Campus Pride Week 2026

Raising of the »Intersex-Inclusive Progress Pride Flag«

To mark the start of »Campus Pride Week«, a banner featuring the »Inter*-inclusive Progress Pride Flag« will once again be hoisted on the central balcony of the Main Building. The flag symbolises the diversity of gender identities and sexual orientations and demonstrates the university’s commitment to solidarity with the queer communities.

Prof. Peter Benz, President of the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar, affirms: »Five years of Campus Pride Week — this is no foregone conclusion, but a commitment we renew every year. Especially now, in the face of increasing queerphobic, anti-feminist and anti-democratic attacks, taking a stand is not an option, but a duty. Queer people and feminist perspectives are part of this university — and that will remain the case.«

For »Campus Pride Week«, there will once again be a varied programme for students, doctoral candidates and employees on queer topics, to which we cordially invite all university members!

Would you like to learn more about the significance of the »Intersex-Inclusive Progress Pride Flag«? Here you can find a short text on the history of the various »LGBTIQ* Pride« flags.

Novel reading: »Sperrgut« with the author Sophia Merwald

In collaboration with Dyke* March Weimar, the Equal Opportunity Office invites you to a reading of the novel »Sperrgut« with the author and 2025 Alfred Döblin Prize winner Sophia Merwald.

Synopsis:
»It all begins with Kristalloma: she builds a house from scratch on an industrial wasteland, and the Lusthansa becomes a home for women who have none. Years later, under the care of Kristalloma and her partner Bruno, a new community takes shape there: friends Maj and Stevie, along with their father and his wife Linde, join them. Three generations live together under the self-built roof, sharing paprika soup, watching Astro TV together and looking out for one another. Until the nearby town turns up on the doorstep with a demolition order and the Lusthansa has to fight for its very existence.

In her debut, Sophia Merwald invents a language all of her own — lyrical and playful, yet razor-sharp in its observations; surreal, yet imbued with a profound sense of truth.« (Translation of the publisher's announcement text)

Critical acclaim:
»A few years ago, a very young, unknown writer read from her work in my garden to an audience of 100, who all sat up and took notice. Because the text and the language were astonishingly entertaining, unexpectedly masterful, and the text ›worked‹ in the best sense of the word. Recently, this author was awarded the Alfred Döblin Prize. Her name is Sophia Merwald. And this text in your hands is her already award-winning debut.« (Nora Gomringer; translation from German)

»This book is an earthquake in the German-language literary landscape.« (Yevgeniy Breyger; translation from German)

»It is the unpredictability of Sophia Merwald’s language, that idiosyncratic, fairy-tale-like quality, that makes me feel: I would love for this author to tell me everything.« (Anne Sauer; translation from German)

Language:   German

Date:   Monday, 22 June 2026

Time:   7:00 PM

Venue:   Bauhaus.Atelier

The event is open to everyone.
 

»Queer.Bauhaus«: Open Meeting for Queer Employees of the Bauhaus-Uni

»Queer.Bauhaus« is turning one!

As part of Campus Pride Week 2026, we warmly invite you to the next »Queer.Bauhaus« meeting. The meeting provides a space for discussion, networking and conversation amongst queer staff members at the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar.

We would also like to explore together how this could develop into a regular network for visibility, support and the mutual exchange of experiences in the future. We look forward to seeing you there!

All queer staff members at the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar are welcome!

Language:   English and German

Date:  Tuesday, 23 June 2026

Time:   4:30 PM to 6:00 PM

Venue:   Bauhaus.Atelier
 

Queer City Walk through Weimar

A rainbow family in Goethe’s day, a meeting place for queer people during the Weimar Republic, queer activists under the church’s wing in the GDR era — did that really happen? Join Marijke and Christin as they delve into Weimar’s known and unknown queer history! They’ll bring it all to life on their city walk.

Marijke and Christin are part of the organising team for the Dyke* March Weimar. The Dyke* March is a demonstration for lesbian* visibility and will take place on Saturday, 13 June, this year. You can find more information about the Dyke* March on Instagram: @dykemarchweimar.

All queer people and allies are warmly welcome!

Language:   German spoken language

Date:   Wednesday, 24 June 2026

Time:   4:30 PM to 6:00 PM

Meeting Spot:   Friedrich-Ebert-Straße 61, Weimar

Unfortunately, the route is not accessible due to the city’s architectural layout. The event is free of charge.
 

»›FLINTA*‹ and other common forms of transphobic language«

The event addresses issues surrounding terms such as »FLINTA*« or phrases like »›reading‹ people« and explains how to use inclusive language without being transphobic.

Organised by the StuKo Department »QueerYMR«.

Target audience:   Allies

Language:   German, but translations into English can be provided

Date:   Mittwoch, 24. Juni 2026

Time:   6:30 to 8:00 PM

Venue:   Amalienstr. 13, conference room 307

Registration:   per e-mail to queerymr[at]m18.uni-weimar.de or via Instagram @queerymr
  

Pride Picnic

The »Diversity Guides« invite all queer students and allies to a cozy picnic for Campus Pride Week 2026!

