Lesbian and Gay Association in Germany
| Lesbian and Gay Association in Germany (LSVD) |
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| purpose | Strengthening the social acceptance of lesbians and gays |
| Chair: | 13-member federal board |
| Establishment date: | February 18, 1990 as a gay association in the GDR (SVD) |
| Number of members: | over 4400 |
| Seat : | Berlin |
| Website: | www.lsvd.de |
The Lesbian and Gay Association in Germany e. V. (LSVD) with headquarters and press office in Berlin and office in Cologne is the largest civil rights and self-help organization of lesbians and gays in Germany with over 4400 individual members and 100 member organizations . It is active at the federal, state and local levels, but also internationally. The LSVD is represented in all federal states , partly as a joint state association for two neighboring federal states. The association is also recognized as a non-governmental organization with official advisory status to the United Nations .
aims
Current important association topics are - after achieving marriage for all and the joint adoption right for married homosexual couples - the legal and social recognition of rainbow families (including permission for non-commercial surrogacy and permission for non-commercial egg donation ), a sustainable and effective national action plan against homophobia and transphobia , comprehensive respect work for social coexistence and everyday acceptance, the inclusion of LGBTI topics (lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans * and inter *) in the education and curricula of the federal states, comprehensive legal protection against discrimination and the addition of Art. 3 GG around the characteristic of sexual orientation and gender identity, an LGBTI inclusive refugee and integration policy, gender and diversity-fair health care, human rights-based legislation for recognition to enforce gender identity ( transsexual law ) and the basic right of intersex people to physical integrity and legal recognition. The LSVD also called for the rehabilitation of the men convicted under Paragraph 175 , which was implemented in the Bundestag in summer 2017.
In addition, the LSVD is involved in the areas of anti-discrimination policy in the EU as well as a foreign and development policy that promotes respect for the human rights of LGBTI people at EU level and worldwide.
Important association topics in the past were a nationwide anti-discrimination law , the establishment of the Federal Magnus Hirschfeld Foundation , the memorial for homosexuals persecuted under National Socialism in Berlin, the introduction of a civil partnership institute and its equal treatment under civil servants and tax law, the rehabilitation of the men convicted under Section 175 , and the marriage for all . These goals were achieved.
history
The association was founded on February 18, 1990 by East German gay civil rights activists like Eduard Stapel in Leipzig as the Gay Association in the GDR ( SVD ). He saw himself as part of the civil rights movement in the GDR . With the right to be active nationwide in the future, the SVD calling on his first Verbandstag on 23 June 1990 Magdeburg in Gay Federation in Germany to.
The Federal Council of Spokespersons had specifically recruited Volker Beck , Günter Dworek and Manfred Bruns , who had previously been leaders in the West German Federal Association for Homosexuality (BVH), in order to expand it to all of Germany. Manfred Bruns, Frank Hoyer and Michael Schneidewind became the association's first Western representatives.
The offer was interesting for some of the supporters of the BVH, since no common position could be found in their association on the demand for opening marriage to lesbians and gays. With the registry office campaign on August 19, 1992, the SVD propagated the demand to open up marriage to lesbian and gay couples in the mass media and increasingly sidelined the BVH, which advocated an alternative way of life. In 1997 the BVH finally dissolved.
In December 1998, an initiative by several lesbians, including Halina Bendkowski and Ida Schillen, published an "appeal to all lesbians who want an effective policy for our rights at the federal level". The signatories call for the SVD to be converted into a lesbian and gay association. In March 1999, the 11th Association Day in Cologne decided with a large majority to expand the SVD into a lesbian and gay association in Germany . This created a competitive situation with the lesbian ring , which considered the expansion of marriage to include lesbians and gays incompatible with its understanding of feminism. The program and statutes of the LSVD were added, the central terms of the program, emancipation , participation and integration were retained.
On the way to the then planned civil partnership law , the LSVD was heard at the decisive hearings of the Bundestag and at the hearing of the Federal Constitutional Court . With the Ja-Wort campaign, supported by many celebrities, he campaigned among the population for support for the first legislative steps towards a registered civil partnership.
The LSVD Rainbow Family Project has been campaigning nationwide since 2002 to improve the personal, social and legal situation of rainbow families .
On February 28, 2005, the association began with Aktion EinszuEins, also Aktion 1: 1, which addressed existing disadvantages of same-sex partnerships compared to heterosexual marriage such as B. informed the differences in tax law. The LSVD called for full equality of civil partnerships with married couples. The campaign launched for this purpose was based on the motto “Same duties, same rights. Only that is fair! ". The LSVD was able to win over numerous politicians and celebrities for this. The action was supported by various party-affiliated homosexual organizations and the Ver.di union .
The LSVD initiated the Bundestag resolution to set up a memorial site for the homosexuals persecuted by the Federal Republic of Germany. He was also involved in the crucial preparatory bodies for the implementation of the resolution.
