Year: 2024
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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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The Hangout010
The HangOut010 is a livingroom for queer young people (16-26). The HangOut010 offers queer youth a platform to exchange experiences and to feel heard, seen and recognized within a safe environment. A professional coordinator organizes activities that generate social cohesion, mutual support and empowerment. For example: game nights, movie nights, POC meetings, homework sessions, art…
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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
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Conference for More Inclusive First Aid Care for Trans People
In light of IDAHOT, we collaborated with the city of Roeselare and TIP (an organization for trans care) to organize a conference on how to provide more inclusive primary care for trans people. We defined primary care broadly, so participants included speech therapists, teachers, psychologists, student coaches, and more. For several attendees, this conference was…
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Supporting New and Young Queer Organizations
In recent years, Kortrijk has worked on facilitating a group of volunteers who organize a monthly rainbow café. Over the past year, we have aimed to give them more autonomy and ownership of the organization. The rainbow café primarily consists of middle-aged individuals, highlighting the need for a space for young LGBTQIA+ people. Therefore, over…