City: Berlin
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Berlin Strategy for Queer Safety and Against Queerphobia
In Berlin´s government policy guidelines the Senate of Berlin has undertaken to ‘develop a “state strategy for queer safety and against queerphobia” and to establish a Round Table on ‘Protection against queer-hostile hate crime’. The Berlin state strategy was developed under the leadership of the „State Office for Equal Treatment – Against Discrimination“ (LADS) as…
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Monitoring Report on Anti-Queer Violence and Discrimination in Berlin
Berlin is the only federal state in Germany so far that runs a “Monitoring Report on Anti-Queer Violence in Berlin” as an instrument to combat hate violence against lesbian, gay, bi+, trans*, intersex and queer people (LGBTIQ+). The “Monitoring Report on Anti-Queer Violence in Berlin” has been published every two years since 2020. Besides analysing…
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New LGBTIQ+ Action Plan in Berlin
On 19th of December 2023, the Senate of Berlin adopted the new LGBTIQ+ Action Plan. With this third updated and expanded edition of the LGBTIQ+ Action Plan, the Senate is implementing an important milestone for the rainbow capital Berlin. The action plan is based on an intensive participatory process involving representatives of the Berlin administration,…
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First Bi+ project in Berlin
Since 2024, Berlin has been funding the first Bi+ project in Berlin and in Germany. The “Bi+ Centre” run by the organisation Bi Berlin e.V. is intended to establish a counselling and networking centre that closes the gap in services for the specific needs of the largest queer group of ‘Bi+ people’. The specialist centre…