LGBTQ+ Glossary

Among other things, intersex and transgender people, but also non-binary people, repeatedly perceive it as discrimination when they can choose exclusively between "For men" and "For women" when it comes to toilets and changing rooms. With the All Gender toilets, which are available under ...

Who is bisex, loves both men and women. This is already referred to by the suffix "Bi" (= "two"). In a way, bisexuality assumes that there are "only" two genders: Men and women. However, there are also more and more ...

When we talk about "conform" or "gender conform", we mean that the social expectations placed on a gender are fulfilled. Or, in other words, a person behaves - based on his or her gender - in the way that the ...

Until 2017, anyone who wanted to say at least "some form of yes" to each other as a same-sex couple had to rely on the registered civil partnership. Many spoke of a "second-class marriage" in this context, as those involved were far from ...

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 ...

The story of Paragraph 175 ended in 1994, when it was finally abolished. The bizarre thing: Until that time, homosexual acts between men were officially punishable in Germany as well. Anyone caught committing such a "crime" had to ...

Men who desire other men, want to have sex with them and/ or are in a committed relationship with a man are called gay. When people think of gay sex, they often think of the "classic": anal sex. But: The world of ...

Thinking about genders and gender norms has changed a lot over time. Whereas in the past it was largely uniformly true that "There are only two genders, the male and the female!", today there are many people who have a different ...

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 ...

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 ...