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German LGBTQ rights organisation From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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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 World).[1]

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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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