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2020
Best Pr act i ces
One-pager s
TA BLE
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CONTENTS
4 Message from the Coordinator 28 Heidelberg
5 About Our Network 30 Kot or
8 Barcelona 31 Leuven
10 Berlin 32 Linz
12 Bern 33 Ljubljana
14 Bruges 34 Mexico Cit y
16 Brussels Capital Region 36 Munich
18 Cologne 37 Nuremberg
20 Cork 38 Paris
22 Frankfurt am Main 40 Reykjavik
24 Geneva 42 Rot t erdam
26 Hamburg 44 São Paolo
27 Hanover 46 Vienna
48 Zurich
A BOUT
our
M ESSAGE NETW ORK
from the
COORDINATOR
We are now thirty three city
governments working together to 4
find common answers to the
challenges posed to our
communitues
33
2020 W ILL BE A YEAR TO REM EM BER! We have members in four
continents around the world
The one-pagers ? best practices?
that you are about to read embodies
our commitment to fulfilling our
mission as a network. Overall, they
+ 150
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reflect the work of tireless people
New members:
across several cities in the world that
5 from Europe
work to build a better reality for our
1 from Asia
LGBTI communities.
We are the global network for
From 2016 t o 2020 t he RCN
LGBTI equality and as such will
continue to work together with a 76% members have exchange more t hat
one hundred fift y innovat ive LGBTI
focus on LGBTI cooperation and for of our members actively engaged. best pract ices
the purpose of learning from each
M A NUEL ROSA S
other. VÁ ZQUEZ
COORDINATOR
2020
BEST
2020
PRACTICES
SP A I N
A dj unt ament de
BA RCELONA
2. A ?non-binary?option will be added to all municipal
Depar t am en t de Pr om oció dels Dr et s de les Don es i LGTBI M ayor al Decr ee gu ar an t eein g t h e r igh t of documents containing the variable ?gender ? in order to
t r an ssexu al, t r an sgen der an d in t er sex people t o be reflect the gender diversity of the city?s residents.
2020 t r eat ed an d r ef er r ed t o in accor dan ce w it h t h e n am e
Diversity and the training, job market As a result, all municipal applications, requests and
Tr an sOcu pació an d gen der w it h w h ich t h ey iden t if y.
Barcelona Employment research and forms must include a new field to enable those people
Pr ogr am m e - Bar celon a Strategy. intermediation with who wish to do so to enter the name with which they want to
Cit y Cou n cil - Bar celon a companies (encouraging be referred to so that they will be addressed by it..
The programme offers a
Act iva the inclusion of trans
variety of actions in which For further information:
The TransOcupació people in the general
each participant receives https://ajuntament.barcelona.cat/transparencia/ca/decret-nom-sentit
labour market), follow-up In 2020, following a process of technical preparation
Programme is a support and follow-up by https://ajuntament.barcelona.cat/transparencia/sites/default/files/2019-02-22-decret_nom_sentit.pdf
of participants after and involvement by the entities of the city?s LGBTI
vocational integration a technical leader of the
starting work in order to Municipal Council and a public display period for
programme aimed at Programme (who
help them keep their jobs, scrutiny, this Mayoral Decree establishing common
trans people that involves specialises in integration
as well as work carried out criteria for the whole of Barcelona City Councilwas
comprehensive tailored in the labour market and
approved and its implementation started. Under the
guidance and job search
Mayoral Decree:
plans. The aim of this
initiative is to increase To know more click here
participants? needs and circumstances,
employability and and it includes
complementarity-based 1. Transsexual, transgender and intersex people who so
independence and help
trans matters) with the in coordination with the wish can be addressed and referred to by the name they
them join the world of work in coordination with
following actions: Barcelona LGBTI Centre identify with, and their name change on personal
work, as well as respond other occupational
employment and training and organisations in the documents issued by the City Council or its affiliated
to the added difficulties programmes aimed at
guidance, key and city that work with bodies, with the exception of official procedures, is
that may be encountered the general population.
cross-cutting skills transgender people. guaranteed.
in their job search for the Thus working towards
acquisition,
mere fact of being trans.It This support is highly normalising and
technical-professional
is part of Barcelona City tailored, as it adapts to destigmatising trans
training, job search
Council's Municipal Plan different professional people.
technique and strategy
for Sexual and Gender profiles and each person's
LESBIAN VISIBILITY AND INTERSECTIONALITY
Increasing lesbian visibility is an important aim of the
Berlin government. In 2020, the Berlin senate awarded
the prize for Lesbian* Visibility for the second time.
Initiated in 2018, the prize honors individuals?and/or
groups?efforts making lesbian* histories, lesbian* lives
and lesbian* identities more visible in Berlin. Due to
COVID-19, the award ceremony had to be postponed
and the intersectional group of nominated individuals
selected by an independent jury will now be honored as
part of the annual event ?Rainbow City of Berlin Forum?.
BERLI N The event, with this year?s focus on ?Intersectionality in action plan IGSVand is funded by the Senate
the context of lesbian* visibility?, will take place on 29th Department for Justice, Consumer Protection and
of October in a hybrid format. This format, in Anti-Discrimination. It bundles the existing expertise on
compliance with COVID-19 regulations, allows the the subject in the state of Berlin and is the point of
senator, the honored individuals and the moderator to contact for experts, institutions and politics. LGBTI
accessible for people with disabilities. Projects and be present in person while participants (civil society, people and their social environment receive advice on
organizations can apply to finance one-off LGBTI community and administration) will be able to all issues relating to aging and care. This specialized
The Berlin Act ion Plan: ?Berlin support s follow the event via an online stream and pose unit will represent the interests of LGBTI people in
measures such as sign-language interpretation at
self-determinat ion and acceptance of gender and questions through a chat function during the panel various boards, committees and will develop concepts
events, translating their materials into plain
sexual diversit y? init iat ive (IGSV) conversation. and recommendations to promote visibility and
German, aligning their website with accessibility
requirements or installing an induction loop in their LGBTI Consult ing and Specialist Center on Aging acceptance of LGBTI of old age further. In addition,
The implementation of the 2019 premises. The concept and funding requirements and Care it will also sensitize and qualify inpatient and
inter-departmental action plan on LGBTI issues for was developed in close cooperation with a civil outpatient care facilities for the needs of LGBTI
For around 20 years, the State of Berlin has been
the years to come, called the ?Berlin supports society project which also carries out an ?inclusion implementing measures to improve the living people.
self-determination and acceptance of gender and check?mandatory for all applicants which conditions of estimated 40,000 queer Berliners of old Florencio Chicote / Berlin State Office for Equal Treatment and
sexual diversity? initiative (IGSV) is in full swing. The highlights the most relevant and necessary age. Since August 2020, the state of Berlin has Against Discrimination / LGBTI Unit
implementation of the 93 actions involves all Florencio.Chicote@senjustva.berlin.de
measures and supports other projects with cost implemented an additional structure, the so-called
departments of the Berlin senate. An English estimates and implementation. ?LGBTI Consulting and Specialist Center on Aging and
translation of the IGSV action plan as well as a short Care?. This new institution is an action of the Berlin
2-minute animated film clip explains the main
content and aims in an accessible way to reach a
wider audience. The film clip is available in German
or English
GERM A N Y
subtitles:https://www.berlin.de/igsv/(alternative
descriptive text for screen readers is also available).
