Germany
ILGA-Europe members
- AG Lesben und Schwule in der SPD Berlin
- Aktionsbuendnis gegen Homophobie e.V.
- AStA der Universitat zu Köln
- Bisexuelles Netzwerk e.V.
- Bundnis 90/Die Grunen Landesverband Berlin
- Die Linke.queer BAG (Bundesarbeitsgemeinschaft)
- Fliederlich e.V.
- Initiative Queer Nations e.V.
- International Support Group for Information Transfer and Networking ISGITN
- Kommunale Arbeitsgemeinschaft Tolerantes Brandenburg e. V. KATTE
- Lesbenring-info
- Lesben und Schwule in der Union
- Lesben und Schwulenverband in Deutschland e.V. - LSVD
- Mann-O-Meter e.V.
- Referat fur Lesben Schwule Bi & Transsexuelle der ASTA TU
- RollenWechsel in Oldenburg
- Schwulenreferat der Carl-von-Ossietzky-Universitat
- Sonntags-Club e.V.
- Spinnboden Lesbenarchiv & Bibliothek e.V.
- TransInterQueer e.V.
- VER.DI Bundesarbeitskreis Lesben Schwule Bisexuelle Transgender
- Volklinger Kreis e.V.
Pride Events
- CSD Würzburg
- CSD Siegen
- CSD Münster
- CSD Regensburg
- CSD Koblenz
- CSD Halle
- Gay in May Osnabrück
- CSD Cottbus
- CSD Köln
- CSD Augsburg
- CSD Stuttgart
- CSD Nordwest
- CSD Leipzig
- CSD Magdeburg
- CSD Dresden
- CSD Potsdam
- CSD Hannover
- CSD Düsseldorf
- CSD Braunschweig
- CSD Karlsruhe
- CSD Bielefeld
- CSD Iserlohn
- CSD Rostock
- CSD Schwerin
- CSD Ulm/Neu-Ulm
- CSD SaarLorLux
- CSD München
- Sommerschwüle Mainz
- CSD Kassel
- CSD Duisburg
- CSD Nürnberg
- CSD Darmstadt
- Queer Days Festival in Templin
- Fantasypride
- CSD Amberg
- CSD Essen
- CSD Kiel
- CSD Frankfurt
- CSD Dortmund
- CSD Berlin
- CSD Trier
- Wupperpride
- CSD Rhein-Neckar in Mannheim
- CSD Hamburg
- CSD Erfurt
- CSD Weimar
- CSD Lübeck
- CSD Bonn
- CSD Lörrach
Events
- Akademie Waldschlöesschen / Germany
- EU LAW ON EQUALITY BETWEEN WOMEN AND MEN IN PRACTICE - SEMINAR FOR LEGAL PRACTITIONERS
- United under the rainbow? Political Conference on lesbian perspectives in Europe
- Lesbian Spring Meeting (LFT, Lesbenfrühlingstreffen)
- Conference - Legal Recognition of Same-Sex Relationships in Europe
- 2nd European Transgender Council
- Lesbian Spring Meeting 2008
- Berlin Summer Faerie Gathering 2008
ILGA-Europe news and articles
- Important steps towards common adoption for homosexual parents in Germany (31/08/2009)
- A memorial commemorating the tens of thousands of homosexual people persecuted during the Nazi regime is opened today in Berlin (27/05/2008)
- Landmark transgender case in German Constitutional Court (20/12/2005)
Anti-discrimination
Discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity is prohibited in the areas of employment, and provision of goods and services.
Legal gender recognition of trans people
Germany has administrative procedures to obtain legal gender recognition without compulsory genital surgery.
Partnership recognition
In Germany same-sex couples are able enter into a registered partnership. It also provides registered cohabiting same-sex couples with a set of limited rights.
Parenting rights
Same-sex couples are eligible to apply for second parent adoption of each other’s biological children.
Criminal law on hate speech/crime
Laws on hate and violence do not refer to sexual orientation or gender identity and do not recognise sexual orientation neither gender identity as aggravating factor.
Freedom of assembly/Pride events
Pride events have taken place with authorisation.
Criminal law on age of consent
The age of consent is equal for all sexual acts.
Asylum
Learn more about LGBTI asylum in Germany in our asylum section.
