#19 A.S.V.Gay

A.S.V.Gay is the student association for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer students. With over 300 members, we are one of the largest social associations in Amsterdam and the largest LGBTQ+ student association in the country. We are proud to present the theme for our boat this year: Boogie Wonderland!

A.S.V.Gay is a new world for many of us, where for once, we don’t feel like the odd one out, but the diversity and shared experiences provide us with a sense of community that not everyone has been able to find before. For the first time, what is “individual”, “special”, or “different” is actually part of being connected: #YouAreIncluded, not as a tolerated outsider, but as part of the commotion, inside the warmth and effervescence of the party… in Boogie Wonderland.
We are reconnecting to the disco world of the 70s and 80s, which originated from the gay scene, where sexual freedom flourished, racist divisions blurred a bit more, minorities came to the foreground, and fun and joy took centre stage. As the backlash grew and the world and politics hardened in the 70s and 80s, the joy of dancing and freedom remained. Now, as the backlash is growing and the world and politics harden further, we continue to feel the space and celebrate the joy of our sexual diversity, our genders, and our different relationship systems.