INCLUSION FUND
A new ?inclusion fund? has been set up for
LGBTI-centered projects and actions wishing to
make their activities and engagement more
GENDER EQUALITY M EASURES FOR
LGBTIQ PEOPLE IN THE ACTION PLAN
GENDER EQUALITY 2019-2022
The city of Bern has been working with action SW I T Z E R L A N D
plans for ten years in order to promote equality
measures
(see www.bern.ch/aktionsplangleichstellung). ·Revision of the includes the events on LGBTIQ ·Activities to increase
Binding goals and procedures for the promotion The city administration departments as municipal language recommendation that issues for the visibility of queer
of gender equality in the city are defined for well as numerous representatives from guide and additional professionals working people,
in new buildings and
four years at a time. non-governmental LGBTIQ organizations measures to make with people in the organizations and
municipal renovations, in
were collaborating partners on creating the asylum and migration servicesin Bern.
communication addition to
Equality Action Plan. The measures are sector, development
The third and most recent Equality Action Plan more inclusive for gender-separated A campaign planned
based on the following topics people with of measures to
of the City of Bern 2019-2022 includes, in toilet and checkroom for May 2020 was
non-binary genders reduce discrimination
addition to measures to promote gender postponed to May
equality, for the first time measures to promote and 2021 due to the
Various awareness-raising events on LGBTIQ non-heteronormative
equality for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, issues, particularly for administrative staff in Covid-19 pandemic
lifestyles.
intersex and queer (LGBTIQ) people; see contact with the public, staff in HR, and (see
Aktionsplan 2019-2022 (PDF, 279.9 KB). ·Awareness raising
managers. https://likeeveryone.ch/s
events for youth
workers, distributing bern/aktionsmonat).
toolboxes containing
ressources and a
B ERN
collection of ideas
Contact at the City of
Bern:
for working with Marianne Kauer
children and young
marianne.Kauer@bern.c
people on LGBTIQ
facilities, and violence against
issues.
gender-open LGBTIQ persons with
·Preparation of experience of flight
("universal")areas
guidelines to be used and
should also be
as a planning basis
planned. migration.
for architectural
measures, which ·Awareness raising
The 4 criteria are:
·Innovative concept concerning gender &
diversity
BRU GES ·Style, readability and inclusive
language use
·practical relevance postponed due to the corona virus.
Police t raining focus on LGBTI+ Development letting them ·sustainability test: contribution to the
hatecrimes. and realize that these realization of the SDG?s.
in t he Contact person:
We have come to implementat ion topics are
ident ificat ion
an understanding of a t hesis price relevant in every Babet Brilleman
and handling of Prisma
with the police in local colleges aspect of life. ,babet.brilleman@brugge.be
hate crimes.
that every The winner of
This training is The initial goal is
the ? LGBTQI film festival and more. Information on the website:
designed to Magdaleene- Photo exhibitions, lectures on
improve the price?gets 500 masculinity/ Non-binary, ? short film, https://www.brugge.be/regenboogbeleid
knowledge and EUR and a movies, talks about LGBTIrepresentation
capacity of the publication of in cinema, drawing session ?in drag?(
police in the their article (
identification summary of
and handling of their research) +
B EL G I U M
hate crime cases. a presentation in
The training was city hall. The
mandatory and upcoming year a to let students other 2
carried out for different task explore topics nominees get an
the staff that force will follow like gender & honorable
specializes in this mandatory diversity withing mention
first reports. This training. their own area of
with a specific expertise and
Equal Cit ies Project :PREVENTING SEXUAL
AND GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE IN
M IGRANT COM M UNITIES AND
STRENGTHENING SUPPORT TO VICTIM S
IN EU CITIES
4 EU partner cities, together with 4 partner
organizations and about 20 trainee cities will
develop and pilot 4 different SGBV toolboxes B EL G I U M
that will tackle SGBV issues in migrant
communities from a specific angle.-The first
for the Region's equal opportunities policy.
toolbox will be developed by IOM in RainbowHouse and stories of street referred to the
The equality impact assessment is an
partnership with The Brussels-Capital Region BPS (Brussels harassment and police, social
instrument that is used to screen all new identity /
and the Brussels Rainbow House Prevention and aggression services and other
legislation and regulations, public expression and sex
organization. It aims at creating and testing Security), based on reverberate in the government bodies
procurement, grants, management contracts characteristics
a SGBV toolbox targeting LGBTQI+ people in amongst others the
and strategic planning tools for their impact different scenes and to file formal
migrant communities. The objective is to set - Origin and social results of the 2019
on at least 5 criteria: communities, complaints.
up safe spaces for LGBTQI+ individuals as situation Crime Survey which
however without In a second
well as improving the conditions within - Gender revealed that many
This test guides being officially
existing public services. people never file phase, we want to
- Disability users step by step registered.
complaints about hate involve the many
Equalit y impact assessment - Ethno-cultural background through simple speech, hate crimes To gain more insight mainly gay bars in
The BCR introduced an innovative tool, questions in order and discrimination
- Sexual orientation, gender in what is the neighborhood
which represents an enormous step forward to assess the impact
of the
of policies on
RainbowHouse.
various
disadvantaged
BRUSSELS CAPITAL REGION groups. Contact person at the
Brussels-Capital
Monitoring
with the police for a happening, we Region
LGBTQI+-hate
variety of reasons. decided to launch a
crimes and hate
speech in Moreover it turned pilot project where Danny Jacqmot
collaborat ion wit h out that people can tell their (djacqmot@gob.brussels),
NGO?s intersectionality story and register it equal.brusselsLocal
served as a major with a local NGO, LGBTQI+ policy on Regional
The BCR started a Site
pilot project in multiplicating i.e. RainbowHouse.
http://www.equal.brussels/lgbt
collaboration with factor. Still the After which they are
Role of t h e Cit y:The City of Cologne was the main body
responsible for organising, hosting and funding this
exchange. Around 7500 Euros were available to pay for
flights subsidies, hotel accommodation and the events.
