City: Mainz
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Specialist counseling center for LGBTIQ refugees at Caritas Mainz
In 2022, the city council decided to create a counseling service for refugees with an LGBTIQ background. The aim of the service is to help those affected stabilize their lives, become independent, and contribute to their successful integration, thereby supporting them in leading a self-determined life. The work of the counseling center includes: counseling on…
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Working group on hate crimes against LGBTIQ people and women of the Municipal Prevention Council of the City of Mainz
Following a number of incidents, the Municipal Prevention Council of the City of Mainz decided to set up a working group on hate crimes against LGBTIQ people and women. Since then, the following topics have been addressed: • Police report on the topic of “queerphobic hate crimes” • Incidents at CSD and information for visitors…
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Day of Remembrance for the Victims of National Socialism on January 27
January 27, 2025, marked the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz concentration camp. In Germany, this day has been commemorated since 1996 in memory of the victims of National Socialism. Mayor Haase took part in a memorial service at the LSBTIQ stele on Ernst-Ludwig-Platz. He reminded those present that a democratic and mindful…
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Queer youth work and youth association work
The coordination office for LGBTIQ equality in the city of Mainz has contacted the newly founded association Queer Youth Work in Mainz (QiM) e.V. Initially, short-term goals such as project funding will be the focus of the collaboration in 2024. One of QiM e.V.’s longer-term goals is to open a queer youth center in Mainz.…
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Queer culture of remembrance of the LGBTIQ victims of National Socialism and the post-war period
On February 13, 2019, the Mainz City Council unanimously decided to create a place of remembrance for people who were persecuted in Mainz during the National Socialist era and in the post-war period because of their gender identity or sexual orientation. Due to the court conviction of the male victims of § 175 StGB and…
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Working group on hate crime against LGBTIQ people and women of the Municipal Preventive Council of the City of Mainz
The steering group of the Municipal Prevention Council of the City of Mainz has set up a working group on the topic of hate crime against LGBTIQ people and women. Four meetings have now been held on the following topics: – Police report on hate crime against queer people – Violence at CSD and information…