Queer Memory Blanket

Join us in designing a queer memorial for Prague! The history of queer people in the Czech territory is marked by oppression—but also by resilience, creativity, and the fight for the right to joy.

What should a memorial to Czech queer stories and history look like? Where should it be located? What and whom should it represent? Come share your thoughts, fill out surveys, help scout potential locations—or design it yourself!

The collected data will be used by Martin Kámen, a doctoral student at the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague, as part of his dissertation on the topic of a Queer Memorial.

You’ll find the exact location on the program map upon arrival at Pride Village.

Entrance fee – free

Accessibility – suitable also for children and teenagers, accessible with a dog, barrier-free

Vibe check – small event (approx. 30 people), quiet (no loud music, shouting, etc.), requires interacting with the audience or other attendees, seating options, outdoors

Trigger warnings – oppression of queer people in the past, conversion/reversal therapy, criminalization of homosexuality

Organized by – The Society for Queer Memory
The Society for Queer Memory brings together those who wish to contribute to preserving queer memory and the life stories of people with non-heterosexual orientations and gender or sex non-conforming identities in the Czech Republic. Its aim is to establish and maintain a museum and archive that collects material artifacts, written documents, and recorded stories—processing them professionally and making them accessible to the public.

The Society for Queer Memory stands against the forced forgetting of lives lived in secrecy—of those excluded from family traditions and rituals of remembrance. Its work helps new generations of queer people enter life without the crushing notion of isolation and exclusion, with the knowledge that they are not alone.