The term homo refers to the Greek word "homos" - in German: "gleich". If it is combined with the word addition "sexual", it describes accordingly "same sex". The term "homo" is used to describe people who, accordingly, are a man a man or a ...

AGG" is the abbreviation for the "General Equal Treatment Act". As the name suggests, it is intended to protect people from discrimination in a wide variety of areas of life. However, even if the ...

Cis or cisgender means that the person in question feels that he or she belongs to the gender that was "given" to him or her at birth. Or in other words, a man who was born with male sexual characteristics also identifies as a man. And likewise feels ...

There are still many prejudices around asexuality. People who are asexual are often called "incapable of relationships" and "not normal" by many who do not know any better. Statements like these are not only wrong, but also very ...

Homosexuality is by no means a "phenomenon" of modern times. Since time immemorial (and incidentally also in the animal kingdom) there are living beings who are attracted to the same sex. What homosexuality means, can be seen alone ...

Many people think of the word sexism as, for example, men thinking that women perform less at work. Even though this is probably one of the most classic examples of sexism, it does not mean ...