Queer Generations: Transgender visibility

• Date: 31 March
• Time: 18:30 - 21:00
• Location: Centrale Bibliotheek

Please note: this is a Dutch-language event.

Visibility. Where do we stand now? What preceded this, and what developments are currently taking place? Attend this evening with inspiring guests and join the conversation!

You are welcome to this evening, where panel guests from different generations will engage in conversation with the moderator and each other. What does transgender visibility mean to them, and how do they give shape to it? What has improved in recent years, and what requires constant or renewed attention? And, importantly, what can we do ourselves?

There will also be a 10-minute flash lecture, and subsequently, under the inspiring guidance of the moderator, we will engage in conversation with each other and the panel guests during the interactive part of this evening. We will conclude with drinks, book recommendations, book sales, and who knows, perhaps fun, profound, or lighthearted conversations.

Moderator of this evening
Nanoah Struik (26, they/them) is a Nigerian-Dutch writer, speaker, podcast maker, and queer activist. In 2023, they produced the podcast documentary *In Afrika Besta Ik Niet* and will make their debut with Atlas Contact in 2026 with his book *Benin Boi*. Nanoah enjoys talking about gender, sex(uality), and other topics that can be controversial.

Visibility has long played a major role in their activism because: what you see, you can also be. This manifested itself through participation in various television and radio programs, interviews in magazines and newspapers, and on social media, among other things. Nowadays, they increasingly question and investigate the (un)usefulness of visibility for the trans and queer community.

Nanoah will give a short lecture on his book this evening.

Panel guest
Thomas Wormgoor (70, he/him). Defines himself as a gay trans man. Both labels are equally dear to him. He studied psychology and law and has worked primarily in healthcare, in gender care since 2005. Thomas was instrumental in the founding of the patient organization Transvisie, Transvisie Zorg, and Transgender Netwerk. Visibility? In 2007, he organized the first Transfusion Festival in Amsterdam with friends, intended to foster more community and fewer closed-off boxes. In recent years, he has been advocating for and publishing on good psychological gender care, and when he gets angry, Thomas writes—very age-appropriately—letters to the editor of the newspaper.

Panel Guest
Savannah Wolin (23, she/her) is a director, poet, and sociologist in training. In her work, she explores how marginalized identities can be humanized. In both her academic and artistic practice, she challenges dominant narratives and brings to life layered, human perspectives that everyone can relate to. Her previous performances regarding the objectification of Black trans women were praised for their poetic power and social urgency.

Savannah is also active in the media. For instance, she appeared in the documentary *Hormoonrevolutie* by Thorn de Vries and was a guest on the NTR podcast *Jongstof*.

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