German Sustainability Award for Elton John On 2 and 3 December 2020, the 13th German Sustainability Award was presented in Düsseldorf. This coveted award is primarily about honouring the best concepts or solutions against global warming, overuse of resources, species extinction and social division. As is currently customary, the event took place without an audience.... weiterlesen
Hanukkah - what is actually behind the festival of lights? While Christians celebrate Christmas, other cultures celebrate other holidays such as Hanukkah. In Judaism, the Hanukkah festival - also known as the Festival of Lights - begins around Advent, but on no fixed date. The festival extends over a total of eight days. Excitingly, the... weiterlesen
Dutch government compensates victims of forced surgery The Dutch government recently apologised to transsexual people who were forcibly sterilised in the past. The background for this is a law from the 1980s that forced transsexuals to take this step if they wanted their sexual orientation to be recognised. Accordingly, those affected could only... weiterlesen
EU strategy to support queer rights The worrying developments, which are reflected among other things in the establishment LGBTQ-free zones in Poland underline that the question of how to strengthen queer rights is increasingly a political issue. On 11 November 2020, a new EU strategy was presented. On... weiterlesen
Surprising turn of events: Lithuania now in favour of homosexual relationships after all! Lithuania is currently proving that anyone can apparently change if they want to. With the new Lithuanian government, a lot is supposed to change in the country. According to numerous media reports, this also concerns, among other things, the LGBTQ Community in the country. The political upheavals with new treaties and... weiterlesen
Traditional course remains in place - homo - and bisexual people are still not allowed to donate blood A verbal slap in the face of many affected people: even in 2021 it will be more difficult for people to donate blood because of their sexual orientation. In the past, we have already reported, among other things, that there are always discussions about the extent to which gay... weiterlesen
"Homosexuals have the right to live in a family" - strong words from Pope Francis II. Hallelujah! After a long time, the Catholic Church can again talk about itself with positive headlines. "Allegations of abuse" might be one of the first negative buzzwords to come up when the word "church" is mentioned. But now the church is showing itself from a... weiterlesen
Commitment against homophobia: the Pride-Award goes to the Cologne Sharks and 1. FC Köln Who goes to Diversity, the CSD and the LGBTQ When people think of movement, they often think of the city of Cologne sooner or later. Among other things, 1. FC Köln has in the past repeatedly advocated diversity on the pitch and in the spectator... weiterlesen
In Germany, homosexual politicians are finally no longer taboo From taboo to normality: gay politicians in Germany The last few years have shown that many politicians, among others, have also publicly come out of the closet. Gay confess their love. People like Health Minister Jens Spahn or Guido Westerwelle have publicly (some more, some less voluntarily) admitted their love for men.... weiterlesen
New Lord Mayor of Düsseldorf with important message to the LGBTQ Community The mayoral elections in Düsseldorf resembled a political thriller. The new mayor, Dr. Stephan Keller of the CDU, could only win the race in the run-off election. Since his predecessor from the SPD, Thomas Geisel, among others, had also expressed his views on LGBTQ and... weiterlesen
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