Since December 11, 2006, the LSVD has been recognized as a non-governmental organization with official advisory status to the United Nations.
The project “Homosexuality and Migrant Families” was carried out from 2008 to 2010. As part of the project, the LSVD study “Double Discrimination or Well Integrated? Living situation of lesbians and gays with a migration background ”. Also in 2008, the memorial to the homosexuals persecuted under National Socialism will be presented to the public. In the first year of its existence, the monument was targeted three times. In all cases, the violence is directed against the viewing window through which visitors can see a couple of men kissing. The LSVD organizes vigils and protest rallies.
Together with many alliance partners, the “No halves!” Campaign succeeds in equating civil partnerships with married couples in the grand coalition's inheritance tax reform. The law on inheritance tax reform comes into force on January 1, 2009 and gives registered civil partnerships the same allowances.
On the 60th anniversary of the Basic Law in 2009, the LSVD intensified the 3+ article three campaign for an addition to the prohibition of discrimination in the constitution and a. through a rally in front of the Brandenburg Gate.
In 2010, the LSVD Hamburg calls for the first Rainbowflash in Germany on the International Day against Homophobia . 700 people set an example for human rights and against homophobia on the Rathausmarkt
From 2011 to 2014 the LSVD led the project “Homosexuality and Family. A challenge for family-related professionals ”.
15,000 people demonstrated on September 22, 2011 in Berlin against the gender and sexual policy of Pope Benedict XVI. on the occasion of his speech in the German Bundestag. More than 70 organizations had come together to form an alliance. It was initiated and coordinated by the LSVD Berlin-Brandenburg with the support of the LSVD Federal Association.
In 2011, after many years of efforts by the LSVD Saar, the Saarland state parliament included the term “sexual identity” in the equality requirement in the state constitution. The Saarland is the fifth federal state to include such an anti-discrimination clause in the state constitution. In the same year, the LSVD hands over 50,000 signatures to the Federal Ministry of Justice for the request to amend Article 3 of the Basic Law. In addition, the LSVD is organizing the conference “10 Years of Civil Partnership - Ready for Marriage”. This brings the demand for marriage opening for same-sex couples more to the fore.
In 2011 the Hirschfeld Eddy Foundation published Volume 2 of its series “Yogyakarta Plus: Human Rights for LGBTI in International Practice”.
For his commitment against discrimination, LSVD federal executive Manfred Bruns received the award from the Federal Anti-Discrimination Agency . Federal Justice Minister Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger will give the laudation at the ceremony on September 19, 2012 . The Hirschfeld Eddy Foundation presents Manfred Bruns with the commemorative publication “From Prohibition to Equal Rights” on legal developments in relation to lesbians, gays and transgender people in Germany.
The LSVD is filing criminal charges for inciting hatred against the operators of kreuz.net. The late actor Dirk Bach was insulted for days on the website . At the beginning of December the website will disappear from the network.
Since 2013, “Masakhane” has been the largest project ever funded by the Federal Ministry for Development in the field of LGBTI human rights. It was initiated by the LSVD and implemented together with filia.die women’s foundation and the Coalition of African Lesbians (CAL) until the end of 2017 .
On March 22, 2013, the Federal Council was the first constitutional body to vote in favor of opening up marriage. On the day of the vote, the LSVD demonstrated its support in front of the Federal Council.
In February 2013 the Federal Constitutional Court declared the ban on the co-adoption of an adopted child ( successive adoption ) applicable to registered civil partnerships to be unconstitutional. In the legal implementation of equality, however, the grand coalition also refuses to grant equality in the common adoption law. The LSVD protested against this in May 2014 with the “Basic Law instead of gut feeling” campaign in front of the Federal Chancellery in Berlin.
On the occasion of the Olympic Winter Games in Sochi 2014, the human rights situation in Russia is the focus of LSVD work with the friendship kiss.
Since 2015, the LSVD has been running the model project "Advisory competence on rainbow families" with the support of the Federal Ministry for Family Affairs . In the same year, he and the Amadeu Antonio Foundation held the congress “Respect instead of resentment. Strategies against the new wave of homophobia and transphobia ”. The LSVD's campaign for an LGBTI seat on the ZDF TV Council was also successful in 2015.
From 2015, refugee and integration policy will increasingly be a topic for the LSVD. Persecution based on sexual orientation and gender identity is a recognized reason for asylum and flight. He offers legal advice and creates a guidebook. Together with the Arbeiter-Samariter-Bund and the Paritätischer Wohlfahrtsverband , he publishes the brochures "Handout for the care and support of LGBTTI * refugees" and "Equal rights for people of different sexes or different sexual identities".
In 2016, as a member of the CEDAW Alliance, the LSVD took part in their joint alternative report to the combined 7th and 8th state reports of the Federal Government on the UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW).
