{"id":754176,"date":"2022-01-17T20:13:02","date_gmt":"2022-01-17T20:13:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/01\/17\/meet-germanys-first-ever-lgbtq-commissioner\/"},"modified":"2022-01-17T20:13:02","modified_gmt":"2022-01-17T20:13:02","slug":"meet-germanys-first-ever-lgbtq-commissioner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/01\/17\/meet-germanys-first-ever-lgbtq-commissioner\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet Germany\u2019s first ever LGBTQ+ commissioner"},"content":{"rendered":"

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CAPE TOWN, January 17 (ANA) – In a role which was created under the new government in its bid for cultural modernisation, Sven Lehmann has become Germany\u2019s first-ever LGBTQ+ commissioner for the Acceptance of Sexual and Gender Diversity.<\/p>\n

The 42-year-old member of parliament for the Greens has been campaigning for 20 years and stepped into his new role earlier this month after the Social Democrat-Green-Liberal coalition ended 16 years of conservative-led rule.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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According to Deutsche Welle, Lehmann will lead the government\u2019s National Action Plan for Sexual and Gender Diversity and work on a range of projects affecting the LGBTQ+ community.<\/p>\n

\u201cEveryone should be able to live freely, safely, and with equal rights,\u201d said Lehmann.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe also need a broad strategy to combat hatred directed at groups \u2014 which explicitly includes ‘queerphobia’,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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While Germany has had a reputation of being progressive on sexual equality, it only allowed same-sex marriages in 2017. However, there are still some laws which continue to discriminate against same-sex couples.<\/p>\n

In an interview with Tagesschau on Sunday, Lehmann said that \u201cfamily is as colourful as life\u201d and that family law should be reflected in that way.<\/p>\n

One of the laws he is eager to change is that for lesbian couples with a child. The current law states that the child only has one parent, which forces the other parent to adopt the child.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cIf lesbian couples have a child, both women should be considered legal mothers,\u201d said Lehmann.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat (adoption) is tedious and expensive and a disadvantage compared to heterosexual marriages,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Furthermore, Lehmann also has his sights firmly set on educating police, hospitals and the judiciary on how to deal with sexual and gender diversity in the fight against discrimination.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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He added that Germany still has a long way to go and lots to do in solidarity with neighbours such as Hungary and Poland where there have been many struggles.<\/p>\n

\u2013 African News Agency (ANA); Editing by Yaron Blecher<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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