Ou t com e/ r esu lt sInternational and local activists felt
inspired and empowered for their work by this mutually
beneficial exchange It also received good media coverage
CO LO GN E (newspaper and TV), raising awareness for LGBTI rights.
Following the exchange, LGBTI activists from to two of
these sister-cities (Katowice/Poland and Cluj/Romania)
invited the Mayor of Cologne to visit their local pride Par t n er s:Public pool management, LGBTI advisory center,
Sist er Cit ies st and t oget her LGBTI sports club, group of activists
pride movements?. supporting human rights Du r at ion of t h e event. On behalf of the Mayor, one Vice Mayor of Cologne
?LGBT Right s are Human
Despite the Covid19 activists in Cologne?s sister pr oject :While the made official visits to support these local pride Du r at ion of t h e pr oject :unknown, as source of funding
Right s?Int ernat ional
Exchange wit h LGBTI pandemic, in October cities - partly from planning phase started demonstrations, which received a lot of media coverage. for 2021 unknown yet
act ivist s from Cologne?s 2020 the City of Cologne countries with high rates of about 9 months Cologne is planning to continue this exchange
discrimination and low beforehand, the actual programme with LGBTI activists Role of t h e Cit y:to connect the cooperation partners and
Sist er Cit ies. was able to invite 3
social acceptance of LGBTI exchange programme provide funding for the first year
activists from Katowice M or e
(Poland), see photo included 4 days (ideally Ou t com e/ r esu lt s: safe swimming space was welcomed
Tar get au dien ce:LGBT in f o:https://www.stadt-koeln.de/artikel/67121/index.html
In July 2019, during arrival Thursday and well accepted by the target group
Goals activists and from
Cologne Pride, the City of afternoon, departure
Cologne?s sister cities and M or e in f o:https://rubicon-koeln.de/trans/schwimmen/
Cologne hosted a 4-day ·Building networks and Monday morning) during Swimming t imes for t ransgender and
from Cologne itself.
international exchange Cologne Pride. The
int ersexual people
programme for LGBTI programme includes: a
human rights activists welcome dinner; a public Goals: to provide a safe swimming space for trans* and
from 6 of Cologne?s 22 event (where the guests inter* people at a public pool once a month
sister cities including speak about the situation Tar get Au dien ce: Transgender, non-binary and intersex
for LGBTI in their home people from the wider Cologne region.
guests from Istanbul
(Turkey), Katowice countries and the
(Poland), Cluj-Napoca volunteer work they
(Romania), Tel Aviv engage in); a workshop,
(Israel), Liverpool (UK) an official reception in the
and Barcelona (Spain). town hall, visiting two GERM A N Y
While the focus of the LGBTI NGOs, exploring the
exchange in the past two Cologne Pride street
years (2017 and 2018) festival and participating
in Cologne?s Pride Parade
was on ?lesbian visibility connecting LGBTI human Par t n er s:The exchange accompanied by the
and the situation for rights activists on an was a successful Mayor of Cologne.
queer women in our international level collaboration between the
sister cities?, this year city?s LGBT office, the city?s
·Showing international
(celebrating 50 years of Office for International
solidarity and highlighting
Stonewall) the focus of Affairs, local NGOs and
the human rights situation
the exchange was on pride activists from
for LGBTI in our sister cities
?pride activists and the Cologne.
history of our sister cities? ·Empowering andIn early 2020 , Cork City Council and the LGBTI+
Inter-Agency Group were delighted to be accepted as a
member city of the Rainbow Cities Network, a project
we?d begun in 2017 and which had been interrupted
by the re-organisation of the RCN Network itself. 2020
was also the year we hoped to mark the
10thAnniversary of LGBTI+ Awareness Weeks in Cork
City, an initiativethat is unique in Ireland. Many other
cities and counties celebrate and support Pride
festivals which are organised by the LGBTI+
communities as does Cork City Council. Cork?s LGBTI+
Awareness Weeks, distinct to Pride,are organised to
coincide with May 17thIDAHOT/IDAHOBIT Day,? I REL A N D
International Day against Homophobia, Biophobia and
Transphobia ? to demonstrate that the city, its public
agencies and communities , supported by LGBTI+ On Sunday May 17th the Lord Mayor Cllr John Sheehan
NGOs have a key role to play in challenging prejudice raised the Rainbow Flag at a socially distanced an NGO advocating on us . This year our theme which included sessions on responded by offering a
and discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation ceremony at Cork City Hall, as each Lord Mayor has behalf of lesbian and was ?Proud to be part of a Family Matters, Minority wide suite of online or
and/or gender identity. done since 2014 ? another first as the city was the first bisexual women, to create Rainbow City? ? we invited Matters,a Pride at Work socially distant
to formally fly a Rainbow Flag from a civic or public a linked series of the city to share in this Diversity and Inclusion programmes covering
Cork City?s 10th LGBTI+ Awareness Week, was our first pride by posting a message Conference and a virtual
building on the island of Ireland. He formally Facebook posts reflecting health and well being,
as a member of the International Rainbow Cities or video which was Pride Parade.
acknowledged and welcomed our new Rainbow Cities this theme. Entitled?This is education, community
Network ? the first and only city on the island of highlighted via the LGBTI+
status what a Lesbian Looks Covid 19 has impacted connection, advocacy and
Ireland to have become part of this network of cities Inter Agency social media .
St Anne?sChurch Shandon ? an Inclusive Church held like?these video posts every community and helpline supports.
who pledge to protect and enhance LGBTI+ rights and
Cork Pride, the second public service and has had
inclusion. We had a range of different events planned an online IDAHOBIT Day Service at which members of were really well received
biggest Pride festival on The partnership between
the LGBTI+ Inter Agency Steering Group and Choral and viewed. a
to celebrate and mark our Rainbow Cities status but Cork City Council, public
obviously in the midst of Covid -19 we?ve had to Con Fusion participated remotely services, LGBTI+ NGO
The Crawford Art Gallery
re-shape these to support the public health and We were too late for inclusion in the RCN Lesbian in the city hosted an sand community groups
Covid-19 community response so LGBTI+ Awareness Visibility online exhibition so instead we asked our online LGBTI+ themed that have enabled our
Week migrated online. tour of their wonderful Rainbow Cities
Inter Agency member
collection and one of our membership to happen
foremost film critics, a are the same kind of
columnist with the Irish partnership we are all now
Times, did a twitter feed drawing on to help us
through Covid -19 ; in the
CO RK of LGBTI+ films on what
has traditionally been our midst of a very
culture night. challenging time we trust
this is a harbinger of
Throughout the week on
hope, much like the
our Facebook page, Cork
rainbow itself!
