Ode to Bet van BeerenFounder and owner oldest queer café
By Leonie de Waal26 september 2024
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Betje van Beeren. Founder and owner of the oldest (still existing) queer café in the Netherlands: Café 't Mandje, now being renovated. I organize a queer poetry night there every month.
Ode by Leonie de Waal to Betje van Beeren
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Ode by Leonie de Waal to Bet van Beeren.
Bet van Beeren
Elisabeth Maria (Bet) van Beeren (Amsterdam, Feb. 12, 1902 - there July 16, 1967) was an operator of Café 't Mandje from 1927 until her death in 1967.