The Schwulenreferat is the autonomous gay department of the student body at Philipps-Universität Marburg, in the AStA building on Erlenring next to the canteen. It calls itself the interest representation of gay, bisexual and trans masculinities at the university, and it works politically as much as socially.
The reason for a visitor to know about it is the library. Around 900 books, 190 DVDs and a run of magazines on queer history, politics and life sit in one room, which makes it one of the larger collections of its kind in central Hesse. Borrowing is for students of the university, but the room is open to anyone during the department's contact hours in term time.
It also advises on coming out and on discrimination cases inside the university, and it runs talks and social evenings through the semester. Outside term time very little happens here.
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