Nicht die Ersten – Bewegungsgeschichten von Queers of Color in Deutschland Lesung und Gesprächsrunde mit Tarek Shukrallah, Newroz Çelik und Jasmin Eding, u.a.

In the organizer's words:

"Not the First" brings together movement stories of queer Black people and People of Color in Germany from the 1980s to the present day. The narratives of contemporary witnesses themselves become the focus of historiography. The volume sees itself as an activist intervention in a cis-heteronormative history of anti-racist struggles and in a white narrative of queer history. The book is both a movement archive and a contribution to a queer-of-color critical perspective in the German-speaking context. The texts provide testimony and inspiration for current and future generations of queers of color in their struggles against capitalism, racism, queer hostility, sexism and for emancipatory struggles.

The book brings together contributions by: Amir Saëmian, Birol Işık, Cihangir Gümüstürkmen, İpek İpekçioğlu, Jasco Viefhues, Jasmin Eding, Jin Haritaworn, Katharina Oguntoye, Koray Yılmaz-Günay, Mina Jawad, Newroz Çelik, Paisley Dalton, Saideh Saadat-Lendle, Sarnt Utamachote, Thao Ho, Tsepo Bollwinkel-Keele, Wassan Ali and Zezé Soares.

Tarek Shukrallah is a political and social scientist, community organizer and author. Shukrallah's research interests include queer-of-color critical perspectives, queer movement history and intersectionality in Germany as well as sexual politics and political transformation in North Africa. Tarek Shukrallah lives in Berlin and Tunis. "Nicht die Ersten" is the result of several years of extensive research, particularly in collaboration with the Schwules Museum Berlin, and is Tarek Shukrallah's first book publication.

Newrotz Çelik is an activist and has been active in various social movements for 20 years and has had a podcast called "Punch Up" since 2018.

Jasmin Eding has been active in the Black movement for 40 years and is a co-founder of ADEFRA e.V. She describes herself as an anti-racist feminist lesbian grassroots activist.

In cooperation with the Institute for History and Ethics of Medicine at the University of Heidelberg, PLUS for Refugees and the Office for Equal Opportunities of the City of Heidelberg as part of the anniversary "Five Years Rainbow City Heidelberg". Supported by the Round Table against Racism of the City of Heidelberg as part of the federal program Demokratie Leben.