Manuela Kay Explained

Manuela Kay
Birth Place:West Berlin, West Germany
Occupation:Journalist, author and publisher

Manuela Kay (born 2 April 1964) is a German journalist, author and publisher.

Life and career

Kay worked from the first day of its founding (March 1987) until February 1991 as the editor and presenter of the first Berlin private Radio Station, Radio 100, including the gay-lesbian show ‘Eldoradio’. She is co-author and film producer of numerous video films on the theme of lesbian sexuality and feminist pornography.[1]

In 1992 and 1994, she released the films ‘Du Darfst’ (engl. title “Truth or Dare“) and ‘Airport’.[2] The 33-minute, low budget film ‘Airport’ is regarded as the first German lesbian porno and remains to this day a milestone in the history of pornography.[3]

After working as a freelance journalist, author and presenter, she worked from 1996 until 2005 as the editor-in-chief of Berlin's queer city magazine, Siegessäule published then by Jackwerth publishing company. Kay played a decisive role in the redevelopment of the magazine from a gay male publication to a gay-lesbian and ultimately queer inclusive content.[4] In 2003, she planned and conceived[5] the lesbian magazine, the L-MAG and was co-editor in-chief with Peter Polzer at its inception.[6] [7]

From 1995 to 2005, she worked at Berlin's International Film Festival in the Panorama section and the queer film prize, the Teddy Award. She is renowned within European (e.g. Kiev, Turin, Bilbao, Barcelona, Bern, Lisbon, Prague) and international Film Festivals as a jury member and speaker.

Kay co-curated the exhibition ‘Nobody is Perfect – Lesbian and Gay Film Idols’ with Wolfgang Theis and Maria Schmidt (20 January – 11 April 1999) in Berlin's Schwules* Museum (Gay* Museum) and conducted numerous guided tours throughout the duration of the exhibition.[8]

Since 2007, she has been working as the curator and a team member of the organising committee of the Pornfilmfestival Berlin.

In 2012, the Jackwerth publishing company was dissolved and sold. Manuela Kay and her colleague of many years, Gudrun Fertig, founded the Special Media SDL GmbH publishing house and took over the Siegessäule and L-MAG and DU&ICH in 2012. Kay and Fertig become directors and majority shareholders of the above-mentioned publications.

Kay's journalistic focus lies in the realm of lesbian culture, sexuality, film and international issues.

Socio-political commitments

Manuela Kay identifies as a radical feminist and is committed to lesbian visibility, Feminism and LGBT Rights in general.

For the tenth anniversary of L-MAG in 2013, Kay realised a lifelong dream and initiated Berlin's inaugural Dyke* March, based on the USA's model.[9] Since then, other German cities have followed suit: Cologne (2015),[10] Hamburg (2016)[11] and the Dyke* March in Heidelberg in 2017,[12] with a demonstration for Lesbian Visibility, which took place the night before the Pride March.

Awards

In 2013, Kay was the recipient of the IGLTA (International Gay Lesbian Travel Association) Travel Writer Award.

In 2015, Manuela Kay and Gudrun Fertig were awarded the Augsburg-Heymann Prize. Since 2009, this annual award honours work by courageous lesbians LAG Lesbians in NRW (a network of lesbian groups in the German state of Nordrhein-Westfalen) towards the Advancement and Visibility of Lesbian Women.[13] [14]

Publications

Films

Books

Book articles

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Manuela Kay. IMDb. 15 December 2017.
  2. Web site: Gratis in Berlin - Airport 1994 – ein kleiner Lesbenporno und seine großen Folgen. www.gratis-in-berlin.de. de-de. 15 December 2017.
  3. Oslo Gay & Lesbian Film Festiva 2006l: How to make lesbian porn? http://www.novare.no/kff/dagsplan/pdf/lesbian%20porn.pdf
  4. Web site: Fighting Uphill: Uncovering Lesbians in Germany's Queer Community by Bill Blaustein, Janine Neumann Humanity in Action. Humanity In Action. en. 15 March 2018.
  5. Web site: L-MAG - Das Magazin für Lesben - Über Uns. Lesben. L-MAG – Das Magazin für. www.l-mag.de. 15 December 2017.
  6. News: Queer in the city. Johnson. Joey Hansom, Peer Jon Ørsted, Walter Crasshole, Ava. 19 June 2015. EXBERLINER.com. 15 March 2018. en-us.
  7. Web site: Fighting Uphill: Uncovering Lesbians in Germany's Queer Community by Bill Blaustein, Janine Neumann Humanity in Action. Humanity In Action. en. 15 March 2018.
  8. Web site: Nobody is perfect - Filmidole von Lesben und Schwulen Schwules Museum*. Museum*. Schwules. www.schwulesmuseum.de. de. 15 December 2017.
  9. News: 2013 – Wie alles anfing. 28 March 2016. 21. Juli 2017. 15 December 2017. de-DE.
  10. Web site: DYKE* MARCH COLOGNE. DYKE* MARCH COLOGNE. de-DE. 15 December 2017.
  11. Web site: First Hamburger Dyke March - Intervention e.V.. www.intervention-hamburg.de. de. 15 December 2017.
  12. Web site: Dykemarch Rhein-Neckar Freitag, 10. August 2018 um 19 Uhr in Heidelberg, Universitätsplatz. dykemarchrheinneckar.de. de-DE. 15 December 2017.
  13. Web site: Augspurg-Heymann-Preis 2015 an Manuela Kay und Gudrun Fertig verliehen. www.lesben-nrw.de. de-DE. 15 December 2017.
  14. Web site: Feierliche Verleihung an Manuela Kay und Gudrun Fertig. www.siegessaeule.de. 15 December 2017.
  15. Web site: Manuela Kay. IMDb. 15 March 2018.

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