More on Berlin Civil Courage Prize

The following corresponds to the presentation made by Dr Tatjana Eggeling, founding member and vice president of the Queen Nations Initiative, at the presentation of the Berlin Pride Civil Courage Prize to the FGG and GLISA International:

The Queer Nations Initiative was founded in August 2005 with the goal of establishing a multidisciplinary insitute for the studies of lesbian and gay life in the past and present.

The Queer Nations Initiative harkens back to the world-famous Magnus Hirschfeld Institute which was destroyed by the Nazi regime in 1933. On the site of the Magnus Hirschfeld Institute now stands the Chancellery of the German Federal Republic.

The Queer Nations Initiative enthusiastically supports the Civil Courage Award because sport like science should be a mirror of society with equal rights for everyone. We need role models in sport and science. GLISA and FGG represent not merely sports but also fight against homophobia in sport.