Jörg Litwinschuh

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Portrait of Jörg Litwinschuh. February 2016. Photo: Sabine Hauf.
Jörg Litwinschuh-Barthel.

Jörg Litwinschuh-Barthel (born August 12, 1968 in Weiskirchen / Saar ) is a German media scientist and executive director of the Federal Magnus Hirschfeld Foundation . Litwinschuh-Barthel represents the rights of homosexual people in Germany in various institutions and functions.

Life

Litwinschuh-Barthel spent his childhood in the Merzig-Wadern district in Saarland and graduated from the Staatliches Hochwald-Gymnasium in Wadern in 1988. After completing his degree in media management at the Hanover University of Music, Drama and Media , he worked in the areas of retail (Metro / Kaufhof Warenhaus AG), e-commerce consulting (iXL Germany GmbH) and ticketing / live entertainment (CTS Eventim AG) in leading positions before he took over the management of the LSVD Landesverband Berlin-Brandenburg eV in 2002 . In 2005 Litwinschuh-Barthel founded the Queer Nations eV initiative together with Jan Feddersen with the aim of re- establishing the Institute for Sexology , founded by Magnus Hirschfeld , in a modern form. In 2007 he became a fundraiser and press spokesman for the German AIDS Federation .

After working as a freelance communications consultant (Litwinschuh Kommunikationberatung), the then Federal Minister of Justice Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger appointed him chairman of the Federal Magnus Hirschfeld Foundation in 2011. Litwinschuh-Barthel brought his project “Football against Homophobia”, founded in 2009, to the Federal Magnus Hirschfeld Foundation and transferred the trademark rights to the foundation. Litwinschuh-Barthel has been campaigning against right-wing populism for many years. He is a "fiery advocate of marriage for everyone" (Saarbrücker Zeitung). Together with the head of the Federal Anti-Discrimination Agency at the time, Christine Lüders, Litwinschuh-Barthel campaigned for the annulment of the sentences under Section 175 of the Criminal Code and for the rehabilitation and compensation of the victims.

In 2019, Litwinschuh-Barthel was the project manager of the scientific inventory of conversion treatments together with Federal Health Minister Jens Spahn for the planned legal ban on so-called "conversion therapies".

Jörg Litwinschuh-Barthel is married and lives with his husband in Berlin.

Controversy

As managing director of the LSVD and press spokesman for Deutsche Aidshilfe , Litwinschuh-Barthel regularly spoke on controversial topics. In 2002 he filed a criminal complaint against Norbert Geis because of his statements to homosexuals. For many years Jörg Litwinschuh-Barthel criticized the attitudes of the Catholic Church - in particular its sexual morality. He described the arrest of the singer Nadja Benaissa and the way the authorities dealt with her HIV infection in 2009 as a “modern form of witch hunt”.

As a board member of the Federal Magnus Hirschfeld Foundation, Litwinschuh-Barthel was also exposed to criticism. In October 2016, for example, AfD politicians attacked sex education workshops in Thuringia sponsored by the foundation. Litwinschuh-Barthel replied that the right-wing populists would try to discredit diversity education and anti-discrimination work through baseless accusations.

In the summer of 2018, a controversy followed, mainly on social media channels , because Litwinschuh-Barthel published a photo with the controversial US ambassador Richard Grenell . Litwinschuh-Barthel apologized for this one day later, pointing out that he would still remain in dialogue with the US ambassador.

Publications

  • Demand knowledge - strengthen justice. On the history, establishment and tasks of the Federal Magnus Hirschfeld Foundation. In: Yearbook Sexualities. Wallstein Verlag, Göttingen 2018
  • Diversity barometer. Bruno Gmünder Verlag, Berlin 2011.
  • The Hirschfeld is coming! Victory Column, May 2018

