Oudroze

Ernst Coppejans en Stichting Open Mind staan met Oudroze stil bij de ervaringen van de eerste homoseksuele mannen, lesbische vrouwen, biseksuelen transgenders en intersekse personen die openlijk voor hun geaardheid uit durfden te komen.

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Ernst Coppejans, Oudroze, Martin, 74: 'I have had a hard time dealing with it though. I lost my way. I climbed onto the roof, and I walked around there buck naked. The police took me off the roof and brought me to Santpoort. Later I also went to the Valerius clinic and a clinic in Haarlem. Yet I have had a rich and happy life. From the age of 25 I lived in Amsterdam and earned my money as a ballet dancer.'Ernst Coppejans, Oudroze, Martin, 74: 'I have had a hard time dealing with it though. I lost my way. I climbed onto the roof, and I walked around there buck naked. The police took me off the roof and brought me to Santpoort. Later I also went to the Valerius clinic and a clinic in Haarlem. Yet I have had a rich and happy life. From the age of 25 I lived in Amsterdam and earned my money as a ballet dancer.'

Ernst Coppejans, Oudroze, Vivian, 71: 'I'm a left-over. Everyone in my gay network has died. Also my great love who I lived with. We were together for about 12 years. I met him at Casa Maria. The owner, Maria, had let us in because we couldn't get in anywhere. Casa Maria became our living room, a black gay café that enjoyed popularity in faraway places such as America.'Ernst Coppejans, Oudroze, Vivian, 71: 'I'm a left-over. Everyone in my gay network has died. Also my great love who I lived with. We were together for about 12 years. I met him at Casa Maria. The owner, Maria, had let us in because we couldn't get in anywhere. Casa Maria became our living room, a black gay café that enjoyed popularity in faraway places such as America.'

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Ernst Coppejans, Oudroze, Gloria, 71: 'In Paramaribo it was not problem at all that we were together. I did research there and wrote a book about mati. Mati refers to both men and women, who have intimate and sexual relationships with people of both sexes. I don't call it bisexual, because it has very different cultural and historical roots. They are 'matis', 'friends' with benefits. The mati women form a subculture in Suriname. It is mainly Creole working-class women who often have children with a man and at the same time have a fondness for women. Their sexual relations are not seen as part of their identity, but as part of their behaviour.'Ernst Coppejans, Oudroze, Gloria, 71: 'In Paramaribo it was not problem at all that we were together. I did research there and wrote a book about mati. Mati refers to both men and women, who have intimate and sexual relationships with people of both sexes. I don't call it bisexual, because it has very different cultural and historical roots. They are 'matis', 'friends' with benefits. The mati women form a subculture in Suriname. It is mainly Creole working-class women who often have children with a man and at the same time have a fondness for women. Their sexual relations are not seen as part of their identity, but as part of their behaviour.'

Ernst Coppejans, Oudroze, Jill, 82: 'In Paris I first heard about doctor Burou in Casablanca. Other doctors demanded you undergo years of psychological testing before you would be offered sex reassignment surgery as a transgender. He was the only one who did it without a fuss, for 10,000 dollars. Doctor Burou was a big, coarse man but very sweet. When, after saving up for years, I lay on his operating table, he still called me monsieur. When I woke up, he called me mademoiselle. That's how it felt for me too. I never felt like I was in the wrong body. It was my body, and I wanted to change it.'Ernst Coppejans, Oudroze, Jill, 82: 'In Paris I first heard about doctor Burou in Casablanca. Other doctors demanded you undergo years of psychological testing before you would be offered sex reassignment surgery as a transgender. He was the only one who did it without a fuss, for 10,000 dollars. Doctor Burou was a big, coarse man but very sweet. When, after saving up for years, I lay on his operating table, he still called me monsieur. When I woke up, he called me mademoiselle. That's how it felt for me too. I never felt like I was in the wrong body. It was my body, and I wanted to change it.'






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