Battling for an identity | Hans Lenders | TEDxVenlo

The battle of shame and fear to find your LGBTI identity and the struggle you’re going through to tell people that you’re gay, all the external influences and your own mindset make it hard to be proud of yourself and to be proud of the other. By organizing the Dutch "Pink Saturday" Gay Pride, Hans Lenders wants to achieve better tolerance, acceptance, respect towards the LGBTI community in Venlo, Netherlands, and in Krefeld, in Germany. The project "Rainbowcloset" will help people to think about their own tolerance and respect. Hans is a creative entrepreneur. He creates concepts with a passion for design, art, culture and LGBTI-related projects. He is one of the organizers of the Dutch event Pink Saturday 2019, the oldest Gay Pride in the Netherlands. As a volunteer he organizes LGBTI activities/ lectures/collaborations in Venlo (NL) and the region. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx