Quarteera country Germany
Quarteera is a Russian-speaking non-profit volunteer LGBT registered association in Berlin, Germany. The association was officially registered in April 2011 and calls itself the "Russian-speaking group of gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender people and their friends in Germany". The name plays on the words queer, art, and quarter.The association was first founded in 2009, when several activists organized the so-called "Rainbow Flashmob" on May 17 where, in honor of the International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia, thousands of colorful balloons were released into the sky.Activities
Educational activities
One of the goals of the association is to work with Russian LGBT migrants, helping them with their Coming Out to their parents and families who are often thought to be more homophobic than the rest of German society. Future plans of the association include creating of a professional consulting service, including professional psychological and legal support.From 18th to 28 December 2011, in co-operation with the St. Petersburg's association "Exit", the Russian LGBT network and the "Gender-L" association in Saxon Switzerland, Quarteera organized and led an educational workshop on the topic of homosexuality and tolerance at a winter camp for Russian youth.In December 2012 Quarteera, having received funding from the Hirschfeld Eddy Foundation, published a brochure in German about the situation of the human rights of LGBT people in Russia and the countries of the former Soviet Union. In cooperation with the Quarteera Berlin Museum of Homosexuality prepared an exhibition in the summer of 2013, which was devoted to the situation of homosexuals in the Soviet Union and Russia.
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