City LGBT Inter Agency the island was also disproportionate impact on
Group and on twitter, successfully re-imagined already marginalised
@CorkLGBTAwarenessWeek this year , drew a large groupingsincluding lgbti+
we reminded everyone of online participatiand had communitiesdisrupting
the previous decade of huge involvement from our
existing face to face
Awareness Weeks and Inter Agency members
services and activities.The
asked our online audience LINC and the Gay Project,
Gay Project and LINC, inter
to share their own to support a diverse and
engaging programme agency members,have
memories or photos withM agazine ?LGBTIQ and W ork? for
professionals and mult ipliers in t he field of
diversit y
In 2019, the coordinating unit for LGBTIQ topics
focussed on the topic of antidiscrimination in the
workplace. After organising an event with lectures
on the situation of LGBTIQ teachers and the
importance of LGBTIQ staff groups/networks, it
became evident that there is a need for written
material on this topic.
The Magazine ?LGBTIQ and Work? targets a wider G ERM A N Y
audience, with topics around diversity. It covers
topics like antidiscrimination law, best practices
around unisex toilettes, a guide for a trans inclusive Throughout 2020, the LGBTIQ coordination unit
workplace and gender inclusive languages. It also cooperated closely with the Historic Museum, the work wit h kids and positive identity.
Women?s office and the Heussenstamm Art Gallery to discuss the topic
includes an overview of NGOs and initiatives that young adult s? for The coordination unit
on the topics of gender, queerness, fashion and with a panel of guests yout h group leaders.
are experts in the field and situated within the city. for LGBTIQ topics Contact person at t he
visibility. bringing in their views
The magazine was released around the fifth Youth group leaders organised a seminar in municipalit y:
The Historic Museum hosted an exhibition on from the point of play an important role
anniversary of the unit and is the first publication accordance with the
female garments from 1850 onwards and the research, design, in the democratic
giving an insight into the practical work done by the city?s department for Elena Barta
Heussenstamm Gallery presented portraits of self-representation, art education of kids and
?Koordinierungsstelle für LSBTIQ Themen?. It is youth and social work.
gender variant people by Vero Belinski with the and every-day life. young adults in
available in German online under The attendees were elena.barta@stadt-frankfurt.de
financial support of the office for multicultural Frankfurt.
https://www.amka.de/lsbtiq-arbeit LSBTIQ@stadt-frankfurt.de
affairs.
and as a print version via the unit itself. Due to the
The coordination unit for LGBTIQ topics, the
corona-pandemic, the
Event ?Queer Dressed? on Fashion, Gender Historic Museum and the Women?s office organised
event was first
and Queerness for t he wider public an event during pride week
postponed and then
held without an
audience at the end of
the year.
FRA N K FU RT AM M AIN
The debate and two
accompanying fashion
shows have been
recorded and will be LGBTIQ topics are still a members of various
presented to the public big taboo for young youth organisations,
in 2021 to stimulate a people. At the same reaching from religious
debate with a broader time research shows the youth work to sport
audience. importance of being groups, young
accepted within peer firefighters and political
W orkshop ?LGBTIQ
groups for the self-representation.
in t he pedagogical
development of aThis way, in 2016, more than 4?000 individuals were in
the asylum process in Geneva. Among them, LGBTIQ+
refugees and their specific needs are highly invisible
both to the different actors from the asylum fields and
to the local LGBTIQ+ organizations as well as inside the
LGBTIQ+ community. Having regard to the
stigmatizations and discriminations that LGBTIQ+
persons and refugees are facing in our society, and the
deprived material and psychosocial conditions they
often live in, this invisibility of LGBTIQ+ refugees is likely
to express specific conditions of vulnerability and
C I T Y OF G E N E V A specific needs, that the Geneva actors were not
equipped to satisfyingly take charge of.
The City of Geneva is financing a program to improve
the living conditions of LGBTIQ+ refugees by identifying actions and projects developed over the next 10
the training needs of the aging process. facilitator to establish the specific vulnerabilities and specific needs of years. This strategy will now being implemented
professionals caring for contact between LGBTIQ+ refugees, sensitizing the professionals of the trough an action plan currently elaborated in
ELDERLY LGBTIQ+ Further to these findings,
them, as well as drawing Association 360 and the field about these specificities, spreading good practices collaboration with all the City departments and
the City of Geneva
PROGRAM up a list of good practices
decided to support a new other public and developing adapted tools and answers to address services concerned, as well as civil society
set up in foreign countries. organizations. The them and sensitizing migrant newcomers about
project led by Association organisations and experts.
This first step showed that 360 to develop a long project is part of the City LGBTIQ+ issues. After a successful pilot phase from 2016
only a few projects aimed term research which action plan for elderly to 2018, the project was confirmed and extended.
According to the policy
at elderly LGBTIQ+ people would lead to specific and people.
and strategy framework Contact at the City of Geneva:
for seniors, the exist in Geneva and that effective measures In February 2020, a study
Guillaume Mandicourt (he/him)
proportion of elderly day brought together LGBTIQ+ M unicipal St rat egy 2020-2030
people living in Geneva social and health guillaume.mandicourt@ville-ge.ch
In July 2020, the City of Geneva adopted a new
will increase considerably professionals, LGBT
municipal strategy on LGBTIQ+ issues. Detailed in 7
from 16.2% in 2013 to seniors, associations and
main axis and 23 objectives, it will allow integrating
23% in 2040. Among academics and
concluded this first part and better coordinating the current and future
them, LGBTIQ+ people
are more affected by of the project. I will lead
discrimination and social to the publication ofan
exclusion and remain assessment and a guide
quite invisible. of good practice. SW I T Z E R L A N D
Accordingly, the City of
Geneva ordered a pilot LGBTIQ+ Refugees
research, managed by
Association 360, aimed at As any Canton in
public foundations in the targeting LGBTIQ+ senior
highlighting the Switzerland, the Canton
semi-public sector citizens and the
differences between the (State) of Geneva receives
working with the elderly professionals caring for
heterosexual and a quota of refugees
(home caring, nursing them. The pilot research
LGBTIQ+ elderly citizens, according to its
homes, social supports) will last from the end of
focused on their daily population.
