User:Tétraodon pardalis/LGBT rights in Vienna

Institutions and Media
There are many queer insitutions and media in Vienna focused on LGBTQIA+ community.

LGBT Associations
HOSI Wien (Homosexual Initiative Vienna) is the oldest Austrian Lesbian and Gay organization which was founded in 1979 and is based in Vienna. They work on lesbian and gay issues through political lobbying as well offering support to lesbians and gays through the coming out process and in case of descrimination.

TransX is an Austrian organization located in Vienna which focuses on the rights of trans people and who understand transitioning as fluid. They organize excursions, workshops, festivals and work on political actions and legal lobbying. The organization also operates on special-interest-issues with the goal of creating programs which appeal to everyone within the community. Within their political and legal activism, the organization started a number of initiatives. For example, the First European Transgender council on Civil and Political Rights and a petition for a free chose of one's first name, which was signed by more than three thousand people.

FAmOS Rainbow Families is an association that supports, represents the interests of families and children. It helps create networks of families within the Austrian Rainbow concept, which includes all people who identify with the LGBTQIA+ movement. They work on networking, raising awareness in society, and compliance with equal rights. Also, they organise meetings to share topics related to fertility, fears, pregnancy, bureaucratic support, etc. They founded the Network of European Associations of LGBT Families (NELFA) and are members of the International Association of Lesbians, Gays, Bisexuals, Trans and Intersexuals (ILGA Europe). Additionally, they organized the International Day of Family Equality 2022, the publication of a commemorative magazine of its 10 years. They have created a self-help group for "trans and trans" parents who want to have children, have organized different counselling and support workshops.

Health institutions
Even if in Vienna evryone has the same legal right to access healthcare, some people might still face discriminations when it commes to access to care. In order to fight against that, some associations have been created to give access to healthcare for LGBT peole.


 * AIDS-Hilfe, a non-profit association that seeks to reduce the number oh HIV infections and to help infected people to live with the diseaes.
 * Diversity Care Wien, a support organization for people with HIV that provide home-car for older and disabeled people. This association is recognized by the Vienna Social Fund, and benefits from facilities provided by the City of Vienna.
 * Schalk und Pichler, a medical office specialized in fighting HIV and other STI that are more common in homosexuals communities.

Media
Vangardist is a progressive queer magazine which features queer people and talks about current issues related to LGBTQIA+ community. In 2015, a special HIV edition was published aimed at raising awareness about the virus. In order to help break the stigma surrounding HIV,the ink used to print the magazine was mixed with blood pigments of three HIV positive blood donors. The aim was to convey that it is as safe to make physical contact with an HIV+ person as it is to touch that magazine edition. The edition managed to reach more than 40 million people through media coverage and the idea won many prestigious international awards.