In May 2017, the LSVD, together with the Turkish community and the Liberal-Islamic Association, started the postcard campaign “You + I = We”, which promotes an open and non-discriminatory society. For the 2017 Bundestag election , the LSVD has voted “Break blockades - respect! Together for Freedom and Equal Rights ”seven demands are made.
In July 2017, the Bundestag passed marriage for all and joint adoption rights for married homosexual couples, which the LSVD had been pushing for for many years.
In 2017, a labor dispute escalated at the education and social service of the Lesbian and Gay Association Berlin-Brandenburg (BLSB). The employees organized in a company group of the Free Workers' Union (FAU) a. the establishment of an independent complaints office for discrimination cases and an overtime regulation. The managing director of the LSVD Berlin-Brandenburg Jörg Steinert terminated the employment contracts of the majority of the employees of the BLSB at the end of 2017. As a result, more employees resigned, so that at the beginning of 2018 "more than two thirds of the workforce" left the company.
Memberships
The LSVD is a member organization of the International Lesbian and Gay Association (ILGA), founded in 1979, as well as in the Human Rights Forum and is a member of the German Parity Welfare Association (DPWV). He is represented on the board of trustees of the Federal Magnus Hirschfeld Foundation and the German Institute for Human Rights . The LSVD is represented on the advisory board of the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe Foundation and the Federal Anti-Discrimination Agency . He is also a member of the Alliance for Solidarity with the Sinti and Roma of Europe. With the appointment of representatives of the LSVD, LGBTI * participation in the supervisory bodies of the ZDF , Saarländischer Rundfunk , Radio-Bremen and most recently also in the radio council of Deutschlandradio was opened for the first time. In addition, the LSVD has a seat in the state media authorities of Lower Saxony and Saarland.
Prominent members
With Manfred Bruns , Volker Beck , Eduard Stapel , Günter Dworek and Halina Bendkowski , prominent civil rights activists belonged to the board. A number of prominent artists such as the comic artist Ralf König , the actress Hella von Sinnen , the filmmaker Rosa von Praunheim or Hans-Peter Hoogen support the LSVD with their membership. The comedian Dirk Bach , who died in 2012, was also a member of the LSVD.
Federal Executive
The national board currently includes: Timon Delawari, Günter Dworek , Henny Engels , Axel Hochrein , Gabriela Lünsmann , Marion Lüttig, Helmut Metzner , Inken Renner , Jenny Renner , Christian Rudolph, Ulrike Schmauch, Stefanie Schmidt and Uta Schwenke . The honorary chairmen were Eduard Stapel and Jacques Teyssier until her death .
The managing director of the LSVD is Klaus Jetz .
Hirschfeld Eddy Foundation
In June 2007 the Hirschfeld Eddy Foundation - Foundation for the human rights of lesbians, gays, bisexuals and transgender people - was founded in Berlin as a human rights foundation of the LSVD. Its goal is to promote respect for the human rights of lesbians, gays, bisexuals and transgender people, to support international human rights work, to help human rights defenders and to promote education and the reduction of prejudice.
Mission reconnaissance
With the mission: Enlightenment , the LSVD informs in the context of a network against religiously justified discrimination about the dangers and background of the homosexual healing and polarity reversal offers.
See also
Web links
- Lesbian and Gay Association in Germany LSVD
- Current action “Article 3” of the LSVD
- Action 1: 1
- Mission: Enlightenment network against religiously justified discrimination and education about homo healing and polarity reversal offers
Individual evidence
- ↑ According to the statutes, the federal executive board consists of equal members: § 12 statutes of the LSVD. In: lsvd.de, accessed on September 5, 2017.
- ↑ a b Decision of the LSVD Association Day 2017. LSVD position paper “Rainbow families in law”. 29th LSVD Association Day, Berlin, 1/2. April 2017. In: lsvd.de, accessed on March 24, 2018 (PDF; 74 kB).
- ^ Education and curricula of the federal states. In: lsvd.de, accessed on September 5, 2017.
- ^ LSVD: Equal Rights. We want the full program! In: lsvd.de, accessed on September 5, 2017.
- ↑ Activity reports. In: lsvd.de. Retrieved June 13, 2017 .
- ^ Project Rainbow Families. In: lsvd.de. Retrieved June 15, 2017 .
- ↑ For example Hella von Sinnen , Dirk Bach , Günter Grass , Heide Simonis , Katja Ebstein , Guildo Horn , Katy Karrenbauer , Ingo Oschmann , Lisa Ortgies , Annette Frier , Marie-Luise Nikuta , Jürgen von der Lippe and Olivia Jones .
- ↑ For example the ( Schwusos ), the HuK and the ( LSU ).
