17.04.2025 – 7pm
Photobastei
Opening Vernissage
Artists: Anna & Meghan McNealy
Opening Speech from Varia Festival Team
23.04.2025 – 7pm
Exchange Workshop for People with Gender Variations
As part of our festival, we warmly invite you to an exchange workshop for people with gender variations. In a protected space, we aim to create opportunities for encounter, networking, and mutual empowerment.
The workshop is free of charge. Our goal is to overcome isolation and promote visibility. Safe space – entry only with
Panel discussion
Panel with the Equality Offices of the Cities of Basel, Bern, and Lucerne
@ Photobastei Zurich
Equality offices play a central role in promoting equal opportunities and supporting LGBTIQ people in various areas of life. Their mission is to reduce discrimination, enhance visibility, and create inclusive structures.
Intersex people remain invisible in many areas of society.
Urs Vanessa Sager, an intersex person, will discuss various topics with representatives from the equality offices of Basel, Bern, and Lucerne. The discussion will cover the responsibilities and services of these institutions as well as the challenges in implementing them.
What can these offices do to promote visibility, reduce prejudice, and enhance social recognition for intersex people?
3.5.2025 – 9pm
HIVE Club
Exhibition and Performance
Chill & Art floor hosted by Kasheme
Exhibition
Faba
Emily
CAKE ESCAPE
Performance
abby@abby
LUMINA VOX
CAKE ESCAPE
Party fom 11pm
DJ’s
Dandy Jack and the bandwagon effekt
Pilocka Krach
Styro & Playlove
Rino
Antja
Monee loves you
Q:uya
Visuals
Trig Fardust
4.5. 2025 from 6pm
Photobastei
After Party
11.5. 2025 from 3pm to 6pm
Photobastei
Finissage
Music by Goldnugget
At the Varia Festival «I do exist», we are creating visibility and breaking down prejudices. The festival puts a spotlight on people with gender variations, combining art and education through an art exhibition, dance events, and open discussions.
We are a community that stands against non-consensual surgeries and fights for a better future for intersex people – in a diverse and tolerant society. Varia Festival invites everyone to join the conversation, learn from one another, and build a deeper understanding of people with gender variations.
Together, we stand for diversity and acceptance.
