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Bystander Training
The City of Genk organizes bystander training, aimed at citizens, professionals/middlemen and its own city employees. With this, the city wants to create a city-wide movement aimed against unacceptable behavior. A collaboration with the local school campus and youth welfare work was started in 2024. The content of these trainings was adapted to young people,…
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Exhibition: “Who´s Afraid of Stardust? Positions of Contemporary Queer Art”
The Kunsthaus and Kunsthalle Nürnberg were collaborating to present the international group exhibition ‘Who’s Afraid of Stardust? Positions of Contemporary Queer Art’. The exhibition features works by 30 artists who address aspects of queer life and so make substantial contributions to the current debate on diversity with their individual perspectives on societal power structures. More…
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Inclusive meeting moments
‘A low-threshold, inclusive place where we can meet each other’ emerged as the greatest need of LGBGTQIA+ individuals in Roeselare (and surrounding areas). In response, the city has since organised a monthly rainbow café. There are also regular actions, for example in the context of IDAHOT. In 2024, for instance, the city organised a drag…
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Internal diversity working group – AG Vielfalt
Several offices and departments of the state capital of Wiesbaden formed the city’s internal diversity group (AG Vielfalt). The member offices represent various diversity characteristics through their areas of work: ethnicity, gender, disability, age, etc. The LGBT+ Coordination Office hosts the meetings which take place every 6-8 weeks. On the occasion of the German Diversity…
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Rainbow Roundabout
The mayor of the state capital Wiesbaden inaugurated a Rainbow Roundabout before Gay Pride. After a rainbow-coloured zebra crossing caused controversy last year and was damaged by unknown persons, there was no vandalism with permanent damage at the Roundabout. The feedback from the public and the LGBT+ community was overwhelmingly positive. The Rainbow Roundabout is…
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Bystander Training Programs
Since 2024, the city of Oostende launched bystander training programs for city employees and professionals to address racism, discrimination, and unwanted behavior. This training, also offered to the local Rainbow House and volunteers, aims to equip participants with the skills to actively intervene and respond appropriately to unwanted behavior. The program encourages active participation in…
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„Diverse city” project
The city of Giessen has taken the two events: “Diversity Days” and “Pride Month”, May and June, as an opportunity to show with various activities how diversity enriches our university city of Giessen. Giessen is particularly admired by new Giessen residents and visitors for its great diversity, internationality and peaceful coexistence. Giessen’s comparatively young population…
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Enhanced protection against discrimination and increased inclusion of people who do not conform with gender and sexuality norms
Inclusion and protection against discrimination will enhance security for minorities who do not conform with gender and sexuality norms and who are at risk of being marginalised. This includes advisory health services, and measures to combat discrimination, negative social control and hate crime. This focus area targets efforts within municipal agencies and the broader community…
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Training and enhanced competence in addressing gender and sexual diversity in the municipality’s services and agencies.
Focus area 1 encompasses training for municipal employees, integrating knowledge of intersectional discrimination, as well as gender and sexual diversity, into systematic quality improvement efforts and the municipality’s governing documents. The training will ensure equality in the municipality’s services, which will be tailored to accommodate individuals who do not conform with traditional gender and sexuality…
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Bystander training
The City offers free bystander training. The training responds to different contexts (work, nightlife, etc.) and different forms of transgressive behaviour. In the first part, we explore why people often look away and do not react. In the second part, we provide 4 strategies to react and thus be an active bystander. City Profile: Roeselare