Gender Diversity in Art and Trans Rights in Germany with Louie Läuger

Doing It! with Hannah Witton

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Health & Fitness, Relationships, Sexuality, Society & Culture

4.8 • 651 Ratings

🗓️ 25 January 2023

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, Hannah is joined by Louie Läuger, who is an illustrator and author based in Germany. Louie talks about how constrictive it is that German only has one word for gender and sex, and how people are creating new gender neutral terms instead of using gendered nouns, and the current state of trans rights in Germany. They and Hannah discuss how to create gender diversity in art without falling into tropes or stereotypes around the appearance of non binary and trans people, and how Louie tackled this during working Sexy Scribbles with Hannah. Louie also talks about their own experience exploring their gender identity, the inspiration behind their book Rethinking Gender, and creating conversations about gender for people with little previous understanding or experience of gender diversity. Finally, Louie shares an example of the most creative way they’ve heard someone express their gender, and gives some advice on feeling confident in your own non binary expression and appearance.

✨ MORE ABOUT LOUIE LÄUGER✨
Louie Läuger (they/them) is an author and illustrator based in Germany. They studied education and design and decided to sprinkle queerness and feminism into that mix. They love cats, coffee and chocolate cookies - also plants, but that doesn't fit into the alliteration. You can find their work with @tenderrebellions on social media or with the title "Rethinking Gender" in your local bookshop!

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0:36.9	Hi everyone. Welcome back to Doing It, the Sex and Relationships podcast where sex has never
0:42.0	been so nerdy with me, your host, Hannah Witten.
0:45.3	This week I'm joined by the brilliant illustrator and author Louis Laugher, aka Tender Rebellions
0:50.9	on Instagram.
0:52.3	Louis and I actually worked together on sexy scribbles in
0:55.8	2021, which was this stunning and diverse sexy, sex positive illustrations, coloring pages
1:03.6	for my newsletter. And Louis actually recently released their own book called Rethinking Gender.
1:12.8	And so I wanted to get Louis onto the podcast to talk all about their work and queer art. Louis is from Germany and we spoke
1:19.5	about how the German language only has one word for gender and sex and how constrictive
1:26.7	that is for talking about gender identity and gender
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