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ CTS Eventim: Litwinschuh is in charge of marketing communication. In: Manager Magazin online. Retrieved February 13, 2019 .
  2. ↑ LSVD circular October 2002, part 3. Accessed on January 9, 2019 .
  3. ↑ Queer Nations initiative welcomes Bundestag decision: Over EUR 10 million for Magnus Hirschfeld Foundation. Retrieved January 9, 2019 .
  4. ↑ Peter-Philipp Schmitt: Magnus Hirschfeld Institute: “It was decades ahead of its time” . In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung . January 26, 2006 ( faz.net ).
  5. ↑ Hans-Hermann Kotte: Magnus Hirschfeld Foundation: The gay networker. February 29, 2012, accessed February 13, 2019 .
  6. ↑ Saarbrücker Zeitung, Saarbrücker Zeitung Verlag und Druckerei GmbH: A Saarlander fights for gay rights Federal Minister of Justice appoints Saarlanders as head of the foundation. Retrieved January 9, 2019 .
  7. ↑ Funding under the rainbow. Retrieved February 13, 2019 .
  8. ↑ elde wants to know. (PDF) June 2011, accessed on February 13, 2019 .
  9. ↑ Press release: Ex-national soccer player Thomas Hitzlsperger supports the education and research initiative “Soccer for Diversity”. In: Federal Magnus Hirschfeld Foundation. May 7, 2014, accessed May 3, 2019 .
  10. ↑ Gay City News: The Einstein of Sex at 150 May 10, 2018, accessed May 3, 2019 .
  11. ^ "Democracy and peace are not a sure-fire success". February 24, 2017, accessed May 3, 2019 .
  12. ↑ »But there are also dark clouds on the horizon«. May 14, 2018, accessed May 3, 2019 .
  13. ^ Matthias Zimmermann: A dispute is brewing: Very uncomfortable? AfD sends opponents of gay marriage to the advocate committee. Retrieved May 3, 2019 .
  14. ↑ Report on §175 rehabilitation presented. May 11, 2016, accessed January 3, 2020 .
  15. ↑ Justice at last: Bundestag Federal Cabinet initiates rehabilitation law. March 22, 2017, accessed January 3, 2020 .
  16. ↑ A historic day: Bundestag passes rehabilitation law. June 22, 2017, accessed January 3, 2020 .
  17. ^ Gudula Geuther: Prohibition of “conversion therapies” decided. December 18, 2019, accessed January 3, 2020 .
  18. ↑ Markus Bernhardt: "That goes as far as 'driving out the devil'". November 18, 2019, accessed January 3, 2020 .
  19. ↑ Yes word in the lighthouse. June 7, 2019, accessed June 8, 2019 .
  20. ↑ Scandalous discrimination against lesbians and gays by the Union. Retrieved February 13, 2019 .
  21. ↑ Sylke Heun: Anyone who marries is kicked out - gays demonstrate against the Catholic Church. August 22, 2002, accessed May 3, 2019 .
  22. ↑ Outraged reactions to the Pope's statement. March 18, 2009, accessed May 3, 2019 .
  23. ↑ Condom dispute overshadows the Pope's journey. March 18, 2009, accessed May 3, 2019 .
  24. ^ Criticism of "authoritarian rhetoric" by the Catholic Church. February 4, 2013, accessed May 3, 2019 .
  25. ↑ After Nadja Benaissa's arrest: AIDS Help: Modern Form of Witch Hunting . In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung . April 15, 2009 ( faz.net ).
  26. ↑ Marc Röhlig (bento): So the AfD twisted facts to incite against gays. Retrieved January 9, 2019 .
  27. ↑ Ulrike Fröbel (Thüringen24): Apart from the anal sex workshop: What the Hirschfeld Days are about. Retrieved March 14, 2019 .
  28. ↑ AfD politician Höcke twisted facts in order to etch against homosexuals. October 5, 2016, accessed January 3, 2020 .
  29. ↑ Frederik Eikmanns: The Berlin CSD, a photo and the consequences: Too close to the US ambassador . In: The daily newspaper: taz . July 31, 2018, ISSN  0931-9085 ( taz.de [accessed January 9, 2019]).
  30. ↑ Litwinschuh apologizes. Retrieved January 9, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Litwinschuh, Jörg
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German media scientist and executive director of the Federal Magnus Hirschfeld Foundation
DATE OF BIRTH August 12, 1968
PLACE OF BIRTH Weiskirchen , Saarland