27. February 2022

First exchange meeting between refugee LGBTIQ++ activists with DeBUG violence protection multipliers

At the exchange meeting, the activists reported on their experiences as LGBTIQ++ persons in the refugee shelters of the federal states and municipalities. Their reports showed that there is still a great need to improve the protection of LGBTIQ++ people from homophobic and transphobic violence in the shelters. LGBTIQ++ refugees are still regularly threatened or victims of violence when they are outed in the shelter. An open life as a queer person is therefore hardly possible in collective accommodation. The DeBUG violence protection multipliers and the LGBTIQ++ activists have planned to exchange information regularly throughout Germany and also in the regions.