News from the community

Kuwait takes issue with queer-friendly post June is known within the scene as "Pride Month," among other things. This is exactly what US Ambassador James Holtsnider - according to the BBC - took as an opportunity to send greetings to the LGBTQIA+ community - in both English and Arabic. On this, he was summoned. He was asked to refrain from "supporting homosexuality". More specifically, it was about Biden's statement that all people should be "treated with respect and dignity." The emirate used this as an opportunity to "insinuate" that the American president and the ambassador were supporting homosexuality. This should be refrained from in the future. Posts like these violate norms. It is particularly interesting in this context that the post that was the bone of contention has not yet been deleted. In addition, a rainbow flag is shown on the profile of the American embassy. How is di...

San Francisco's 2027 Goal: End Trans Homelessness. Homelessness is a major problem for many trans people. Especially in the USA, there are quite a few people who have no fixed abode and have to live on the streets. A condition that at least the city of San Francisco wants to change. In 2027, there should be no more trans homelessness here. For this, the current mayor is willing to spend millions. The goal: everyone should have a roof over their head. San Francisco has always been known as a comparatively open city. Moreover, this place has contributed to the history of homosexual and queer culture. Now, active and, above all, effective action is to be taken against the homelessness of many trans people. But what exactly are the plans? Plans to tackle homelessness among trans people London Breed, the current mayor of San Francisco, has announced plans to tackle homelessness tra...

For allegedly flirting with him: Recreational athlete threatens 33-year-old with death Homophobic insults and assaults are - unfortunately also in Germany - no longer a rarity. Many people, some from the right-wing camp, apparently feel so threatened by the community that they insult, beat and - as in the most recent case - even threaten with death. Recently, a gay man was victimized on a sports field in Berlin's Prenzlauer Berg district. The case shows how dangerous queer life can still be in this day and age and how important it is to report such cases to the police. What happened. According to the accompanying police report, the whole thing happened on Friday at about 1 pm. The place of the incident was the sports field on Choriner Straße in Berlin's Prenzlauer Berg district. The 33-year-old victim came to the sports field when a 46-year-old man was already here on site and trained. It took a long time...

Now the city of Cologne gets a Dirk Bach Square Queers all over Germany were not the only ones shocked by Dirk Bach's death at the time. The early nature was much more than "just" the presenter at the side of Sonja Zietlow, who led through the jungle camp. The artist repeatedly stood up for the community, increased its visibility and showed early on that being gay and working in the public eye by no means have to be mutually exclusive. The Aidshilfe Köln and the Centrum Schwule Geschichte had suggested naming a square after the queer icon. Now the city center district council has agreed to just that. According to the Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger, it came to a majority decision. From this it emerged that the square directly in front of the Cologne Schauspielhaus (which, by the way, has not yet been named) is to be renamed Dirk Back Platz. Not all voted for the request For fans and companions of the artist it might be hard to imagine...

U.S. Judge Aleta A. Trauger overturns anti-queer law In the U.S. and the rest of the world, countless queer activists are still fighting for the rights of people from the community. Time and again, negative headlines involving hate crimes, for example, ensure that it becomes clear: There is still a long way to go before complete equality is achieved. However, there is also positive news every now and then. US Judge Aleta A. Trauger is responsible for one of them. She overturned a recently enacted law in Tennessee. The reason given was that the law in question was a clear violation of the U.S. Constitution. Strictly speaking, she is concerned with a very specific amendment. It's definitely worth taking a closer look and realizing that in the U.S. there are not only the "Son't Say Gay" laws, but also one or two glimmers of hope for the community. To which...

Vienna: Right-wing boycott around children's book reading by drag queen The first of June also marked the beginning of this year's "Pride Month" in Vienna. Within the framework of this special month, various events are also to be held. These should help as many people as possible to get to know the versatility of the queer community and to engage with it in an informative way. And it is precisely in this context that a protest action has now taken place in the Austrian capital. For background: the drag queen Candy Licious plans to hold a children's book reading in a Vienna library. (Probably) right-wing activists apparently wanted to come up with something to prevent the event. They simply bricked up the entrance to the library. Suspected perpetrators assigned to "red-white-red" action On Friday night, the perpetrators bricked up the entrance to the Vienna Mariahilf library. The trigger for their anger is d...

Openly homosexual Catholic priest back in office The uproar surrounding the former Benedictine monk Anselm Bilgri was great. After all, he openly outed himself as homosexual and then also married a man. For the Catholic Church, this was reason enough to remove the priest from his office. But now Bilgri is allowed to work again in the church and in his old position. But how is that actually possible? After all, the Vatican is actually far from tolerating - let alone accepting - homosexual men in the priesthood. The fact that Bilgri can now work as a priest again is due to a conversion to the Old Catholic faith. He is celebrated for this by many members of the community and the church. What is behind the Old Catholic faith? As early as the end of the 19th century, the Old Catholic Church separated from the Roman Catholic Church. The reason for this was the ...

Non-binary person becomes victim of violence in Berlin Berlin has seen another case of homophobia. This time an assault occurred in the district of Spandau. The victim was a 22-year-old person. The perpetrator is (so far?) unknown. He insulted, kicked and pushed. What had happened? At the time of the crime on Monday evening, the later victim was on the move in Spandau (Falkenhagener Feld). Here the person was attacked by a still unknown man and verbally attacked. It seems to have come directly to the announcement, because: Already on Tuesday the police in Berlin published a corresponding message. According to this, the later victim took the bus line M37 in the direction of Waldkrankenhaus. At the stop "Am Kiesteich" got off the 22-year-old and the alleged offender. The latter followed her and insulted her again and again. The verbal assault was followed by action. The attacker pushed his victim, kicked her in the back and threw things at her - the m...