Year: 2024
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25 Years WASt – Anniversary Conference and Reception
What a joyful event: The Viennese Anti-Discrimination Unit for LGBTIQ Affairs (WASt) celebrated its 25th anniversary by holding a conference and giving a reception. Both events took place on IDAHOBIT and in the famous Viennese City Hall. The Vice Mayor and the City Counsellor in representation of the Mayor welcomed the participants of the conference,…
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Queeres Bildungszentrum
The well known Viennese counselling-center COURAGE opened together with the Austrian Society for Sexual Sciences (ÖGS) a new Queer Education Center. Here these two organisations can hold their training courses on sexuology, sexual education, sexual counselling, sexual therapy and transgender-care in a very professional location, which, of course, offers barrier-free access. The location was co-financed…
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Queer Youth Centre Q:WIR
The Viennese Anti-Discrimination Unit for LGBTIQ Affairs collaborated with the department for education and youth perfectly in ensuring a process of founding and creating Austria’s first queer youth centre. After having a conference, an online-symposium and doing a study the City of Vienna invited for a call of best concepts, which was won by “Q:WIR”.…
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EUROGAMES in Vienna 2024
The prestigious EuroGames took place in Vienna in July 2024. Organized by a couple of volunteers, who did a remarkable work, 4000 athletes came to visit Vienna and to participate at the various sport events and a very successful sports conference was hold, opened online by Austria’s president Alexander van der Bellen. The City of…
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Certificate LGBT friendly
The purpose of the certificate LGBT friendly is primarily raising awareness among people. The aim is that within the working environment and externally to the cus-tomers to create a climate that is favourable to all. The certificate is awarded to all public and private organisations that complete the education (4-hours seminar for management staff) and…
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The Ljubljana Pride Festival 2024
The Ljubljana Pride Festival 2024 held under the slogan »Looking Back, Marching Forward«. June is the month of pride marches all around the world. In this framework we were hosting the exhibition Kiss it Better in the Right Atrium of the City Hall, representing a radical placement of queer bodies and experiences in the very…
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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…
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LGBT+ Friendly Copenhagen
An event called ‘LGBT+ Friendly Copenhagen’ was held at Copenhagen City Hall during pride-week and saw a large turnout. The event was organized by the City’s Gender Equality Unit, inviting partners, organizations, and Copenhageners to participate. The City Hall was decorated for the occasion with posters, post-its and round tables that encouraged debate and dialogue.…