About me

Henrie Dennis is a Nigerian-born human rights activist, who continuously works on improving the lives and realities of LGBTIQ+ communities in Africa, Austria and the diaspora. Dennis graduated with a distinction from the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna at the Institute for Fine Arts (IBK), Studio Conceptual Art and is currently a PhD candidate in Philosophy at the same institution.

Henrie is the founder of Afro Rainbow Austria, Board member in D:Arts Vienna | Projektbüro für Diversität und urbanen Dialog. Henrie is a co-chair of Planet10, a redistribution network that encourages sharing privileges among minority groups. Until December 2021 she was the artistic director of the biggest art and activism festival in Vienna, Wienwoche. She was until 2019 a co-chair of EL*C, EuroCentralAsiaLesbian* Community. She is also an advisory board member of Frida, an association that offers free and open legal consultation on asylum and immigration law in Austria. She has worked among others, with the Austrian Red Cross and with LEFÖ-IBF, the only Intervention Centre for Trafficked Women in Austria. She is also a trainer with the NGO Selbstlaut, an organization fighting sexual violence against children and youth.