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LGBTQIA+
What does LGBTQIA+ or homosexual mean?
LGBTQIA+ (or LGBT) is an English abbreviation for various gender identities and sexual identities– these identities are self-definitions, i.e. they are not determined by the outside world.
In Germany, the German abbreviation, LSBTTIQ ("lesbisch, schwul, bisexuell, gender diverse, transsexuell, intersexuell, queer") is often used.
Lesbians are women or people who identify as feminine in any way who are attracted to women or people who identify as feminine in any way. Gays are men or people who identify as masculine in any way, who are attracted to men or people who identify as masculine in any way.
People whose gender identity does not correspond to the gender they were assigned at birth are referred to as trans*/transgender/transident.
Inter*/intersex people are people with physical gender characteristics that cannot be clearly categorised as exclusively "male" or "female".
Asexual people possess little to no interest in sexual acts.
Being non-binary means feeling neither exclusively male nor female but beyond traditional gender categorisations. This can have other effects; the person may identify as agender
Annual Gay Health Forum (GHF)
The Annual Gay Health Forum (#GHF), now in its 17th year, takes place on Friday 24th May in Dublin Castle from 9am to 4pm.
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The Gay Health Forum is open to all those involved and interested in improving and enhancing the sexual health and wellbeing of homosexual, bisexual and other men who have sex with men. It&#;s an opportunity for those who provide services to the lgbtq+ community, and the collective itself, to discuss, give and acknowledge the developments in the response to HIV and STIs in Ireland.
Attendance at the forum is free of attack, but registration is vital as places are limited.
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The #GHF programme applications an engaging lineup of national and international speakers.
Keynote Speakers for include:
Bruce Richman, Executive Director of Prevention Access Campaign&#;s U=U Movement.
Undetectable = Untransmittable (U=U) is a growing international movement that shares the revolutionary but largely unknown fact that people living with HIV on treatment with an undetectable viral load cannot transmit HIV to sexual partners. Bruce will share why it&#;s important for us to accept the science and embrace the movem
LGBTQ community: Is there a backlash in Europe?
A friend of mine was pelted with eggs while marching at an event during Pride Month in Berlin last July. When I expressed my worry, he was quick to dismiss the incident.
"It wasn't a big deal, and the police wouldn't contain done anything anyway," he told me.
Official figures exhibit that verbal and physical attacks against LGBTQ individuals are rising in Germany. And up to 90% of them could be unreported, according to Germany's Woman loving woman and Gay Association (LSVD). And that's not the only worrying trend.
"The universal discourse is worsening," says LSVD spokesperson Kerstin Thost, who uses non-binary pronouns.
"Transphobic statements have increased significantly, and we are seeing more and more disinformation campaigns and even baiting against our transgender parliamentarians," they told me in a video call.
Trans, gay rights still expanding
The German government recently approved the so-called self-determination law, making it easier for individuals to amend their gender on official documents. The change aims to help transgender, neutrois and intersex individuals. In the wake of the announcement of the bill last
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