Suzan Daniel

Suzan Daniel (Suzanne De Pues)

Country

Belgium

Birth - Death

1918 - 2007

Occupation

Activist

Description

Pseudonym of LGBTQ community activist Suzanne De Pues, who founded the Centre Culturel de Belgique, the country’s first-ever group for gays and lesbians in 1953. The Suzan Daniel bridge in Brussels was named in her honour and will link the Tour & Taxi and Gare du Nord areas of the northern municipality of Schaerbeek. The Fonds Suzan Daniel is the Belgian LGBT archive and documentation centre founded in 1996.

See Also

• Early European LGBTQ Activists
• Management of LGBTQ Community Centres

Further Reading/Research

• https://www.fondssuzandaniel.be/
• https://www.lavenir.net/cnt/dmf20190709_01356195/qui-est-suzan-daniel-qui-donnera-son-nom-a-la-nouvelle-passerelle-sur-le-canal
• https://www.brusselstimes.com/brussels-2/60297/suzan-daniel-new-bridge-to-be-named-after-iconic-brussels-lgbtq-activist-schaerbeek-tour-taxis/

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