Pandemic was yesterday: The adult education center in the Würmtal plunges into the summer semester full of vigour.
For the first time, she is offering a series of topics on queer and transgender people.
Planegg
– The adult education center (VHS) in the Würmtal is well on the way to emerging stronger from the Corona crisis.
"We're recovering pretty well," said director Julika Bake in a press conference on Friday.
The numbers prove it: In the past year there were 9225 participants.
Even if this is not yet close to the top year 2019 with 11,111 participants, it still corresponds to 76 percent of the average of the pre-Corona years.
The adult education center reached 86 percent in terms of courses on offer last year.
"We've invested a lot in marketing and availability, and that's paying off." In addition, the participants' digital skills have increased.
Bake: “More and more registrations are coming in online.” More and more people who had been suspended in the past three years are also returning to VHS.
Queer and Transgender
In the summer semester, which begins on the last Monday in February and runs through July, the Adult Education Center offers all of them a total of 684 events, including three special subject series.
For the first time, the VHS deals with the terms "queer" and "transgender" and the realities of life behind them.
Queer is used as a positive self-description, especially by non-heterosexual people, while transgender describes people whose external sexual characteristics and thus the gender assigned at birth do not match their perceived gender.
"The topic is becoming more and more important in the middle of society," says Bake, referring to the "Queer Life" action package passed by the Bundestag last fall.
the film comedy “Oskars Kleid”, which was partly filmed in Planegg, and the presentation of the German Book Prize to the non-binary person Kim de l'Horizon last October.
"We try to take different perspectives," says Bake.
For example, in a workshop on March 22nd entitled “Queer, Trans, LGBTQ* – What’s behind it?” or during a trip to the Planegg Urological Clinic, which is titled: “Man to woman, woman to man.
Visit to the Center for Reconstructive Urogenital Surgery” on March 29th.
Thanks to the support of the Bavarian State Ministry for Education and Culture, the events are free of charge.
LGBTQ* – What is behind it?” or during a detour to the Planegg Urological Clinic, which is captioned: “Man to woman, woman to man.
Visit to the Center for Reconstructive Urogenital Surgery” on March 29th.
Thanks to the support of the Bavarian State Ministry for Education and Culture, the events are free of charge.
LGBTQ* – What is behind it?” or during a detour to the Planegg Urological Clinic, which is captioned: “Man to woman, woman to man.
Visit to the Center for Reconstructive Urogenital Surgery” on March 29th.
Thanks to the support of the Bavarian State Ministry for Education and Culture, the events are free of charge.
Papua New Guinea
The thematic series Papua New Guinea is also part of the “People and the Environment” priority.
The VHS uses the visit of athletes from the island state in Planegg and Gräfelfing, which is part of the pre-program for the Special Olympics in Berlin in June, to provide information about their homeland.
What is rather unknown is that Papua New Guinea, located in the south-west Pacific, was a colony of the German Empire until the 20th century.
"German-language literature and its view of its colonial legacy" is the title of a lecture on May 11 in the Kraillinger community library.
With 200 events, the area of health takes up most of the space in the new programme.
This is where the series of topics is located, which focuses on dementia diseases between March and June.
This also includes "Language works, music stays - music and dementia" on May 22nd or the "Soul strengthening day for caring relatives" on June 17th.
My time out – finally me”.
Bake and her team have not yet been able to determine that participants will not attend due to the increased cost of living.
The VHS itself refrained from increasing the fees.
"We didn't want to pass on the additional costs caused by the energy crisis to the participants," said educational staff member Susanne Reicheneder.
And Bake added: "I would be cautiously confident." Registration has begun.
