Community and Arts Programme
Bisexual Programme
Our bisexual programme began in January 2016. We continue to meet biweekly. Meet ups include workshops, support meetings, as well as occasional events open the public. We also regularly host “solidarity brunches” for bisexual women and lesbians.
- Getting Bi: A Guide to Bisexuality in the 21st Century (English translation) – A guide to bisexuality, the first Slovenian publication on bisexuality.
- Bizine (Slovene, partially English) – a community zine containing prose, poetry and art by and for the local bi community
- Creating a Bi Community: How and Why? (English) – Video of the 2016 round table
- Bisexual Literary Evening (Slovene, partially English) – Video recording of Slovenia’s first bisexual arts event
- Kaj o biseksualnosti pravijo nove generacije? (Slovene) – Interview with Kvartir’s Ada Černoša on bisexual youth
- Bi-Fi: The Bisexual Podcast
- Bisexual Film Project – Over summer 2019, Kvartir organised film workshops for the bisexual community, through which we produced two short films.
– Happy Bi Day (2019) (English subtitles; followed in 2020 by a quarantine follow up special, Bi-solation)
– Skrivnostni obisk v Ljubljani (2019) (English subtitles)
Trans Programme
The Trans Programme began in January 2018, in response to a trans themed bi meet up. Within the frame of our trans programme, we meet biweekly for support group, which includes game nights and creative workshops. Transzine is an arts publication developed within the framework of the trans meet ups.
- Transzine (Slovene, partially English) – An ongoing zine publication devoted to art and writing by Slovenia’s trans community
- Kako prehajam (Slovene) – Personal accounts on the experience of medical and legal transition in Slovenia
- Trans Uncensored (English) – A podcast devoted to trans issues
Asexual Programme
The asexual programme started in April 2016, with support group meetings. Meetings have recently been on hiatus, but keep an eye on our facebook events page in 2020…
- Kaj je aseksualnost? (Slovene) – An introduction to asexuality.
Queer Book Club
Started in January 2018, our monthly queer book club explores both classical and contemporary portrayals of LGBT+ persons.
Sexual Health Programme
We’re excited to announce a new project on the sexual health of LGBT+ women, trans and intersex people! With this project, we aim to educate gynaecologists working with LGBT+ people (within and outside of Ljubljana), research the needs and experiences within the LGBT+ community and develop workshops on lesbian and trans safer sex. The results of our initial survey are forthcoming.
The project is co-developed by Društvom Študentov Medicine, Project Virus, and Dr Gabrijela Simetinger.
Beyond Binaries: Next Generation Queer Feminism
Beyond Binaries is a joint project between Društvo Kvartir in Slovenia and Queer Trans & Youth in the Czech Republic (under parent organisation Trans*parent) focused on the increasing number of youth who identify on the bi and non-binary spectrum and how these identities relate to feminism. The two groups utilised skills in our respective fields (youth activism, bisexuality, movement building, transgender issues, and self and collective care) to bridge gaps and blind spots in our local communities and empower queer/trans youth as well as build intergenerational links, learning self care and building sustainable movements.
Click here to download the PDF in English, and click here to read online via Issuu.
Slovene version: PDF, Issuu
Czech version: PDF, Issuu