LSVD
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Lesben und Schwulenverband in Deutschland (LSVD) ("Lesbian and Gay Federation" in Germany) is the largest civil rights organisation of homosexuals in Germany
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The association was founded in 1990 as the gay association in the GDR by former opposition activists against the Communist government. After the reunification, civil rights
activists joined them.
The organisation became known throughout Germany for its campaign for gay marriage in 1992. The organisation is based in Cologne
(Köln) and has a welfare branch, is working with ILGA on international human rights issues and had a lot of success in supporting equal rights for homosexuals and legal acknowledgement of same sex partnerships.
, Volker Beck
, Eduard Stapel, Günter Dworek and Halina Bendkowski were prominent persons in the Board of Directors. People from the arts like Comic-Designer Ralf König
, comedian Hella von Sinnen
, director Rosa von Praunheim
, from politics and from science like sexologist Rolf Gindorf
and others are prominent individual members of the organisation.
, Hasso Müller-Kittnau, Martin Pfarr, Uta Kehr, Philipp Braun, Hartmut Schönknecht, Axel Blumenthal, Axel Hochrein, Hannah Lea, Simone Huckert.
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
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The association was founded in 1990 as the gay association in the GDR by former opposition activists against the Communist government. After the reunification, civil rights
Civil rights
Civil and political rights are a class of rights that protect individuals' freedom from unwarranted infringement by governments and private organizations, and ensure one's ability to participate in the civil and political life of the state without discrimination or repression.Civil rights include...
activists joined them.
The organisation became known throughout Germany for its campaign for gay marriage in 1992. The organisation is based in Cologne
Cologne
Cologne is Germany's fourth-largest city , and is the largest city both in the Germany Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia and within the Rhine-Ruhr Metropolitan Area, one of the major European metropolitan areas with more than ten million inhabitants.Cologne is located on both sides of the...
(Köln) and has a welfare branch, is working with ILGA on international human rights issues and had a lot of success in supporting equal rights for homosexuals and legal acknowledgement of same sex partnerships.
Prominent members
Manfred BrunsManfred Bruns
Manfred Bruns is former attorney general at the Federal Court of Justice of Germany, and is a famous German gay civil rights activist. He is a member of the Board of Director of the Lesbian and Gay Association .-References:...
, Volker Beck
Volker Beck
Volker Beck is a German politician. He is a sitting member of parliament for the Green Party in the Bundestag. Beck served as the Green Party Speaker for Legal Affairs from 1994–2002, and as the Green Party whip in the Bundestag since then...
, Eduard Stapel, Günter Dworek and Halina Bendkowski were prominent persons in the Board of Directors. People from the arts like Comic-Designer Ralf König
Ralf König
Ralf König is one of the best known and most commercially successful German comic book creators. His books have been translated into many languages...
, comedian Hella von Sinnen
Hella von Sinnen
Hella Kemper known by her stage name Hella von Sinnen is a German entertainer. She had several TV shows on German private channels...
, director Rosa von Praunheim
Rosa von Praunheim
Rosa von Praunheim , in Riga, Latvia. His given name is Holger Mischwitzky. He is a German film director, author, painter and gay rights activist. Openly gay, he is one of the initiators of the gay rights movement in Germany....
, from politics and from science like sexologist Rolf Gindorf
Rolf Gindorf
Rolf Gindorf is a German sexologist. He is also a member of Mensa.-Life and work:Originally a graduate from a language school , Dr. Gindorf first worked as a translator...
and others are prominent individual members of the organisation.
Board of directors
The actual Board Members are: Günter Dworek, Manfred Bruns, Anette Hecker, Jacques TeyssierJacques Teyssier
Jacques Teyssier was a French and German citizen, and a German LGBT rights activist....
, Hasso Müller-Kittnau, Martin Pfarr, Uta Kehr, Philipp Braun, Hartmut Schönknecht, Axel Blumenthal, Axel Hochrein, Hannah Lea, Simone Huckert.
See also
- LGBT rights in Germany
- List of LGBT rights organisations
- Hirschfeld Eddy FoundationHirschfeld Eddy FoundationThe Hirschfeld-Eddy Foundation was founded in Berlin in June 2007. It is a foundation focused on human rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people.-Name origin:...
, a Human Rights Foundation for Lesbians and Gays, erected by LSVD