were not sufficiently 2017 until 2020. The City
and social lives, their prepared to face the of Geneva co-finances the
specific health issues and challenge of an inclusive project and act as aH A M B U RG
M onument for sexual and gender diversit y
Planning and Establishment of a memorial to
promote a culture of diversity and to remember
the persecution through the Nazis
To make victims of discrimination, harassment
or any form of violence visibleWorkshop with H A N O V ER
several different social actors and
departments to find a place and to talk cooperation with different state authorities
about the (technical) requirements QUEER FEM INIST discrimination. Due to with further exciting Under the name ?All
LECTURE SERIES Covid-19 the third topics regarding queer Bodies Swim?, the
In cooperation with the lecture by Franka Frei feminism. measure is part of the
New Opt ion of t he 3. Gender counseling centers on the political city?s efforts to further
Contact person at t he municipalit y: Exclusive Opening
Researching the needs and possibilities by Frauen- und Mädchen dimension of the period Hours for Trans, the accessibility of
Dorothee Bramlage was postponed from Int er & Non-binary public services and in
providing a legal opinion Gesundheitszentrum
(Dorothee.Bramlage@bwfgb.hamburg.de) Region Hannover e.V. May to December 2020. People at t he Public this case sports
Working on implementing the new option of the Because of the Swimming Pool facilities and programs
(FMGZ) and Amanda
3. Gender in the administration e.V. ? Frauen Therapie- pandemic, this event to all citizens, including
und LGBTIQ. The exclusive
Beratungs-Zentrum, opening hours offer a
Gender Fair Language safe, nonjudgmental
the Federal State
Working on the city?s standing orders Capital of Hanover and non-normative
concerning the gender fair language in offered a space to access public
queer-feminist lecture sports facilities as well
series. as their recreational
and health benefits,
G ERM A N Y At the inaugural event while allowing for
in November 2019, self-determination of
Jessica Lach gave a gender and body.
first general overview
More Information &
of queer feminism. In
will also be digitally Starting in 2020, the Download Flyer (German):
February 2020, the
second lecture by accessible via Zoom. In Federal State Capital of https://q-nn.de/tin-trans-in-
Felicia Wert focused on October 2020, Laura Hannover offers special niedersachsen/all-bodies-
the construction of Méritt will give a fourth monthly opening hours swim/
femininity and gender lecture on sexual at the public swimming
Contact :
identity - transphobia self-determination. The pool, exclusive to trans,
Isa.Hoelldobler@Hannover-Stadt.de
as structural lecture series is going to inter & non-binary
Grace.Proch@Hannover-Stadt.de
be continued next year people.two research projects and the Office for Equal Opportunities. On
29th April 2020, the network held an online symposium about
?COVID-19 and Queer Asylum Symposium?. The network also
published two policy briefs this year ? one on ?The Effects of
COVID-19 on Queer Asylum Claimants in Germany? and one on
?The Recognition of Black Lesbian Asylum Claims in Germany?.
The next online symposium about ?Recognition and Prevention
of Violence against LGBTQI+ Persons on the Move? will be held
on 13th November 2020.
·https://www.bristol.ac.uk/media-library/sites/
policybristol/briefings-and-reports-pdfs/2020-
briefings-and-reports-pdfs/Queer%20asylum%20and
H EI D ELB ERG %20COVID_EN_FINAL.pdf
·http://www.bristol.ac.uk/media-library/
sites/policybristol/briefings-and-reports-pdfs/ its member organizations and the Kulturhaus Karlstorbahnhof.
municipal council of funded youth centre of the field of inclusion and 2020-briefings-and-reports-pdfs/Lesbian%20asylum% To name a few, Heidelberg presented the IDAHOBIT* action week
Heidelberg to further support Heidelberg Kirchheim. equality. Through PEP, a (11th? 17th May), the Queer Festival Heidelberg?s exhibition
P.L.U.S PSYCHOLOGISCHE 20seekers_EN_FINAL.pdf ?Breaking Gender Stereotypes?, the Open Dykes* action weeks
PLUS?s structural network is to be created that
LESBEN - UND Queer Youth is an exchange (22nd July ? 7th August) and the trans* action weeks (2nd? 25th
development in 2020 has will contribute to the ·https://queereuropeanasylum.org/events/25th-september
SCHW ULENBERATUNG and meeting place, safe space November).
enabled PLUS and the Office improvement of education
RHEIN-NECKAR and leisure activity for lgbttiq* -2020-under-the-european-rainbow-asylum-rainbow-
for Equal Opportunities to on lgbttiq* topics in schools
youth up to the age of 18.
expand the programme?s in Heidelberg. intersectional-queer-challenges-conference/
Additionally, Queer Youth
services.
Within the last years, the city actively trains professionals
of Heidelberg and PLUS, the Jugendliche (net work and volunteers in gender and New Homepage & Public Contact persons at t he municipalit y:
Support ing t he Queer Communit y during Covid-19
psychological lgbttiq* prevent ion and sexual diversity in the field of Relat ions Danijel Cubelic (Director), Marius Emmerich and Susanne Hun
counselling service of the empowerment for lgbt t iq* youth work and education. (Program Coordinators)
The Office for Equal
Rhine-Neckar region, have Opportunities is currently in Especially this year, visibility, support and cultural offers for
been able to implement an lsbttiq@heidelberg.de
the process of creating a lgbttiq*are very important.
integrative and completely new website
diversity-aware counselling This why the city of Heidelberg developed several programs and
onlgbttiq*issues, which will action weeks with online and offline events to support the
and prevention concept for be available
the city of Heidelberg. PLUS lgbttiq* community in cooperation with several initiatives and
viahttp://heidelberg.de institutions, such as the Queeres Netzwerk Heidelberg,
offer weekly competent
counselling on all topics and /antidiskriminierungin
questions of lgbttiq* living 2021, and is continuously
and loving. This includes expanding the work on public
support for lgbttiq* pupils relations. GERM A N Y
and students, advice on Queer European Asylum
coming out, relationship Net work
counselling, advisory services
for lgbttiq* asylum seekers as Queer European Asylum
well as guidance for family yout h) Recently, Queer Youth Network is a network of
members and victims of hate received the backing by the organizations working on
crimes. Moreover, PLUS?s Queer Yout h // PEP ?
city of Heidelberg to further LSBTTIQ Migration and
Net zwerk Prävent ion und
project Power Up offers expand its project in the form Asylum in Europe,
Empowerment für
workshops for school classes of PEP. founded in 2019.
LSBTTIQ*
in Heidelberg on lgbttiq* Organizers include the
issues, such as homo- and Since May 2018, Queer Youth, From 2021 onwards, PEP will
receive funding by Aktion LSVD, Magnus Hirschfeld
transphobia, resilience, a project funded by the city of
Heidelberg, has been taking Mensch!, one of Germany?s Foundation
empowerment, and allyship.
