Austrian Parliament Taking a Stand For LGBTIQ Diversity

More+Events ♦ Published: April 12, 2023; 22:07 ♦ (Vindobona)

Under the motto "No democracy without diversity!", the LGBTIQ Intergroup of the Parliament hosted a reception. The focus was on measures to improve the human rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, intersex, transgender, and queer people in Austria.

Representatives of the LGBTIQ community had the opportunity to express their concerns in a direct exchange with parliamentarians. / Picture: © Wikimedia Commons / Gryffindor, CC BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/)

During the renovation of the Parliament and since the reopening of the Parliament building, as Vindobona.org reported, opening up to the outside world had been a major concern, Parliament Vice-Director Alexis Wintoniak emphasized in his opening remarks. "No democracy without…