The other side of going out as a queer person

The other side of going out as a queer person

A festival on de Neude, source: Lotte Smithuis

The city of Utrecht is famous for it – their clubs and festivals. The underground dance scene is worldly known as wel as worldly visited. Going out should be a fun and safe experience for everyone, whether they’re gay, straigh or bi. T is a employee at Tivoli as wel as a spokesperson when talking about ‘the queer experience’. Just like any other teenager T enjoys a night out, but as a queer person they don’t always experience the night as effortlessly as it should be.

 

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Lotte Smithuis

Lotte Smithuis is 18 jaar oud. Ze volgt de opleiding journalistiek in Utrecht en woont in Nijmegen. Privé hockeyt Lotte graag en doet ze graag wijntjes met haar vriendinnen. Op het moment werkt ze in de horeca, maar in de toekomst heeft ze de aspiratie om haar journalistieke pad te vervolgen in het buitenland of binnen de onderzoeksjournalistiek.