Hey, here’s a selection of explanations of terms we use.
We don’t expect you to know them all before you attend one of our events. The list serves more to make our description texts easier to understand and to give you the opportunity to look up terms easily.

Queerfeminism
is a movement that aims to achieve equal rights for all people, with a focus on the fight against patriarchy.

Queer
We understand this term as a reclaimed and empowering description for people who do not fit into the cis- and hetero-normative image of society. Another term that is often used for this is LGBTQ+.

FLINTA*
Women, lesbians, intersex, non-binary, trans and a-gender people, * all other gender identities that do not fit into the binary gender system; i.e. those affected by the patriarchal system and sexism

BIPoC
Black, Indigenous and People of Color
Political self-designation of people who are affected by racism

LGBTQIA+
lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans*, queer, inter, asexual, + all other sexualities & gender identities that do not fall within the cis-hetero norm

Intersectionality
Is the overlapping and simultaneity of different forms of discrimination (e.g. sexism, racism, queerphobia, transphobia, etc.) against a person.

Patriarchy
The prevailing social order that discriminates against all people who are not cis-male. On the one hand in areas such as the state and work, and on the other through an established position of power within the family, relationship or even on the street. Behind the term patriarchy there are also authoritative values and norms, social orders.

Küfa
Kitchen for all – here you can get food for a donation (i.e. as much as you can give).

Pronouns
These are words we use to talk about a person without saying their name. So dey, they, she, he, etc.

Trigger warning (TW)
Warning that content could trigger associations, memories and feelings that a person may not be able to deal with emotionally. A warning so that affected people can either skip topics or prepare themselves mentally.

Forms of discrimination

Discrimination
are violent and powerful patterns of devaluation/exclusion/oppression/disadvantage/exploitation of certain groups of people that are deeply rooted in our social structure.
It takes place on an individual + institutional + social level

Ableism
Discrimination against people with (ascribed) physical/mental disabilities or learning difficulties. Ableism is based on the idea of a certain body as the “norm”

Classism
Discrimination against people on the basis of social origin/position.
Examples: Children are expected to do less at school because of their parents’ educational qualifications; stigmatization of recipients of citizens’ benefits

Racism
Discrimination against BIPoC based on (ascribed) “physical/cultural” characteristics

Sexism
Discrimination against FLINTA* resulting from the (usually unconscious) idea that the cis-male gender is inherently superior to others.

Queerophobia
Discrimination against LGBTQIA+

Privileges
are structural advantages that people of a non-marginalized group simply have because of their social position. Privileges can be obvious and less obvious and are often taken for granted.

Gender terms

cis
A person is cis if their gender identity matches the gender they were assigned at birth. For example, if a person is male according to their birth certificate and also perceives themselves as male, then this person is a cis man.

trans*
Possible self-designation of people who do not or only partially identify with the gender registered at birth; opposite of cis

enby/ non-binary
This is a generic term for gender identities that do not fit into the binary gender system of man and woman

inter/intersex
Term for people with physical gender characteristics that do not correspond to social and medical concepts of male and female.

dyadic/endo
Term for people who can be clearly categorized as female or male on the basis of physical sex characteristics and medical norms, i.e. who are not inter.