{"id":11915,"date":"2025-12-18T11:49:46","date_gmt":"2025-12-18T10:49:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.qwien.at\/nicht-kategorisiert\/radical-faeries-queer-pioneers\/"},"modified":"2025-12-18T17:59:59","modified_gmt":"2025-12-18T16:59:59","slug":"radical-faeries-queer-pioneers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.qwien.at\/en\/events-archive\/radical-faeries-queer-pioneers\/","title":{"rendered":"Radical Faeries: Queer pioneers"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row section_type=&#8221;container-width&#8221; padding_top_multiplier=&#8221;&#8221; padding_bottom_multiplier=&#8221;4x&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243; column_sticky=&#8221;yes&#8221; column_sticky_offset=&#8221;150&#8243;]<div class=\"grve-element grve-image grve-align-center\">\r\n\t<div class=\"grve-image-item\">\r\n\t\t\r\n\r\n<div class=\"grve-image-wrapper grve-no-effect\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"grve-thumbnail-wrapper\"  style=\"width: 1120px;\"><div class=\"grve-thumbnail\"  style=\"padding-top: 133.393%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1120\" height=\"1494\" src=\"https:\/\/www.qwien.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Catell1.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"Group of people gathered outdoors for a reading event titled &quot;Radical Faeries.&quot;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.qwien.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Catell1.png 1x,https:\/\/www.qwien.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Catell1.png 2x\" data-column-space=\"auto\" data-lazyload=\"\" data-grve-filter=\"yes\" \/><\/div><\/div>\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n[\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/6&#8243;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243; full_height=&#8221;yes&#8221;]<h2 class=\"grve-element grve-title grve-align-inherit grve-h3\"><span>Overview<\/span><\/h2>[vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]People who stand up for other minorities at risk do not fit into any mold. Radical faeries are often such people. They do not want to be assimilated, assimilated and harnessed to a political cart. They explore the spiritual essence of our queer existence and push for open, safe spaces for all. Faeries ask what significance queer people have for humanity. And they answer: &#8220;We have a story and we have a role to play in it. We are what we do and we can do great things. All we have to take off are our chains.&#8221; Faeries have an enchanting worldwide network and can never be wiped out. If necessary, they can disappear and reappear at any time.<\/p>\n<p>Some Faeries are doing pioneering work in bringing queer (fairy) spirit to Austria and its eastern neighbors.<\/p>\n<p>One of these pioneers in Austria, Gunny Catell aka &#8220;Mata Hari&#8221;, will present his brand new book &#8220;Radical Faeries: Queer Pioneers&#8221; and complement it with short readings from various other of his books about Radical Faeries over coffee and cake.<\/p>\n<p>Moderation: Andreas Brunner<\/p>\n<p>Free admission![\/vc_column_text]<div class=\"grve-empty-space grve-height-1x\"><\/div><h2 class=\"grve-element grve-title grve-align-inherit grve-h3\"><span>Date<\/span><\/h2>[vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]January 10, 2026, 4 p.m.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>January 10, 2026, 4 p.m.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":11907,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[263],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11915","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-events-archive","grve-entry-item","grve-blog-item"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Radical Faeries: Queer pioneers - Blog - Qwien - Zentrum f\u00fcr queere Geschichte<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"People who stand up for other minorities at risk do not fit into any mold. 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