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Breaking the rules of online dating

Artists are taking on the trolls of Tinder and the gremlins of Grindr to question the limits of online dating.

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Photographs as evidence of gender identity and sexuality

Intriguing photographs from sexologists’ archives suggest they could have helped people explore their gender identity and sexuality.

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Fleeing fear, defying prejudice

As teenage refugee Sedra Al-Yousef grappled with rebuilding her life and education in another country, at the same time she used compassion and humanity to demolish populist anti-refugee myths.

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  • A courtyard view showing the university buildings and street life, Berlin, Germany. Stipple engraving.
  • A courtyard view showing the university buildings and street life, Berlin, Germany. Stipple engraving.
  • Victoria (Vicky) Adelaide Louise, Princess Royal of England and later Empress of Germany, with her husband Friedrich, Crown Prince of Prussia, later Emperor of Germany. Photograph by L. Haase & Co, Berlin.
  • People of different nationalities living in Germany ask a question about AIDS in their mother tongue (Vietnamese, Spanish, French); advertising the multilingual service of Berlin AIDS helpline. Colour lithograph, 199-.
  • The words "Stand together. Walk together" with a repeated list of emergency phone lines representing an advertisement for Gay Pride events in Germany in 1993. Colour lithograph by ComDesign, Berlin, 1993.
  • The Congress of Berlin: Disraeli as a tooth-drawer, assisted by Queen Victoria, operates on Sultan Abdul Hamid II of the Ottoman Empire, surrounded by political figures from France, Germany etc. Coloured lithograph by J.J. van Brederode after Jan Steen, 1878.
  • The word AIDS on a red ground, representing the risk of AIDS, being diminished by a black and white condom-like shape, representing the ability of condoms to reduce the risk. Colour lithograph, 199-.
  • The word AIDS seen as blurred in an eye-test, encouraging people to see AIDS more clearly by using the local AIDS counselling centres in Berlin. Coloured lithograph by Sehstern, 199-.
  • Two colleagues, a woman and a man, sharing a drink in the office, promoting access to information on HIV/AIDS at workplace. Coloured lithograph by Roloff, 199-.
  • Head of a girl; representing children with AIDS. Colour lithograph after C. Gramespacher, 199-.
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