In 2019, a decision of the place at the municipally leading social organisations inTogether with the LGBTIQ community, the city of Leuven
supports positive perception of gender diversity and
gender identity. Together we want to increase
knowledge about gender diversity and gender identity
at all relevant partners and services in Leuven
Coming out Day
In October 2020, coming out day, the city of Leuven
inaugurated two rainbow pedestrian crossings. The
pedestrian crossings are located in the busiest shopping
street in the center of Leuven. As a result of this
KOTOR, M ONTENEGRO initiative of the city, an important International of
Leuven: 'IMEC' decided to also build a rainbow
pedestrian crossing on their company site. IDAHOBIT 2020
LOCAL ACTION PLAN protection of human national level, by 20(87).pdf
Act ion against t he LGBT- Free- Zones in Poland Like every year, the rainbow flag was flown at the
rights in the NGO supporting
Juventas, was also non-governmental Leuven stas office for two weeks.
The city council of Leuven sent a letter to the Polish
In accordance with the included in the organizations working in Rainbow Cit ies
Net work government to protest against the LGTBI free zones
Strategy for Improving preparation of this this field (through
the Quality of Life of being installed in several Polish cities with the approval Contact person in
document. Through this co-financing and
LGBTI People in local action plan, providing facilities for of the Polish government. The initiative was followed by Leuven:Kristel.wildiers@leuven.be
In February 2020.,
Montenegro 2019-2023, Municipality of Kotor the implementation of the RCN and various partner cities followed the example www.leuven.be.
Municipality of Kotor
the Municipality of aims to change the the program), and of the city of Leuven.
became the member of www.holebihuis.be
Kotor developed a
Rainbow Cities Network The city government also sent a letter to the mayor of
Local Action Plan to
(network of
improve the quality of the European partner city of Krakow asking to support
international cities
life of the LGBTI the LGTBI community in Krakow. the city of Leuven
concerned with LGBTI
community 2020-2021.
policies). donated a rainbow flag to the city council of Krakow.
The Mayor formed the
working group for the
preparation of this
document and it was
composed of
Contact person at t he LEUVEN, BELGIUM
municipalit y
representatives from
the Municipality of Madalena Martinovi?
Kotor, Cultural Center
"Nikola ?urkovi?, Labor wider social attitudes through activities, madalena.martinovic@kotor.me
Office of Kotor, Police towards the LGBTI programs and public
Kotor and community. We will try events.
representatives of the to achieve this goal file:///C:/Users/madalena.m
Gymnasium Kotor. through cooperation
with other institutions artinovic
Jelena ?olakovi?,
director of the program dealing with LGBTI /Downloads/download%
for promotion and policy at local andYES, W E STARTED CERTIFICATE LGBT FRIENDLY
The purpose of the certificate LGBT friendly is
primarily raising awareness among people.The aim is
In the fall of 2020, the City of Linz had joined that within the working environment and externally to
the customers to create a climate that is favorable to
the Rainbow Cities network. all.
At the same time, the City Council of Linz The certificate is awarded to all public and private
has decided to create an agenda to organisations that complete the education (4-hours
strengthen and promote the Linz LGBTIQ seminar for management staff) and share knowledge
among their co-workers. The first seminars were
community. implemented for management staff from the City
In the coming months, an overall municipal Administration and Ljubljana Health Center. Now we
have 41 certificate holders (among them are schools,
concept will be drawn up with the aim of
kindergartens, public institutes etc.).
making a clear commitment to acceptance
M ult imedia exhibit ion: 20 years of Pride Parade
and tolerance and promoting peaceful and in Ljubljana works centres, schools? ).The Strategy for the
rainbow bench in the inner city area, the
respectful coexistence. Development of Social Care in the City of Ljubljana is
rainbow crosswalk and also the lighting of In June the City Hall hosted an exhibition ?20 years
ending this year. For the purpose of preparing a new
In addition to representatives of the the world-famous Ars Electronica Center of the Pride Parade in Ljubljana?.
Strategy we have prepared focus groups in specific
community, such as the Homosexuelle The exhibition marks 20 years of the Pride Parade in areas, including in the field of LGBT+. Representatives
Initiative Linz and, of course, other Ljubljana, testifies the hard work and importance, of NGOs and the profession participated in the focus
representatives, all parties of the Linz City https://www.flickr.com/photos/ presents the material and activist heritage of the fight group.
for the rights of LGBT+ people.
Council will also work on the concept. arselectronica/50057067498/in/photolist- Among the priorities the following activities were
The exhibition shows all 20 years of Pride Parades mentioned: systemic integration and alliance
This overall concept is intended as a 2jgnycU(
placed in the socio-political context of the city of creations; addressing mental health, homelessness,
commitment by the City of Linz to foto credit: Ars Electronica Center ? Robert Ljubljana. The timeline highlights represent the most older LGBT+ people, people in the medical gender
acceptance, equal rights and bauernhansl) important elements of each parade and carries strong transition with specific programs; more safe
messages of the fight for LGBT+ rights respectively spaces;education and awareness-raising of services in
anti-discrimination of the community. human rights in the local environment. different field (personal doctors, social works centres,
In addition, the city has been setting visible schools? ).
The virtual exhibition is availablehere
accents for quite some time now, such as the L I N Z, A U S T R I A Focus group ?LGBT+? for new St rat egy for t he
Development of Social Care in t he Cit y of Ljubljana
The medical gender transition with specific programs;
more safe spaces;education and awareness-raising of L J U B L J A N A , SL O V E N I A
services in different field (personal doctors, socialLGBT PEOPLE AND COVID-19 INFOGRAPHIC
The Council to Prevent and Eliminate Discrimination of
Mexico City (COPRED by its acronym in Spanish) along with
the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime Agency in Mexico
and the Yaaj civil society organization drafted an infographic
of the LGBT people and COVID-19. The infographic
emphasizes how the COVID-19 pandemic disproportionately
affects people in vulnerable situations and may affect access
to their rights. It explains why LGBTI+ people are at greater
risk of facing discrimination or violence and mentions the
barriers of this population to exercise their right to health in
this context.
