Austria

As a member in the committee on culture, education and youth in the European Parliament, I continue to work against the discrimination of the LGBTIQ+ community in education. In the center of my work are especially young people, who are often confronted with exclusion and fear in schools and their everyday life.

As a social democrat, it is my mission to work every day for a good and self-determined life for everyone, regardless of gender, sexual orientation, race, religion or other diverse backgrounds. I also see it as my duty to be a strong ally and to stand up for LGBTIQ rights at EU level.

LGBTIQ+ rights are human rights. As an ally I am committed to the fight against attacks on visibility, threats against individuals for who they are or any other form of discrimination.

I will fight for the rights of the lgbtqia+ community by demanding to make every anti-discriminatory law obligatory EU wide. The fight must also be taken to some individual countries, since gay marriage for example is not even legal in every EU country. A life, where everyone can live and love however and whoever they want must be provided for every citizen!

As I’m a proud member of the LGBTQIA+ community myself, I want to fight for our rights day & night!
We experience more and more attacks from the far right, which we must not put up with.
We want inclusion and the same rights for everyone, no matter what gender nor sexuality.

If I am elected to the European Parliament, I will advocate for the adherence to and strengthening of the European Human Rights and for the principle of equality regardless of gender, sexual orientation, race, and religion. Discrimination of any kind, promoted by right-conservative or right-populist forces, has no place in the European Union. People should have the right to love anyone and choose any form of coexistence freely. I will oppose and fight against any form of right-conservatism or right-populism.

I’ll continue the fight for gender equality, on which I was allowed to work on in my old job, advising the former Chair of the FEMM committee, Evelyn Regner, the universal antidiscrimination directive must be unblocked in order that nobody may be discriminated because of the gender, LGBTI- human rights must be reflected in all EU policy fields, esp. within the next MFF!

I fully support the ILGA pledge and the European LGBTIQ+ community!

As an ally, I stand alongside the LGBTIQ community and advocate for a society where diversity is celebrated and all individuals, regardless of their sexual orientation or gender identity, have equal rights and opportunities.

The EU will always be a fierce ally and a strong force for the justice, diversity and rule of law! In the last term, we were able to declare Europe a #LGBTIQfreedomzone – that’s not only a strong signal for our solidarity with the LGBTIQ+ Community but also our mandate for the next years: That is why I will always stand up against discrimination, injustice and hate!

Together with socialists and democrats all over Europe I will also fight for diversity, inclusion and human rights! The current attacks against the LGBTIQ+ community by the far right shows our clear mission for the next European Parliament: Stand against the backlash and fight for a Europe that guarantees self-determination and pride for every European!

I will support the LGBTIAQ+ community and advocate for their rights in all my political actions to the best of my knowledge and ability. Together with my colleagues in the group as well as my team I will make sure to only support legislation that is neutral or beneficial for members of the LGBTIAQ+ community.