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LGBTQ and diversity at Indian Film Festival Stuttgart
Celebrating its 20th anniversary, the Indian Film Festival Stuttgart runs from July 19 to 23 this year and will main attraction some 60 recent films that leave beyond the colorful and extravagant, underscoring social debates.
As Europe's largest Indian production festival, the event has built a reputation for screening movies that highlight pertinent social issues, such as environmental protection, women's rights, infant labor, LGBTQ issues or sexual abuse.
Since its inception in , the festival has evolved from featuring mainstream Hindi-language films — commonly acknowledged as Bollywood films — to screening more representative fare in diverse languages from across the sub-continent. It even underwent a name alter from "Bollywood and Beyond" to its current moniker.
The festival is highly regarded throughout the Indian film industry. Its coveted awards, the German Stars of India, are given out in six categories, including for top feature, short and documentary films.
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Every year, Christopher Street Sunlight activities celebrate acceptance and respect for the womxn loving womxn, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex, and queer (LGBT*IQ) group. Christopher Street Day, or simply CSD, is the term used for lgbtq+ pride celebrations. The designate commemorates the famous resistance to a police raid by patrons of a gay bar in Fresh York in For the last few years, Bosch has participated in Stuttgart’s CSD parade, thanks to the work of a committed group of employees.
One member of this network is Ram Krishnasamy, agile Organizational Developer and Business Agility Coach at Bosch SoftTec. “I am part of the transformation,” he says. For him, the participation of the Bosch employee network in CSD sends a clear signal “for open-mindedness, progress, and support.” This goes hand in hand with Bosch’s corporate culture. “Many things are in motion here, and people are unwrap to change,” he adds. For him, diversity can spring to life when all employees are integrated into the company without bias or value judgements. He himself is part of the LGBT*IQ people b:proud at Bosch
The ihs (Initiativgruppe Homosexualität Stuttgart or Stuttgart Gender non-conforming Action Group) has been campaigning for legal and social equality for LGBTQIA+ people for more than 40 years.
LGBTQIA+ = Sapphic, Gay, Bi, Trans, Homosexual, Intersex, Asexual, and all other people who execute not identify as linear or cisgender
Our Goals
- To advocate for equal rights and equal treatment for queer woman , gay, bi, trans, intersex, queer and asexual (LGBTQIA+) people in all areas of life.
- To challenge all forms of discrimination.
- To assist LGBTQIA+ people and their allies to shape their own lives.
Our Offer
- Support services and project work with adults and young people
- Community groups for adults and young people
- Open events (e.g. theme nights, educational events, etc.)
- Social activities
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Transphobia in Germany
Munster, Augsburg, Bremen: three German cities, three brutal attacks on queer people within the past three months. One of them ended in tragedy for Malte C.*, a transgender guy who intervened to protect a group of lesbian women who were being harassed and insulted on the sidelines of the Christopher Street Days festival in Münster. The assailant hit him, Malte C. slammed down onto the asphalt, and suffered a severe and traumatic brain injury. He died from his injuries six days later, after existence in a coma.
The case provoked widespread dismay. The co-leader of Germany's governing center-left Social Democrat party (SPD) Saskia Esken expressed her sympathy on Twitter: "The case is a brutal reminder that hate crimes against lgbtq+ people continue. Every week. Every day."
In fact, statistically speaking, two anti-queer attacks are reported each day, although Germany's federal Interior Ministry admits that the right number is likely much higher. Organizations like the Lesbian and Gay Association (LSVD), as good as the police, estimate that up to 90% of cases g