eurOut's birthday party in Hamburg - Meet Up & Concert Pics

By Sandra Showtime on Friday, September 18, 2009 - 03:37

The founding of eurOut was a year ago? Yes, one year. Yes, you are already that old…er, nevermind.

On September 12 (2008) we launched a site called eurOut.com. It was bold, it was new, it was us…

Let’s be honest, our TVs and the websites we visit are filled with American content and news. We love it. Another part to be honest about. But sometimes, just sometimes, it pains a little, doesn’t it?

Europe does have its own productions, its own icons and most importantly…its own spirit. Americans love it, why don’t we?

It all started with AfterEllen.com. When I visited it for the first time and just couldn’t understand why everyone was so excited about being lesbian. But the passion of a woman called Sarah Warn captured me and since then I have a dream…

A European lesbian community is only a dream so far. We don’t even know what Europe means besides the geographical definition. Everything is so new, not even the EU Parliament and the countries its build from seem to be constant in its rulings. But does EU equal European and does European equal EU? I don’t know. And it’s not the only thing I don’t have a clue about.

With the idea to create something for Europe what was created for the U.S. with AfterEllen.com I didn’t know what I got myself into. I was used to lead teams and individuals from my work as a psychologist and I was arrogant enough to think it would be similar. It wasn’t, it isn’t…

What does it mean to be an editor? A professional lesbian, a fighter for equality or … to create awareness for the non-existence of equality for that matter?! I didn’t know, I still don’t know.

The knowledge about pulling up a site technically, writing articles, doing web marketing…it all comes from Google. We would love to do so much more, so much faster. But we are still learning.

Tags: eurout's birthday, event, Greymatter, hamburg, meet up

thanks!

Submitted by Cath on September 18, 2009 - 08:55.

...for your dedication, for your beliefs, for your hard work.

And for the birthday report and the photos that now make the rest of us who couldn't come terribly envious.

For birthday No. 2, I hope that the stats will have doubled or tripled... and that I will be able to attend a possible meeting!

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Meet up was great :)

Submitted by gemina on September 18, 2009 - 16:07.

Thanks so much for organising the meetup and also this website! :)

Your effort is much appreciated!

Submitted by Erikka (not verified) on September 19, 2009 - 00:41.

That's great to have a website like that, and I hope to be able to be there at the next birthday party! You gals seem to have such a fun time, I'm envious:-)

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Thanks

Submitted by lorayn on September 19, 2009 - 00:45.

I'm in the US and I feel that Europeans do it better so... thanks for all your hard work.

Dear Sandra

Submitted by queen of biscuit on September 19, 2009 - 08:27.

Du bist einfach die Grösste !

Vielen lieben Dank, dass du die Courage hattest, alles "über Bord zu werfen" und Dich nur noch EurOut zu widmen.
Du hast wirklich sehr viel Arbeit damit, aber Du macht viele viele Lesben in Europa und dem Rest der Welt sehr glücklich damit.
Weiterhin viel Erfolg und die verdiente Anerkennung für Dich.

Chapeau !

((((((( hug )))))))

I wish I could have been

Submitted by DutchCJ on September 19, 2009 - 10:52.

I wish I could have been there. Seems you all had a lot of fun. I will do everything I can to be there next time. Promise! But in my defense, I was working hard for eurOut :-) It will take a while before that will show but it will, it will.

Oh and I have said it before and I will say it again and again: Sandra, you are my hero :-), you have inspired me to want to move mountains…..
I will start with a bump in the road though, because I am not that bold and brave as you (yet) :-)

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Music is magic!

*sigh* Gemma Hayes tickles my heart!

Congratulations!

Submitted by xevus on September 19, 2009 - 13:32.

Thank you for your efforts and congratulations!

congratulations!

Submitted by Nixe on September 20, 2009 - 00:01.

+ alles gute zum ersten geburtstag!

sparkly rainbow hats off to you, sandra, for creating this website and keeping us up to date with everything lesian and bi in our european community. ae and shewired are great, but they don't always reflect what is important to us on our doorsteps or the diversity we have.

thank you to you and all the others who contribute to this site. i can't believe you gave up your job to follow this dream!

good luck and best wishes for many birthdays to come.
nixe

Awesome

Submitted by Little G on September 20, 2009 - 14:18.

Looks like y'all had a great time celebrating EurOut's first birthday. Hopefully, I'll be able to make it to your next party.

It was a lovely event!

Submitted by milylasouris on September 23, 2009 - 11:55.

Thanks for putting together such a great event... I'm just sorry that Issy and I missed you at the bar before the tour of the city (I'm always in trouble for being late!)

It was really great to see Greymatter live and to meet some of you. I do look forward to the next birthday party!