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Vienna's Strobachplatz is renamed "Helga Pankratz Platz Vienna is sending a clear message to the LGBTQI+ community by renaming the old Strobachplatz, located at Strobachgasse/ Schönbrunner Straße, as Helga Pankratz Platz. 40 years ago, Helga Pankratz did true pioneering work in the lesbian movement. Among other things, she was also a co-founder of the first Viennese lesbian group. Now this honorable work has been duly honored with the change of name. The likelihood that this icon of the scene will now be even more present in people's minds - even outside the community - is accordingly high. What has Pankratz achieved for the homosexual movement? Helga Pankratz was not only a co-founder of the first lesbian movement in Vienna, but has also worked for the rights and promotion of the LGBTQI+ community in other ways. Most recently, she was a board member of the Minorities Initiative at Resis danse women's dance club. At the same time...

The reports about graffiti and vandalized memorials in Cologne do not stop. Now the memorial in Cologne is also affected. This was erected in memory of queer victims of the Nazi era. The perpetrators disfigured it with scribbles and showed once again that homophobia is still a big problem today, even in Germany. This is not an exception. Only recently, the stele in Mainz was also scribbled on. The acts shock again and again - not only the people who belong to the community, but also those who feel connected to it. What does the Cologne memorial say? As already mentioned, the Cologne memorial is primarily intended to commemorate the people who lost their lives during the Nazi era. At that time, quite a few queers were persecuted, deported to camps and finally killed. The science is still busy today to reappraise the corresponding cases, because among other things ...

The AfD chalks it all up to "gender madness." Sven Lehmann (Greens) becomes the new Queer Commissioner of the Federal Government and is supposed to take care of the acceptance of sexual and gender diversity. Many people associate the traffic light coalition with a kind of "upswing" - also with regard to the queer community. One item that is comparatively high on the "wish list" is acceptance or more tolerance in connection with sexual and gender diversity in Germany. The government is currently showing increased openness to this issue and in this context recently appointed the first commissioner for acceptance of sexual and gender diversity. The choice fell on Sven Lehmann from the Green Party. However, there is also headwind and criticism regarding this post, especially from the AfD. Praise and congratulations from the federal government Sven Lehmann feels very honored due to his appointment and now wants to promote the rights of LGBTQI+ Commun...

In Israel, rainbow couples should now also be able to become surrogate parents This is an important break in the direction of "more equal rights for rainbow couples". Because: In Israel it is permitted in the future same-sex couples (and by the way also singles) to have children with the support of a surrogate mother. A statement to this effect has already been issued by the current Minister of Health. The new law is to come into force as early as January 11, 2022. A historic moment for the country and especially for its community! A look into the past and into the future In general, it is of course interesting that the new possibilities did not come "all at once", but are in some ways the result of a longer development. Until now, for example, only heterosexual couples were allowed to work with a surrogate mother in Israel to fulfill their desire to have children. And even h...

The results of the poll, which looks at whether trans people should get more rights, are in... And may startle some. Because: more than 52 percent of respondents said they think trans people have enough rights. Some even go a step further. In their view, queers even have too many freedoms. The study of trans rights in detail The study, which shows how many people think about the issue of "more rights for trans people," was conducted by YouGov. A total of exactly 1,009 people took part in the survey. The answers could be given - quite conveniently - online. All participants were 18 years and older. Overall, it was noticeable that male respondents were significantly more skeptical about the field of transsexuality than women. They were far more likely to think that transsexuals had too many rights. However, it is also worth looking a little deeper into the ...