Ingrid Psimmas

Ingrid Psimmas (born January 15, 1945 in Berlin ; † June 14, 2009 there ) was a German politician ( Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen ).

Life

Psimmas was a truck driver by profession. From 1986 to 1990 she was one of the first Bavarian state parliament members of the Greens, from April 1989 she was a member of the state parliament presidium as secretary.

She was the first openly lesbian member of the state parliament in Bavaria and, against strong opposition in the state parliament, campaigned in particular for women's rights and the equality of lesbians and gays . As a result of her commitment to combating violence against women, Psimmas found herself exposed to repeated verbal attacks from ranks of the CSU at a session of the state parliament in December 1986 , which aimed in particular at her disparagement due to her gender representation as a woman , which was not adapted to role expectations . The resulting solidarity of women represented in the state parliament across party lines was in the memory of the Green MP Margarete Bause a “milestone against the Chauvi culture prevailing in the state parliament at the time” .

Aside from her work in the context of party politics, Ingrid Psimmas was a long-time co-wife, supporter and active member of the Regensburg Women's Center.

Speeches and inquiries in the Bavarian State Parliament

• Psimmas' speech on patriarchal structures of violence in Germany, interrupted like a tumult by the ranks of the CSU parliamentary group, 1986 (pp. 298-301) (PDF; 5.3 MB)
• Oral question from Psimmas to Minister of State Berghofer-Weichner on HIV tests on prisoners in Bavarian prisons, 1987 (p. 1134/1135) (PDF; 7.7 MB)
• Psimmas' speech on violence against lesbian women and girls, 1988 (pp. 3243-3245) (PDF; 7.2 MB)

Web links

• Ingrid Psimmas in the parliamentary database at the House of Bavarian History
• Article of the weekly newspaper DIE ZEIT : Fornication and filth (1988)
• Article of the weekly newspaper DIE ZEIT : Greens - very big (1987)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ gruene-fraktion-bayern.de: Farewell to a pioneer: The green parliamentary group commemorates its former MP Ingrid Psimmas. July 1, 2009. Retrieved on July 3, 2011. ( Memento of the original from December 3, 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. zeit.de: Fornication and mess. July 1, 1988. Retrieved July 3, 2011. spiegel.de: Ingrid Psimmas. August 7, 1989. Retrieved July 3, 2011.  
   
   
2. ↑ zeit.de: Greens - really big. January 30, 1987. Retrieved July 3, 2011.
3. ↑ gruene-fraktion-bayern.de: Farewell to a pioneer: The green parliamentary group commemorates its former MP Ingrid Psimmas. July 1, 2009. Retrieved on July 3, 2011. ( Memento of the original from December 3, 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.  
4. ↑ frauenzentrum-regensburg.de: On the death of Ingrid Psimmas. Retrieved on July 3, 2011. ( Memento of the original from August 12, 2010 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.