LSVD⁺ – Federation Queer Diversity
Nonprofit
Formation18 February 1990
Native nameLSVD⁺ – Verband Queere Vielfalt
Former name
  • SVD (Schwulenverband in der DDR/Gay Federation in GDR)
  • LSVD (Lesbian and Gay Federation in Germany)
FounderEduard Stapel
Key peopleKlaus Jetz
StatusAssociation
FocusLGBTIQ rights and welfare
LocationBerlin, Germany
Founding locationLeipzig, Germany
Websitelsvd.de

LSVD+ – Verband Queere Vielfalt (LSVD+), German for the LSVD+ – Federation Queer Diversity, is the largest non-governmental LGBTQ rights organisation in Germany. It was founded in 1990 and is part of the International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association (ILGA World).[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.

See also

References

  1. ^ LSVD – Founding Archived 24 November 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ "Hat die Homo-Ehe was gebracht?" (in German). Der Tagesspiegel Online. Retrieved 2019-02-07.
  3. ^ "Biographie". Volker Beck. Retrieved 2019-02-07.
  4. ^ "Eddi Stapel: Bürgerrechtler und Vorkämpfer der DDR-Schwulenbewegung verstorben" (in German). az-online. 2017-09-05. Retrieved 2019-02-07.
  5. ^ "siegessäule – queer Berlin -Der LSVD wird 20!". siegessaeule.de. Retrieved 2019-02-07.[dead link]
  6. ^ "25 Jahre LSVD – Für Respekt und Vielfalt" (in German). siegessaeule.de. Retrieved 2019-02-07.
  7. ^ "Hella von Sinnen und Cornelia Scheel gehen getrennte Wege" (in de-DE). queer.de. Retrieved 2019-02-07.