europe's post-World War II Jewry, thereby queering the dicipline of Jewish History.