- ↑ Memorial site for homosexuals persecuted under National Socialism. Handover to the public on Tuesday, May 27, 2008, 1 p.m. In: gedenkort.de. Initiative “To commemorate homosexual victims of National Socialism”, archived from the original on August 22, 2008 ; accessed on October 10, 2018 .
- ↑ Decision on UN advisory status: Document 6242 of the Economic and Social Committee of the UN. In: un.org. December 11, 2006, accessed January 31, 2018.
- ↑ Migrant Families: Culture-sensitive education about homosexuality. In: migrationsfamilien.de. Retrieved June 15, 2017 .
- ↑ Melanie C. Steffens , Michael Bergert, Stephanie Heinecke: Double discrimination or well integrated? Living situation of lesbians and gays with a migration background in Germany . Study on the living situation of lesbians and gays with a migration background in Germany. Ed .: Family and Social Association of the Lesbian and Gay Association in Germany V. Cologne 2010, ISBN 978-3-00-030973-1 ( migrationsfamilien.de [PDF; 666 kB ; accessed on October 23, 2019] as of April 2010).
- ^ Attack on homosexual memorial disgusting and outrageous. In: lsvd.de. August 17, 2008. Retrieved June 15, 2017 .
- ↑ No half measures! (No longer available online.) In: lsvd.de. Formerly in the original ; accessed on October 10, 2018 (no mementos). ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) .
- ↑ LSVD blog "legacy of the Pope's visit. In: lsvd-blog.de. Retrieved June 19, 2017 .
- ↑ LSVD bLOG »Saarland prohibits discrimination on the basis of sexual identity. In: lsvd-blog.de. Retrieved June 19, 2017 .
- ↑ LSVD bLOG »3+ signatures submitted to the BMJ. In: lsvd-blog.de. Retrieved June 19, 2017 .
- ↑ LSVD bLOG »Photos from the conference 10 years civil partnership. In: lsvd-blog.de. Retrieved June 19, 2017 .
- ^ Hirschfeld Eddy Foundation: Yogyakarta Plus. Human rights for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersexual people in international practice. In: hirschfeld-eddy-stiftung.de. Retrieved June 19, 2017 .
- ↑ LSVD Blog »Thanksgiving Manfred Bruns. In: lsvd-blog.de. Retrieved June 19, 2017 .
- ^ Hirschfeld-Eddy-Foundation: Festschrift Manfred Bruns. In: hirschfeld-eddy-stiftung.de. Retrieved June 19, 2017 .
- ↑ LSVD reports criminal charges for sedition. In: lsvd.de. Retrieved June 19, 2017 .
- ↑ The kreuz.net website has disappeared from the network. In: lsvd.de. Retrieved June 19, 2017 .
- ↑ LSVD Blog »Masakhane. In: lsvd-blog.de. Retrieved June 19, 2017 .
- ↑ LSVD BLOG »Marriage for everyone! In: lsvd-blog.de. Retrieved June 19, 2017 .
- ↑ LSVD bLOG »Basic Law instead of gut feeling. Equal Adoption Right Now! In: lsvd-blog.de. Retrieved June 19, 2017 .
- ↑ Respect instead of resentment. In: lsvd.de. Retrieved June 13, 2017 .
- ↑ Queer Refugees. In: queer-refugees.de. Retrieved June 19, 2017 .
- ↑ Nationwide edition of the "Handout for the care and support of LGBTTI * refugees" - Queer Refugees. In: queer-refugees.de. Archived from the original on June 22, 2017 ; Retrieved June 19, 2017 .
- ↑ Equal rights for people of different sexes or different sexual identities - Queer Refugees. In: queer-refugees.de. Archived from the original on June 22, 2017 ; Retrieved June 19, 2017 .
- ↑ German Women's Council e. V., Berlin: CEDAW Alliance: Deutscher Frauenrat e. V. | Federal Association of Women's Associations and Organizations. (No longer available online.) In: Frauenrat.de. Formerly in the original ; accessed on June 13, 2017 (no mementos). ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )
- ↑ You-I-We. In: lsvd.de. Retrieved June 13, 2017 .
- ↑ Collective bargaining conflict at the lesbian and gay association - employees demand collective agreement with fairer working conditions. Report. In: rbb24. December 1, 2017, accessed February 22, 2018.
- ↑ Powder keg LSVD? Report. In: Victory Column . Retrieved April 27, 2018.
- ↑ ROMADAY - Solidarity with the Sinti and Roma of Europe: Home. In: romaday.org. Retrieved June 13, 2017 .
- ^ LSVD: Board of Directors. In: lsvd.de, accessed on October 10, 2018.
- ^ Aims of the Hirschfeld Eddy Foundation. In: hirschfeld-eddy-stiftung.de, accessed on September 25, 2017.
- ↑ A short history of the LSVD. In: lsvd.de. Archived from the original on December 29, 2013 ; accessed on October 10, 2018 .