Year: 2025
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One-Stop Support for All Forms of Discrimination
The Horizontal Anti-Discrimination Office provides advice on all grounds protected under the German General Equal Treatment Act – age, disability, gender, perceived origin, religion and belief, and sexual identity. It […]
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LGBTIQ+ Commission – Shaping Inclusion in Sports in Active City Hamburg
The LGBTIQ+ Commission at the Hamburg Sports Association, established in 2021, drives concrete measures to better include queer people in sports. While sports promote social cohesion and well-being, many LGBTIQ+ […]
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Queer History & Remembrance: a memorial plaque for Magnus Hirschfeld & the exhibition “gefährdet leben”
In 2025, Heidelberg unveiled a memorial plaque for Magnus Hirschfeld at Sandgasse 10, where he lived as a student in 1890–91. The physician and pioneer of sexual science and queer […]
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Cooperation with Heidelberg University
In October 2025, Heidelberg launched the first “Rainbow City Heidelberg Lecture” with speaker Prof. Sabine Hark (TU Berlin) in the Old Auditorium of Heidelberg University. The lecture also marked the […]
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TIN Swimming Hour
To provide safer spaces in sports, Heidelberg hosts exclusive swimming sessions for trans, intersex, and non-binary (TIN) people at the City Pool. Organized with the TIN-Stammtisch Heidelberg during both Trans […]
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Six new guides that support vulnerable LGBTQIA+ people
LGBTQIA+ people are more exposed to violence, discrimination, rejection, and stigmatization. This makes them more vulnerable to depression and suicidal thoughts. The association Vers Paris sans sida (Paris without Aids) […]
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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, […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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Month of LGBTIQ+ actions and visibility
The 2025 theme was LGBTIQ+ History & Archives. In collaboration with associations in Lausanne, more than 10 events open to the public were proposed (a queer walk to iconic sites, […]