Bring snacks, come as you are, and feel free to bring friends as well — we’re looking forward to seeing you there! Let's connect and enjoy a sunny afternoon together!

If you have any accessibility needs or would prefer to join digitally, just send us a message via Instagram — we’ll do our best to include you.

Date:   Thursday, 25 June 2026 

Time:   3:30 to 5:00 PM 

Venue:   Lawn in front of the Van de Velde Building (Geschwister-Scholl-Str. 7)
 

Open Air Cinema: »Pillion«
(GB 2025, PG 16, 107 min)

Together with the CSD Weimar and the Dyke* March Weimar the Equal Opportunity Office and the Diversity Department invite you to an open-air screening of the film »Pillion«.

Language: Original English language version with German subtitles.

Synopsis:
»When shy Colin meets the charismatic Ray in a bar, he’s instantly smitten. He can hardly believe that the attractive biker has chosen him, of all people, to be his new partner. Ray demands absolute submission, to which Colin is only too willing. He cleans, cooks, does the shopping and sleeps on the bedside rug without complaint. In return, Ray opens the door to an exciting world of wild adventures and sexual ecstasy. Whilst his parents grow increasingly worried, Colin is enjoying his new life to the full. Yet a quiet longing is slowly stirring within him for something that Ray may never be able to give him.

Alexander Skarsgård and Harry Potter star Harry Melling shine in Harry Lighton’s surprisingly sensitive dom-com, delivering outstanding performances brimming with humour, tenderness and emotional depth. PILLION is based on the award-winning novel ›Box Hill‹ and celebrated its acclaimed world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival, where it won the Best Screenplay Award in the ›Un Certain Regard‹ section.« (Translation of synopsis by Weltkino Filmverleih GmbH)

Trailer:   please click here

Film start:   ca. 10:15 PM

Venue:   Lawn in front of the Van de Velde Building (Geschwister-Scholl-Str. 7)

Target audience:   The event is open to all interested persons.

Further info: 

• In case of bad weather, the film screening will take place at Bauhausstraße 11, Seminar Room A. — Updates can be found here or on the Instagram page of the Equal Opportunity Office and the Diversity Department.
• To make it more comfortable: Please bring your own blankets, towels, folding chairs or similar.

The event is presented with the kind support of the Lichthaus Kino Weimar.
 

»Schoethe Fan Club«

The relationship between Goethe and Schiller — were they more than just friends? And why is the bond between the two poets still so popular today?

The StuKo Department »QueerYMR« invites all Schiller-Goethe fans to the »Schoethe Fan Club«.

Language:   German, but translations into English can be provided

Date:   Friday, 26 June 2026

Time:   5:00 to 8:00 PM

Venue:   Maschinenraum (M18 — Haus der Studierenden, Marienstr. 18, 2nd floor)

No registration required.
 

Going to the CSD together

You don't want to go to the CSD Weimar by yourself? We’ll meet outside M18 so we can walk to the CSD together! You can also pick up flags and make-up here. Face paint for children is available — but it’s for all ages.

Organised by the StuKo Department »QueerYMR«.

Language:   German and English

Date:   Saturday, 27 June 2026

Time:   12:00 noon

Meeting spot:   in front of M18 (Haus der Studierenden, Marienstr. 18)
   

Memorial Service for the »Pink Triangle Prisoners« of the Buchenwald and Mittelbau-Dora Concentration Camps

On Sunday, June 28, at 1:30 PM, the annual memorial service for the »Pink Triangle Prisoners« of the Buchenwald and Mittelbau-Dora concentration camps will take place at Buchenwald Memorial. The event is organized every year by the AIDS-Hilfe Weimar & Ostthüringen e.V and the Buchenwald and Mittelbau-Dora Memorials Foundation.

The event commemorates the men persecuted and murdered by the National Socialists as homosexuals, around 700 of whom were deported to the Buchenwald and Mittelbau-Dora concentration camps between 1937 and 1945. About one third of the prisoners marked as »homosexual« with the Pink Triangle and interned in Buchenwald and Mittelbau-Dora died in the concentration camps. Many survivors left Germany after the end of World War II.

Before the memorial service, from 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM, the Buchenwald Memorial will be offering a free public tour of the premises, focusing on the fates of the »Pink Triangle Prisoners«.

The Equal Opportunity Office and the Diversity Department will take part in the memorial service and lay down a mourning bouquet by the commemorative stone for the homosexual men imprisoned and killed in Buchenwald. We would like to invite all students, doctoral candidates and employees of the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar to join us in commemorating the homosexual and other queer victims of National Socialism.

Language:   German

Date:   Sunday, June 28, 2026

Place of remembrance:   Buchenwald Memorial

Start of the guided tour (optional):   11:00 AM

Meeting point:
10:45 PM, in front of the memorial cinema (in the back of the visitor information)

Start of the memorial service:   1:30 PM

Meeting point:
1:15 PM, in front of the memorial cinema (in the back of the visitor information)

More information:
Please see the (German-language) programme by the AIDS-Hilfe Weimar & Ostthüringen e.V. 

Travel by bus:
City bus route 6 — Buchenwald