28 june 2024 at 3 pm – Reservation required
Catharinabrug, Leiden
On Friday afternoon, June 28, a street performance will take place by Theater De Generator, on the Catharinabrug in Leiden, called (Don’t) Hit Me Leiden One More Time, inspired by the pop song by Britney Spears. Dance and audio fragments are used against police violence against the LGBTQIA+ community, then and now.
Not everyone knows that last year during Canal Pride, a group of LGBTQ people faced police violence on the Catharinabrug in Leiden, because they wanted to hang a banner on the bridge. These young queers participated in Pride just like everyone else, but also wanted to show some protest, they stated on social media. They thought the approach of Canal Pride was too commercial and that there is still too much to fight for when it comes to LGBTQIA rights in Leiden, to only focus on celebration. And given the history of Pride, they believed that there should also be room for protest during Pride. Pride originates on June 28, 1969 when New York LGBTIQA+ people resisted intimidation and oppression by the police.