LSVD+ – Verband Queere Vielfalt (LSVD+), German for the LSVD+ – Federation Queer Diversity, is the largest non-governmental LGBTQ rights organisation in Germany. It was founded in 1990 and is part of the International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association (ILGA World).[1]
LSVD⁺ – Verband Queere Vielfalt | |
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| Formation | 18 February 1990 |
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| Founder | Eduard Stapel |
| Founded at | Leipzig, Germany |
| Type | Nonprofit |
| Legal status | Association |
| Focus | LGBTIQ rights and welfare |
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Key people | Klaus Jetz |
| Website | lsvd |
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The organisation became known throughout Germany for its campaign for same-sex marriage in 1992. The LSVD+ has two main offices, one in Berlin and one in Cologne.
LSVD+ was formed as the Schwulenverband in der DDR (SVD) in 1990 and campaigned successfully to equal rights for a same-sex partnership. In March 2024, Lesben- und Schwulenverband in Deutschland (LSVD) changed its name to LSVD+ – Verband Queere Vielfalt (LSVD+).
Manfred Bruns,[2] Volker Beck,[3] Eduard Stapel,[4] Günter Dworek[5] and Halina Bendkowski[6] were prominent persons in the board of directors. People from the arts like Comic-Designer Ralf König, comedian Hella von Sinnen,[7] director Rosa von Praunheim, from politics and from science like sexologist Rolf Gindorf and others are prominent individual members of the organisation.
See also
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- LGBTQ rights in Germany
- List of LGBTQ rights organisations
- Hirschfeld Eddy Foundation, a German Human Rights Foundation for LGBTIQ
References
edit- ↑ LSVD – Founding Archived 24 November 2011 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ "Hat die Homo-Ehe was gebracht?". Der Tagesspiegel Online (in German). Retrieved 7 February 2019.
- ↑ "Biographie". Volker Beck. Retrieved 7 February 2019.
- ↑ "Eddi Stapel: Bürgerrechtler und Vorkämpfer der DDR-Schwulenbewegung verstorben". az-online (in German). 5 September 2017. Retrieved 7 February 2019.
- ↑ "siegessäule – queer Berlin -Der LSVD wird 20!". siegessaeule.de. Retrieved 7 February 2019.[permanent dead link]
- ↑ "25 Jahre LSVD – Für Respekt und Vielfalt". siegessaeule.de (in German). Retrieved 7 February 2019.
- ↑ "Hella von Sinnen und Cornelia Scheel gehen getrennte Wege". queer.de (in German). Retrieved 7 February 2019.
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