Wikimedia LGBT+/Wikimania 2026

Wikimedia LGBT+ at Wikimania

We are very happy to announce that the Wikimedia LGBT+ community and staff will be attending Wikimania 2026 in Paris!

On this page, you’ll find the activities organised by our user group. If you’re presenting a talk as part of the conference programme or organising an activity for the LGBT+ community during Wikimania, we invite you to add details of your event to this page.

Also, during Wikimania 2026, we invite you to take part in the Wikimania editing challenge: during the movement’s annual conference, we’ll be editing articles on the biographies of LGBT+ people and the culture of our community in France. Join us and help create French LGBT+ history on Wikipedia!

See you in the City of Lights!

Community Meet-up

On Friday 24, from 17:30 to 18:30 we will host a Community meet-up at Ouest Room. You can find the event information here, at Eventyay, and join to the Telegram group in English and in Spanish.

We want our community to be the protagonist of this meet-up, so we are opening a call for community organizers to present their local communities and work. If you want to present, please add your name below:

Community meet-up agenda

Introduction and welcome - Bisi Alimi and Vic Sfriso, Wikimedia LGBT+
Lena, les sans pagEs
Freddy Veloz, Wikiproyecto LGBT+
Cin, Queeres Netzwerk (German LGBT+ group)
Amy Uí Ríordáin Community Manager at Wikimedia Community Ireland on Irish Initiatives for LGBT+ Content on Wikipedia Slide Deck
María Sefidari, Wikiesfera and Wikiproyecto LGBT+ founder
Add your name here if you want to share about your local or linguistic group

Party Time!

On Thursday 23rd, from 6.00 pm onwards, we’ll be meeting at the À la folie bar to enjoy some music and a chat with the community.

There is no registration form for this event, and places are allocated on a first-come, first-served basis. The first 100 people to arrive will receive a drink voucher!

The bar is located at 26, avenue Corentin Cariou, 75019 Paris.

See you soon!

Wikimania Editing Challenge

During Wikimania, from July 20 to 25, we invite you to join our editing challenge!

The aim of this challenge is to create knowledge relating to the French LGBT+ community in any Wikipedia. You can improve existing articles or create new ones about notable figures, milestones and LGBTQ+ culture in the country hosting this year’s Wikimania: France!

You can also translate any of these articles to your language Wikipedia: LGBT History in France, LGBT Rights in France, Trans History in France, and any other LGBT article of your choice!

Edited articles

Please list below the articles you have edited, so that we can announce the winner of this Wikimania 2026 challenge. Please use the following format:

Edited article, action (improved, created, translated) -- Username

Informal Walk Through Paris

On Friday, 24 July, at 9:30 AM Paris time, we will have an informal walk through certain LGBTQIA+ landmarks in Paris, including visiting the bookstores Les Mots à la Bouche and Librairie-café Violette and Co, followed by lunch at Le Ju' in the heart of Marais and an exclusive tour of the offices of the Centre d'archives LGBTQI+ Paris Île-de France. During this tour we will focus primarily on the following goals:

Uploading images to Commons throughout the walk; PLEASE NOTE: copyright law in France differs significantly from that of many other countries, be sure to check Commons:Copyright_rules_by_territory/France before uploading!
Acquiring sources at bookstores for building out LGBTQIA+-related pages for Paris and France on various Wikipedias and Wikidata (and supporting LGBTQIA+ authors and publishing houses!)
Document the work of the Centre d'archives LGBTQI+ Paris for Wikipedia and Wikidata! (Right now there is only a page for the archives amazing work on the French Wikipedia; so let's put together enough for other language Wikipedias!)

For more information on where to meet and to see the full itinerary, contact User:Superraptor123 via Telegram.

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