Ursula Sillge, born 1946, was the founder of the Sonntags Club and former member of the HIB. She was extremely prolific in the East German queer scene, and sponsored countless events, fundraisings, and gatherings for youth. As a lesbian herself, Sillge was very active in the movement to include more lesbian voices in the discussion on LGBT discrimination and suffering. Much of her early activism as a member of HIB was lesbian specific, such as the lesbian meetings she began organizing in 1978. Sillge was critical and outspoken about the exclusion of lesbians in many advocacy groups that catered to gay men. After the HIB’s dissolution and the formation of the Sonntags Club Sillge became much more involved in general LGBT advocacy outside of the scope of lesbian affairs.
