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17. October 2024‘Queer Empowerment: LGBTIQ+Q* refugees for the German labour market + lecture on asylum law’ online information event on 05/11/2024 from 10:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. for professional and volunteer counsellors:
LGBTIQ+Q* refugees flee their home countries due to persecution and violence. However, even upon arrival in the new host country, many of them still lack the support they need to integrate economically. Companies are well positioned to take on this challenge. By engaging employees to provide professional advice and individual support to LGBTIQ+Q* refugees, companies […]
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26. February 2024What can you do as a queer refugee against violence and bullying?
Queer refugees who experience LGBTIQ+Q* hostility are significantly more frequently affected by depression, stress and a lower level of life satisfaction. This tends to apply more to queer refugees in asylum centres. Queer refugees are therefore considered an especially vulnerable group in German asylum centres in accordance with the “Minimum Standards for the Protection of […]
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11. January 2024New: Publication of the Federal Office’s terminology list for language mediation in asylum procedures with reference to sexual orientation and/or gender identity (SOGI)
The new guide in Arabic, Dari, English, French, Pashto, Persian, Russian, Turkish and Urdu is an invitation to learn more about sexual and gender identities. In Germany, too, lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans*, intersex and queer people (LGBTIQ+Q*) experience marginalisation in their everyday lives, which needs to be addressed sensitively but clearly. Our aim with this […]
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12. December 2023New: Publication of the Federal Office’s terminology list for language mediation in asylum procedures with reference to sexual orientation and/or gender identity (SOGI)
The new guide in Arabic, Dari, English, French, Pashto, Persian, Russian, Turkish and Urdu is an invitation to learn more about sexual and gender identities.
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10. November 2023“Offer of free counselling and training for municipalities and districts on the topic of vulnerable LGBTIQ+Q* refugees”.
Our project ” Fluchtgrund: queer – Queer Refugees Deutschland “offers free counselling and training for staff, decision-makers and volunteers in municipal accommodations, especially in the large German states where specialised counselling centres are extremely geographically dispersed. The same applies to all institutions, social institutions and municipal departments that work with LGBTQ* refugees.
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4. September 2023Our new offer: Training on sexual and gender diversity a topic for teachers in integration and language courses
“Diversity welcome! Sexual orientation and gender identity in Germany – thematic companion booklet for teaching in integration courses” In the curriculum for integration courses, two hours of teaching on the topic are prescribed. These are the contents of the training for integration course leaders: An introduction to gender and sexual identities. The persecution situation in […]
