Luxemburg

Goal

Reduce the number of aggressions against LGBTIQ+ community members

Promote an inclusive society, focusing on the big public on one hand and on the municipal employees on the other hand (4452 people employed)

Make Luxembourg City a safe space for the LGBTIQ+ community, also at night.

Policy

The City of Luxembourg has a well-established tradition of being an open and tolerant city, committed to the principles of equality and inclusivity on all levels. A delegate for equality has been appointed since 2006, her work including the implementation of the City’s LGBTIQ+ policy since 2021.
As for all the themes around equality, the City of Luxembourg has developed strong long-term partnerships with local organizations active in the City, supporting them financially, in the organizing of actions and in co-constructing the policies and measures with them. This ongoing dialogue makes it possible to ensure the City acts where it is necessary, in concertation with its partners. A consultive commission is also meeting regularly to ensure that public policies are relevant.

The city is guided by three major commitments

  • Supports awareness-raising initiatives
  • Support associations that promote gender sensitivity in the city
  • Combat all stereotypes

The political commitment of the City for minorities and particularly its LGBTIQ+ community has been reaffirmed in the recent years: the City of Luxembourg is an LGBTIQ+ Freedom Zone since 2021. A political motion reconfirmed this commitment in March 2025 et the City Council decided to join the Rainbow City Network at the same date.

Since 2023, the City museums have introduced a queer perspective visit program, for both the big public and the queer public, after asking for an analysis and report from a local LGBTIQ+ research Lab. A meeting with museums of all over the country is planned for 2025 to exchange about this experience and its implementation. The City Theaters plan a special focus on LGBTIQ+ subjects for their 2025/2026 program season.

Since 2023 the City hosts the “Luxembourg Pride Run”, an LGBTIQ+ solidarity run with over 2000 participants.
The City is also supporting data production and focus groups in order to have a solid base for the further development of its public policies and actions.

Focus Areas

 Short Term

  • Joining the RCN
  • Co-constructing the upcoming policy with local LGBTIQ+ actors through dialogue and ongoing meetings
  • Support the queer family program launched by a local LGBTIQ+ associations
  • Launch a professional day around queer perspective in museums hosted by the City museum, inviting other museums in the country
  • Continue organizing the Pride Run during the Pride Week

Long Term

  1. Analyse of the data produced by the observatory Lili and the focus groups of LEFGQ and developing public policies according to its results
  2. Training of the municipal staff, through specific sessions and the Diversity Fresco – a collaborative intelligence game to understand the causes and consequences of discrimination, organized as workshop sessions1. It ends with a brainstorm about solutions to tackle the issue.

Collobaration partners

Centre LGBTIQ+ Cigale (local LGBTIQ+ association)
Rosa Lëtzebuerg (local LGBTIQ+ association)
Lili (local LGBTIQ+ observatory)
Intersex & Transgender Luxembourg (local LGBTIQ+ association)
LEQGF (local LGBTIQ+ study lab)
CID | Fraen an Gender (local feminist association)
Family planning

Municipal sectors/services involved

Equality office of the City of Luxembourg
Cultural organizations of the City (2 museums; Theater,…)
Foyers scolaires