26th International Feminist and Queer Festival Red Dawns
Violence in the Queer Community
Talk
Tuesday, 3 March 2025, 6 pm
Juliet Jacques (UK): The Woman in the Portrait
Literary evening in English
Friday, 6 March 2026, 5 pm
Project Room SCCA, Metelkova 6, Ljubljana
Free Entry
SCCA-Ljubljana is hosting two events in the frame of 27th International Feminist and Queer Festival Red Dawns.
Violence in the Queer Community
Talk
Tuesday, 3 March 2025, 6 pm
Project Room SCCA, Metelkova 6, Ljubljana
In Slovene
Free admission, voluntary contributions will be collected
Queer people can often experience systemic oppression and interpersonal violence from the majority cis and heteronormative society, but this does not mean that violence does not also occur within the community. We will open a conversation about violence in the queer community or on the scene (scenes?). First of all, we will ask ourselves what forms of violence we receive and/or perpetrate on queer people. We will then explain how dominant narratives about the occurrence of (sexual) violence have a blind spot for queer people and try to find possible ways to deal with violent behavior. Our message is: If we want to build a community, we must know how to build interpersonal relationships.
The content of the event is prepared by Rejv utopia, which works in the field of identifying and preventing violence, harassment and gender-based discrimination, especially in nightlife areas.
Participants: Petra Bolta, Nuka Horvat, Ula Krajnc Kušlan, Lana Križaj, Nik Kidrič
Juliet Jacques (UK): The Woman in the Portrait
Literary evening
Friday, 6 March 2026, 5 pm
Project Room SCCA, Metelkova 6, Ljubljana
In English
Free Entry
Kindly invited to a literary evening with the groundbreaking British transgender writer Juliet Jacques, who will present her new book of short stories, The Woman in the Portrait. The conversation with the author will be held by Ana Makuc.
The Woman in the Portrait collects Juliet Jacques’ short fiction from 2008 to 2024, including several new stories alongside previously published works. They all respond to art and culture, often but not always from a queer perspective, ranging from a young trans person inspired to assume the identity of a Russian silent film actress to a sculptor who makes a monument to the victims of austerity. Using a variety of forms, they engage with cultural politics and the politics of culture with style and wit.
Juliet Jacques is a writer and filmmaker based in London. She is the author of Front Lines (Cipher Press, 2023), Rayner Heppenstall: A Critical Study (Dalkey Archive, 2007), Trans: A Memoir (Verso, 2015), and Variations (Influx Press, 2021). Her landmark column on gender reassignment appeared in The Guardian, entitled ‘A Transgender Journey’ (2010-12) and she has written for London Review of Books, Granta, Sight & Sound, Frieze, Art Review, New York Times, and many more. Juliet was included on The Independent on Sunday Pink List of influential LGBT people in 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015.
Ana Makuc is a Slovene poet, translator and activist.
Organisation: 27th International Feminist and Queer Festival Red Dawn (Arts and Culture Association KUD Mreža)
Coproduction: Zavod Utopija
Coorganisation: SCCA – Ljubljana
Photo: Nada Žgank
Graphic Design: Janu Krohm
Media Contacts: Saša Nemec, rdece.zore@gmail.com
Financial Support: The Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Slovenia, the City Municipality of Ljubljana – Department of Culture