User:Astridkarsten

As an editor for the Dutch Glossy Magazine ZaZ|This=Us (formerly known as Zij aan Zij) the only magazine for les/bi women in the Netherlands, my start in the Queer community starts two years ago. Although I (fortunately) never encountered any problems because of my sexual orientation, I did realize that there were many other not so lucky persons.

I started with an article about four girls in the Dutch National Army, still encountering problems with their sexual orientation in a land which like to stand out for their 'open' and 'accepting' moral. After this article many more followed on (international) LGBT topics, such as equal marriage, child whishes and so on.

After one year, I learned to know the World Acceptance Foundation. A foundation raising funds to financial support local initiatives striding towards more acceptance, respect and equality for those who long have been set back because of being 'different'. This foundation concentrates on projects with an educational point of view, preferably for primary- and high school ages. For this matter I would be extremely glad to make a contribution on WikiQueer as well, to make good and necessary information on gender and diversity topics accessible for a large amount of people.

Since I'm a Dutch editor my articles may not be accurate in English, but I can assure you that information and content is always reliable and checkable. I think one of the most important things for an editor is getting to know your topic and research it very well, before putting one word to paper at all. So hopefully you will enjoy my work and please feel very free to contact me in person if you have any questions!