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Founded | 18 February 1990 |
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Founder | Eduard Stapel |
Type | LGBT rights |
Focus | LGBTIQ rights and welfare |
Location | |
Area served | Germany |
Key people | Klaus Jetz |
Website |
lsvd |
Formerly called | SVD (Schwulenverband in der DDR/Gay Federation in GDR) and LSVD (Lesbian and Gay Federation in Germany) |
LSVD+ – Verband Queere Vielfalt (LSVD+), German for the LSVD+ – Federation Queer Diversity, is the largest non-governmental LGBT rights organisation in Germany. It was founded in 1990 and is part of the International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association (ILGA). [1]
The organisation became known throughout Germany for its campaign for same-sex marriage in 1992. The LSVD+ has two main offices, one in Berlin and one in Cologne.
LSVD+ was formed as the Schwulenverband in der DDR (SVD) in 1990 and campaigned successfully to equal rights for a same-sex partnership. In March 2024, Lesben- und Schwulenverband in Deutschland (LSVD) changed its name to LSVD+ – Verband Queere Vielfalt (LSVD+).
Manfred Bruns, [2] Volker Beck, [3] Eduard Stapel, [4] Günter Dworek [5] and Halina Bendkowski [6] were prominent persons in the Board of Directors. People from the arts like Comic-Designer Ralf König, comedian Hella von Sinnen, [7] director Rosa von Praunheim, from politics and from science like sexologist Rolf Gindorf and others are prominent individual members of the organisation.
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Founded | 18 February 1990 |
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Founder | Eduard Stapel |
Type | LGBT rights |
Focus | LGBTIQ rights and welfare |
Location | |
Area served | Germany |
Key people | Klaus Jetz |
Website |
lsvd |
Formerly called | SVD (Schwulenverband in der DDR/Gay Federation in GDR) and LSVD (Lesbian and Gay Federation in Germany) |
LSVD+ – Verband Queere Vielfalt (LSVD+), German for the LSVD+ – Federation Queer Diversity, is the largest non-governmental LGBT rights organisation in Germany. It was founded in 1990 and is part of the International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association (ILGA). [1]
The organisation became known throughout Germany for its campaign for same-sex marriage in 1992. The LSVD+ has two main offices, one in Berlin and one in Cologne.
LSVD+ was formed as the Schwulenverband in der DDR (SVD) in 1990 and campaigned successfully to equal rights for a same-sex partnership. In March 2024, Lesben- und Schwulenverband in Deutschland (LSVD) changed its name to LSVD+ – Verband Queere Vielfalt (LSVD+).
Manfred Bruns, [2] Volker Beck, [3] Eduard Stapel, [4] Günter Dworek [5] and Halina Bendkowski [6] were prominent persons in the Board of Directors. People from the arts like Comic-Designer Ralf König, comedian Hella von Sinnen, [7] director Rosa von Praunheim, from politics and from science like sexologist Rolf Gindorf and others are prominent individual members of the organisation.