December stories

In this month, I feel strongly the paradox of celebration and memories as lights and shadows. This post will explore what December events have shaped queer and feminist history.

I’m taking time now to share some and why they mean a lot to me personally… because of them I choose to remember.

There is December 1., World AIDS Day: a day where HIV/AIDS, remembrance and community support intersect. When I worked at MAC, these days always marked a day of giving back: donations, volunteering, real community work. It’s a good memory of being a part of something like this.

Then there is on December 21, 2025, the Kolkata Rainbow Pride Walk in India and it shows that December can be more than holiday lights: it can be activism, community and collective presence. This is one of Asia’s oldest pride walk. It began in 1999, a few years after the first marches in Vienna and Budapest.

1972 - United Nations (global):

On December 18, the Convention on the Political Rights of Woman was reaffirmed by the UN General Assembly , one of the earliest international agreements recognising women’s right to vote, run for office, and participate in governance. I probably don’t need to explain this.

Which one speaks to you the most?

What happened in Hungary in the meantime?

In 1993 from November 26 till the first of December, the Toldi cinema hosted Hungary’s first gay & lesbian film festival, the Pink Week. The program included film screenings, panel discussions and a torchlight procession connected to World AIDS Day. This event was an early and important moment for LGBTQ+ visibility in Hungary.

This year, I wanted to look back at a few moments that happened in this month.

Last but not least, about the pictures!

As you walk through the city of Vienna, you keep stumbling upon some reminders…sometimes funny, sometimes kind, sometimes disarmingly honest. Together they capture something I love about the place: the way these messages, moods and small traces of people coexist so naturally.

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See you next year,

Ivett