https://coronavirus.onu.org.mx/wp-content/uploads
/2020/05/Discriminacion_o_violencia_contra_personas_
M EX I C O
LGBTI-1.pdf
Talk series ?Different iat ed impact s in t he face of With 49 votes in favor, 9 against, and 5 abstentions, Mexico
COVID-19: dialogues wit h CSOs? - LGBTI City?s Congress approved a reform to the local Penal Code to
Communit y ban and typify practices that modify sexual orientation and GRAN ACUERDO POR companies through a the implementation of their
gender identity. Sanctions include 2 to 5 years in jail and 50 EL TRATO confidentiality agreement labor inclusion policy and
To visualize the different impacts of the COVID-19 in the and returns the policies with evaluates the impact and its
priority attention groups, the ?neutral? actions of the to 100 hours of community work for those who practice or IGUALITARIO EN LA
oblige someone to attend ?conversion therapy?. CIUDAD DE M ÉXICO observations in case of any results. Contact person at the
governments and how these measures impact these groups discriminatory dismissals in
https://www.copred.cdmx. municipality:
differently, the COPRED along with different civil social Mexico City?s Council to Prevent and Eliminate any of them. Their
organizations carried out 12 talks named ?Differentiated Discrimination (COPRED by its acronym in Spanish) compliance to the process is gob.mx/acciones-estrateg Adriana Aguilera
impacts in the face of COVID-19: dialogues with CSOs?. One recognized the approval of Mexico City?s Congress to also conditioned with the Marquina,
specific talk was about LGBT community. As a result, the sanctioned the ?Efforts to Change Sexual Orientation and icas/gran-acuerdo-
adoption of a new labor Technical Secretariat at
COPRED published a report with proposals to face the social Gender Identity? (ECOSIG by its acronym in Spanish) since The ?Great Agreement for por-el-trato-igualitario
inclusion policy, the COPRED
crisis of the COVID-19 with non-discrimination perspective. these practices violate human dignity. This action guarantees Equal Treatment of Mexico
the rights of every human being according to Mexico City?s City? (Gran Acuerdo por el
https://copred.cdmx.gob.mx/storage/app/media/informe-
Political Constitution which stipulates LGBTI as a priority Trato Igualitario CDMX in (adriana.copred@gmail.com)
impactos-diferenciados-por-covid19-dialogos-con- attention group. Spanish) is an initiative of
organizaciones-de-la-sociedad-civil.pdf the COPRED that consists in
https://www.copred.cdmx.gob.mx/comunicacion/nota/ a platform to link COPRED
Local Congress banned LGBTI conversion t herapies reconoce-copred-aprobacion-de-dictamen-que-sanciona- with the private sector in
in M exico Cit y order to build an equal
los-ecosig
treatment and non
discrimination culture. It
establishes a new paradigm
M EX I CO CI T Y that refers to the obligation
to respect human rights
and also promote and
protect these in the
business world. Currently,
29 companies of different accreditation of workshops
types have completed the that promote a labor
accession process and are inclusion culture, making its
now part of the ?Great benefits visible and the legal
Agreement?. implications of any
discriminatory acts in the
In that mentioned process, private sector and once each
the Council analyzes the company is part of the
internal policies of the platform, COPRED monitorsLIVING LIBRARY GOES ONLINE
In May we planned a huge LGBTI-Festival round about
May 17, IDAHOBIT. Plans included a queer poetry slam,
a Comic Exhibition, Bookreadings and the so called
Living Library. There you can rent queer people for 20
Minutes. Because of COVID-19 all events were cancelled,
only the Living Library goes online. Some of the « books
» were interviewed.
https://www.nuernberg.de/internet/stadtbibliothek/
aktuell_65947.html
Support ing Pride in August
In August our PRIDE-NGO realized a huge Poster
M U N I C H, G E R M A N Y campaign allover the City. We supported the Campaign
financially and we made a call for: « show-your-pride
action plan for LGBTIQ, This means a huge process with
»-Photos via Instagram.
the Community and administration.
THE NEW POSTER OF
OUR YOUTH CAM PAIGN can find many and their needs Also around the PRIDE-Weeks, we launched a donation
Strategic activity fields will be : Culture, Working,
CONCERNING GENDER informations campagin for Kasha Nabagesera from Uganda. She is
The survey has been Contact person at t he Familiy, Childhood and Youth, Seniors, Health, and
IDENTITY Nuremberg Human Rights Award Winner 2013 and
See more: evaluated and a municipalit y: Education.www.lsbti.nuernberg.de
needs help for projects, helping Queers in Uganda.
www.wirsindfuerdichda.org brochure about the Employee Net work
Our existing youth results is in work to be Support ing our Twin Cit ies in Poland and
Ms Ulrike Mößbauer Ukraine The Employees Network is becoming bigger. In 2020 the
campaign was published
Homeless LGBTIQ* (ulrike.moessbauer@muenchen.de) local Hospital and Energy provider joined the network.
extended with a poster The results will be Our Lord Mayor and politicians were writing letter
concerning gender Cooperating with the of support to the Ambassador of Poland, the Contact details:Christine Burmann
presented to the city (christine.burmann@stadt.nuernberg.de)
identity responsible for RCN in Mayors of Charkiw and Krakau and there is close
exchange with local LGBTIQ-NGOs Picture below:
Discussed in a small case of absence:
committee with the Local Act ionplan for LGBTI ? « Queer New designed Memorial Place for gay and lesbian
kgl.dir@muenchen.de
victims of National Socialism
groups of trans*, inter* Nuremberg «
and nonbinary / queer
In summer 2020 we were engaged to create a local
persons in Munich we
developed a new Local LGBTIQ* policy
poster motive on municipal site
The poster was www.muenchen.de N U R E M B E R G, G ERM A N Y
presented to the public /koordinierungsstelle
by our mayor Dieter
Reiter with a press
photo department of social council and discussed in
It is being spread affairs, a survey was few of further measures
around especially to organised inside the The results will be
youth welfare facilities utilities for homeless available for the public
people concerning to end of 2020 or begin
There is a website
their points of contact of 2021.
noted on the poster,
with homeless lgbtiq*
where young people
and their expertiseTOOLS FOR LGBT PEOPLE DURING COVID-19
In April and November, during lockdown
related to COVID19, two main tools were
deployed :
Production and communication of resource
documents for LGBT people victims of
violence and discrimination during
confinement
https://www.paris.fr/pages/covid-19-les-ressources-pour-
les-personnes-lgbtqi-victimes-de-violences-et-
F RA N C E
discriminations-7767
FLAG!
Cont inuat ion of int ernal awareness-raising
(LGBT + association of officials from the work wit hin t he Cit y of Paris
Ministries of the Interior and of Justice, Creation with the human resources departments of
Firefighters, municipal police officers and a leaflet "transidentity at work, together act!". This
allies) launches a mobile application tool is intended for managers to help them support
dedicated to reporting acts of LGBTphobia, the transition of transgender agents. This work is
serophobia and domestic violence. the translation in Paris of recent recommendations
of the defender of rights.
