Love Me Tender, Love Me Queer

The book  Love Me Tender, Love Me Queer  is an exploration of queer love in its many forms: as political defiance, as the foundation for community, as a celebration of plurality, and as a practice of freedom. Through a multigenerational lens, it puts in dialogue interview fragments from queer individuals living in Vienna with reflections by artists and writers from different geographical locations and theoretical positionings.

Featuring contributions from Lukas Avendaño, Ema Benčiková, Denice Bourbon, Ruthia Jenrbekova, Oratile Papi Konopi, Shaunak Mahbubani, Koleka Putuma, Sayak Valencia and Mutsuo Takahashi. It celebrates lives beyond norms and binaries, honoring the battles that have been fought for also in the streets. It asks how love shapes us—and how we, in turn, shape love.

Book Presentation

Thursday October 16th 2025

18:30 

Queer Museum Vienna, Otto-Wagner-Areal

With authors Ema Benčiková, Denice Bourbon and Ruthia Jenrbekova, accompanied by DJ Tubi Malcharzik. 

Moderated by the editors Marie-Christin Rissinger & Frida Robles.

Get the book at the book presentation, via our publisher edition mono or at one of our favourite bookshops!

• Buchhandlung Löwenherz, Berggasse 8, 1090 Wien

Thank you to all the interview partners: Angie, Anna Planner, Benni Kuntner, Bex M., Birgit Meinhard-Schiebel, DRU, Hanna Oldofredi, Isabella, Jannik, Jekaterina J., Katarzyna Bartnik, Katharina Kummer, Klara, Milena, Pascale Steinwendner, Ralf, Saoirse, Sino and all of those who preferred to stay anonymous.