Hirschfeld Eddy Foundation

The Hirschfeld Eddy Foundation is a foundation established in Berlin in June 2007 that advocates the human rights of lesbians , gays , bisexuals and transgender people .

The initiative for the world's first and only foundation that focuses on the human rights of LGBT people came from the Lesbian and Gay Association in Germany (LSVD), which was one of three associations worldwide that was officially granted advisory status at the United Nations in 2006 and when the foundation was established wants to build on this intensification of its human rights work. He also supports the project organizationally.

aims

The foundation's goals are to support international human rights work, support human rights defenders, and educate and reduce prejudice.

Naming and concept

The name of the foundation provides information about the concept and the program of the foundation. The naming of two people is remembered: the German doctor, sexologist, sex reformer and civil rights activist Magnus Hirschfeld (1868–1935) and the lesbian human rights activist Fannyann Eddy (1974–2004) from Sierra Leone , who was assassinated there in 2004 . This is to make it clear that the fight for the human rights of LGBT people began in Europe, but is now taking place on all continents.

The foundation's website states: “What Magnus Hirschfeld started in 1897 with the world's first civil rights organization for homosexuals, which he founded, is now carried on by many people on all continents - often at high personal risk. The Hirschfeld-Eddy-Foundation also wants to raise awareness of this endangerment of human rights defenders and counteract the threat posed by international public relations. The name of Fannyann Eddy stands for this brave and often life-threatening fight against oppression . "

Foundation publications

The series of publications of the Hirschfeld-Eddy Foundation aims to sensitize actors to human rights for lesbians, gays, bisexuals, transgender and intersex people.

• Volume 1 (2008): The Yogyakarta Principles .

German translation of the Yogyakarta Principles. Principles on the application of international human rights law in relation to sexual orientation and gender identity. The German Federal Government regards these principles as "an important contribution by civil society".

• Volume 2 (2011): Yogyakarta Plus.

Human rights for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersexual people in international practice.

• Volume 3 (2012): From Prohibition to Equal Rights.

The legal development towards homosexuality and transsexuality in Germany. Festschrift for Manfred Bruns.

Care of the heritage

The foundation is also committed to the care of the heritage and the memory of the namesake of the foundation as well as to the collective compensation of homosexuals for the injustice committed by the National Socialists.

On the occasion of the renaming of the Magnus-Hirschfeld- Ufer opposite Bellevue Palace in Berlin, the foundation called for "restitution for the destruction of the entire lesbian and gay movement". Axel Hochrein, Chairman of the Hirschfeld Eddy Foundation, said: "The fight against homophobia and persecution must be continued." The LSVD Berlin-Brandenburg fought for the naming of the Hirschfeldufer for ten years . Hochrein recalled that, against the background of its history, Germany had a special responsibility to stand up for the rights of homosexuals and transgender people.

job

A trip to Germany by African activists was organized together with the Foreign Office. Cooperation with partner organizations from Turkey, Uganda, Latvia, South Africa, Israel, Iran, Nicaragua and Ukraine are part of the work of the foundation. Within Germany, she actively participates in events on development aid , international cooperation and foreign policy .

International advisory board

• Georges Azzi , Helem , Lebanon
• Boris Balanetkii , Managing Director, Information Center GenderDoc-M, Moldova
• Linda Bauman the rainbow project (trp), Namibia , African board member, ILGA
• Gloria Careaga , El Closet de Sor Juana, Mexico , Latin American board member, ILGA , Faculty of Psychology in the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM)
• Rosanna Flamer-Caldera , Executive Director, Equal Ground, Sri Lanka , Co-Secretary General, ILGA
• Muhsin Hendricks , The Inner Circle, South Africa , (first openly gay imam )
• Joey Matale , ANZAPI (Aotearoa / New Zealand , Australia and Pacific Islands) board member, ILGA , Tonga Leiti's Association
• Juliet Victor Mukasa , SMUG (Sexual Minorities Uganda )
• Dede Oetomo , Founder and Director, Gaya Nusantara , Indonesia
• Arsham Parsi , Managing Director, IRQO ( Iranian Queer Organization)
• Carlos Perera , Equal Ground Pasifik; Fiji
• Belissa Andía Pérez , Instituto Runa , Peru , Trans Secretariat, ILGA
• Toni Reis , President of ABGLT ( Associação Brasileira de Gays, Lésbicas e Transgêneros - Brazilian LGBT federation), (largest LGBT federation with members in all states of Brazil )

Board of Trustees

• Volker Beck Ex- Member of the Bundestag
• Heiner Bielefeldt , professor for human rights and human rights policy at the Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg and special rapporteur for freedom of religion and belief of the UN Human Rights Council
• Herta Däubler-Gmelin MdB, former Federal Minister of Justice D.
• Holger Haibach
• Marianne Heuwagen, director of Human Rights Watch Germany
• Walter Homolka , Rector of the Abraham Geiger College at the University of Potsdam
• Michael Kauch Ex-Member of the Bundestag
• Beate Rudolf , director of the German Institute for Human Rights
• Marina Schuster Member of the Bundestag
• Rita Süssmuth , President of the German Bundestag a. D.
• Christa Stolle , federal manager of Terre des Femmes

literature

• Hirschfeld-Eddy-Stiftung: Yogyakarta principles for the application of international human rights norms and standards with regard to sexual orientation and gender identity. , Series of publications by the Hirschfeld Eddy Foundation, Volume 1. Berlin, 2008. (PDF; 521 kB)
• Hirschfeld Eddy Foundation: Yogyakarta Plus The Handbook on Human Rights for Lesbians, Gays, Bisexuals, Transgender and Intersexual People in International Practice , Series of the Hirschfeld Eddy Foundation, Volume 2. Berlin, 2011. (PDF; 3.92 MB )
• Hirschfeld Eddy Foundation: From Prohibition to Equal Rights. The legal development towards homosexuality and transsexuality in Germany. Festschrift for Manfred Bruns. Series of publications by the Hirschfeld Eddy Foundation, Volume 3. Berlin, 2012 (PDF; MB; 3.3 MB)

Web links

• Hirschfeld Eddy Foundation
• Report on Queer.de about the foundation
• Social Times about the Foundation ( Memento from September 28, 2007 in the Internet Archive )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Hirschfeld-Eddy-Stiftung: Aims of the foundation ( Memento of December 13, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
2. ↑ http://www.hirschfeld-eddy-stiftung.de/fileadmin/images/schriftenreihe/yogyakarta-principles_de.pdf Series of publications by the Hirschfeld Eddy Foundation, Volume 1: The Yogyakarta Principles
3. ↑ Evaluation and assessment of the Yogyakarta principles by the federal government (PDF)
4. ↑ http://www.hirschfeld-eddy-stiftung.de/fileadmin/images/schriftenreihe/LayoutYYplus_2011-10-10_web.pdf Series of publications by the Hirschfeld Eddy Foundation, Volume 2: Yogyakarta Plus
5. ↑ http://www.hirschfeld-eddy-stiftung.de/fileadmin/images/schriftenreihe/LSVD_Festschrift_fuer_Manfred_Bruns_ENDF.pdf Series of the Hirschfeld Eddy Foundation, Volume 3: Festschrift for Manfred Bruns
6. ↑ queer.de: Renamed: Hirschfeld-Ufer in Berlin
7. ↑ The Federal Foreign Office Human Rights Commissioner and Hirschfeld-Eddy-Foundation: Abolishing the criminal liability of homosexuality worldwide , November 22, 2010
8. ↑ Funding 2008 - 2012 ( Memento of the original from September 28, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.