In July 2020, Anne Hidalgo was re-elected Mayor of LGBT awareness programming for the ten
Paris and appointed Jean-Luc Romero-Michel coordinators of the City's Prevention and Security
deputy in charge of human rights, of Integration Contracts
and the Fight against Discrimination including a
doubling of subsidies to LGBTQI + associations
PA RI SCurrently there is ongoing work to keep up
contact and dialogue between personnel at the
Service Centres and counsellors at the National
Queer Organisation.
LGBT+ Children: Check List and informat ion
websit e
Goal: To create LGBT+ friendly schools and
improve t he sit uat ion of LGBT+ children in t he
Reykjavík educat ional system
REY K J A V I K
The City of Reykjavík Human Rights and Democracy
Office published check lists for pre and primary
Research Project : intersections of the two research grant, hire and Democracy Office schools aimed at making them more inclusive and Contact person: Svandís Anna
LGBT+ Immigrant s groups are not well student researcher, set up a work group to welcoming for LGBT+ children. Previously, check
in Reykjavík: Their known, nor are their provide funding and investigate and gather Sigurðardóttir,svandisanna@reykjavik.is
lists about trans children were published. Along
Sit uat ion, Needs specific challenges and support. research and with the check list a lot of information about the
and Challenges needs. The research knowledge on LGBT+ situation of LGBT+ children in the educational
project is qualitative people and domestic system was published on a website along with
and aims to give insight
LGBT+ People and violence.The project
Domest ic Violence encouragement for schools to seek more
into the situation of has been ongoing since information, get advice and lectures to make their
Goal: To provide LGBT+ immigrants in Goal: To provide the end of 2017. The schools LGBT+ friendly.
LGBT+ immigrant s in work group concluded
Reykjavík wit h its task in 2018 and a Role of City: Create and disseminate the check list
bet ter services and brochure on LGBT+ within the City, provide support and further
people and domestic information, often in lecture/workshop form.
support
violence was printed in
The City of Reykjavík is
December of 2019
I CELA N D
diverse with
immigrants making up The project has been
about 19% of the presented at all
population. However, Reykjavík Metropolitan
the dominant image of Police stations, all
Icelanders is that they Reykjavík Service
are a homogeneous Centres, Reykjavík
group. Likewise, the Reykjavík in the hopes LGBT+ people wit h Child Welfare Services
dominant images of that this will provide the bet ter domest ic centres for victims of
immigrants is that they City with information on violence services sexual and domestic
are not LGBT+, and that how better to reach and abuse as well as at
As part of the project
LGBT+ people in support the group. Samtökin 78, the
Together Against
Iceland are of white Role of City: Frame the National Queer
Violence, The City of
Icelandic origin. The research and apply for Organisation of Iceland
Reykjavik Human Rights
amongst others.THE SHADOW SIDE OF COM ING OUT
DAY
The campaign ?The Shadowside of Coming
Out Day?focuses on the downsides that might
come with coming out of the closet and being
visible as an LGBTI+.
In most Western European countries, Coming
Out Day has established itself as a day to T H E N ET H ERL A N D S
reveal your sexual and/or gender identity and
to celebrate your queerness. However, for
quite a few people coming out is an identity. We also want to highlight different
experience that also comes with loss, or grief. topics and situations where coming out can be together with the of LGBTI people
For instance when your true identity is not hard. SAFETY police (pink in blue), 2. Sharing Contact person at
accepted by the people you love, or leads to This campaign aims to create awareness ALLIANCE the local knowledge and t he municipalit y
exclusion by the group you belong to. Being about the many outcomes and scenarios of antidiscrimination creating insight
open can even lead to being harassed on the coming out. It also aims to tell people how office RADAR, LGBTI+ regarding to the
organizations and Anouk Erkelens
streets or being bullied at school. they can deal with the consequences and how safety situation.
and where they can find help. The Rotterdam other NGO?s. am.erkelens@rotterdam.nl
The Shadowside of Coming Out Day consists 3. Signaling unsafety,
Safety Alliance and
of video?s and online sessions in which people The Shadowside of Coming Out Day Campaign
who have gone through this experience share is a joint initiative of Dona Daria and Student ?Natuurlijk Samen? Marije Pluijm
the positive ways they have dealt with the Pride NL. It is supported by the City of is committed to the m.pluijm@rotterdam.nl
reactions. We encourage young people to Rotterdam and GayRotterdam. safety of lesbians,
accept themselves and to be proud of their homosexuals,
bisexuals,
transgender people
RO T T ERD A M and people with an
intersex condition
(LGBTI+ people) in
the living
environment, the We focus on three advising and putting
nightlife, on the main tasks: improvement
street and in public 1. Increasing the opportunities on the
transport sense of security and agenda
in the Rotterdam increasing the
region. We work willingness to reportTRANSCIDADANIA PROGRAM
To provide access to education in public schools,
professional qualification and preparation for the job
market for trans people, especially those socially
vulnerable. In addition, the Program offers a wide range
of capacity-building and empowerment activities in the
Municipality-run LGBTI Citizenship Centers. It also
promotes access to education and coordinates the policy
in a cross-cutting and intersectorial manner, including
health, education, welfare, transport, labor and other
areas. During the program, the beneficiaries receive an
income, up to 2 years of continuance. One of the
outcomes is raising the level of education and increase
the hiring of trans people in the formal job market, B RA Z I L
guaranteeing their citizenship.
http://www.prefeitura.sp.gov.br/cidade/ advice, psychological and social assistance and guidance
secretarias/direitos_humanos/lgbt/programas_ services on the ?Transcidadania Program?.
e_projetos/index.php?p=150965 https://www.prefeitura.sp.gov.br/cidade/secretarias/
LGBTI Cit izenship Cent ers:The Citizenship Centers are direitos_humanos/lgbti/rede_de_atendimento/index.
spaces dedicated to the LGBTI population in situation of php?p=271098
social vulnerability, victims of physical or psychological
violence and victims of discrimination based on sexual São Paulo Trans Populat ion Census:São Paulo?s LGBTI
orientation or gender identity.São Paulocity has 4 of Office, together with the support of a city councilor, is
them spread by strategic zones: North, South, East and conducting a survey of transgender people living in São
Centre, reaching more than 10,000 people per year. Its Paulo to map their experiences and realities. The
beneficiaries have access to psychological and social research is part of the international commitment of the
assistance as well as legal advice, and access to other city, signed at the III Latin American Rainbow Cities
public policies of the city. Working with them there are 4 Network (RLCA) Meeting in 2017, along with other city
LGBTI mobile units that move throughSão Paulowith members. Its objective is to strengthen the spaces of
educational and cultural activities, oral fluids rapid integration for trans people in the Latin American context
testing of HIV/Aids, care for victims of violence, legal and to improve public policies for this population.
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