LSVD Berlin

The Lesbian and Gay Federation in Germany (Lesben- und Schwulenverband in Deutschland, or just LSVD) is a civil rights organisation representing the interests of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex people (LGBTI). Human rights, diversity and respect we want LGBTI to be accepted and recognized as self-evidently belonging to everSpecific goals of the LSVD include lobbying for Germanys Basic Law to extend constitutional protection against discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation and gender identity; programmes at federal and state level to promote acceptance and diversity; legal and social recognition of rainbow families; enforcement of the right to sexual self-determination; LGBTI-inclusive school curricula; refugee policies that provide both protection and opportunity to persecuted LGBTI people; and foreign and development policies that promote respect for the human rights of LGBTI people at EU and global level. Specific goals of the LSVD include lobbying for Ge...