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Maria Cyber

Activist - Photographer

Maria Cyber was honored with the French Ministry of Culture’s Prize for Literature and the Arts in May 2021.

CHEVALIER DE L’ORDRE DES ARTS ET DES LETTRESMinister of Culture Roselyne Bechelot-Narquin

Maria Cyber is one of the first lesbian activists in the Greek LGBTQI+ scene.

She has studied photography, graphic design, web design and cinematography. Her Photos have created a valuable archive mainly of the Lesbian European Scene.

In 2000, she created lesbian.gr, the largest portal for lesbians in Greece, and in 2007, the Outview Film Festival (Athens International LGBTQI Film Festival)
Also, in 2007, she created the first interactive and most popular webradio in Greece, Mind Radio, which won the Ermis Gold Awards in the Internet category in 2008.

Her diagnosis with Type 1 diabetes (LADA) was the reason for her to give visibility to people with diabetes in Greece, which she achieved in 2010 through glykouli.gr, the largest diabetes portal in the country.

She is also a queer director of no-budget short films that bring an inspiring queer energy to the screen on contemporary social issues.

Maria Cyber was honored with the French Ministry of Culture’s Prize for Literature and the Arts in May 2021.

CHEVALIER DE L’ORDRE DES ARTS ET DES LETTRESMinister of Culture Roselyne Bechelot-Narquin

Maria Cyber is one of the first lesbian activists in the Greek LGBTQI+ scene.

She has studied photography, graphic design, web design and cinematography. Her Photos have created a valuable archive mainly of the Lesbian European Scene.

She is also a queer director of no-budget short films that bring an inspiring queer energy to the screen on contemporary social issues.