Current events

From May 21 to July 4, 2025, House 1 will host the traveling exhibition "There are no such people here!" [„Solche Leute gibt’s hier nicht!“] - an impressive project about queer life in the rural and small-town regions of Saxony. The opening will take place on May 21 at 13:00 in House 1.

Saxony's small towns and rural areas are LGBTIQ* zones! Lesbians, gays, bisexuals, transgender, intersex and queer people (LGBTIQ*) are part of the reality of life here - and yet they are rarely visible. Our exhibition tells their stories. Using a smartphone, you can also access interviews that show the entire spectrum of queer life experiences. You can listen to people who are all closely connected to their region in Saxony, but not all of them have been able to stay. This is because subliminal forms of rejection such as prejudice, exclusion and discrimination are still present.

The exhibition shows that the diversity of small towns and rural areas in Saxony cannot be called into question. Our interviewees told stories of happiness in the countryside, but also of doubts. Here, a gay train driver meets a self-declared bird of paradise and a trans* teenager meets a lesbian mother who has just divorced her husband. They paint a self-confident and powerful picture of queer life in rural and small-town Saxony to encourage others.