Naomie Pieter

Naomie Pieter is a performance artist, queer and anti-racist activist whose work centers on making space for the intersections of those communities. She is the founder of ' Daughters of Ivory' and co-founder of 'Black Queer & Trans Resistance NL', as well as the initiator of Pride of Color Amsterdam, the first committee within Amsterdam Pride that focuses on the inclusion and empowerment of bi-cultural LGBTI +. She also organises Pon De Pride, a party in Melkweg Amsterdam which offers a safe space for black and other LHBTI + people of color to enjoy dancehall music. Naomie has also set up a Black Queer Archive to make visible stories that are missing in narratives of the history of the Netherlands.