LSVD+

{{Short description|German LGBTQ rights organisation}}

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| name = LSVD⁺ – Verband Queere Vielfalt / Federation Queer Diversity in Germany

| image = Logo LSVD neu VQV.png

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| type = LGBT rights

| founded_date = {{Start date|1990|02|18|df=yes}}

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| founder = Eduard Stapel

| location = Berlin and Cologne, Germany

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| key_people = Klaus Jetz

| area_served = Germany

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| focus = LGBTIQ rights and welfare

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| former name = SVD (Schwulenverband in der DDR/Gay Federation in GDR) and LSVD (Lesbian and Gay Federation in Germany)

| homepage = {{URL|https://lsvd.de/}}

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LSVD⁺ – Verband Queere Vielfalt (LSVD⁺), German for the LSVD⁺ – Federation Queer Diversity, is the largest non-governmental LGBT rights organisation in Germany. It was founded in 1990 and is part of the International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association (ILGA World).[http://lsvd.de/jahr1990.0.html LSVD – Founding] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111124064911/http://www.lsvd.de/jahr1990.0.html |date=24 November 2011 }}

The organisation became known throughout Germany for its campaign for same-sex marriage in 1992. The LSVD⁺ has two main offices, one in Berlin and one in Cologne.

LSVD⁺ was formed as the Schwulenverband in der DDR (SVD) in 1990 and campaigned successfully to equal rights for a same-sex partnership. In March 2024, Lesben- und Schwulenverband in Deutschland (LSVD) changed its name to LSVD⁺ – Verband Queere Vielfalt (LSVD⁺).

Manfred Bruns,{{Cite news|url=https://www.tagesspiegel.de/gesellschaft/queerspiegel/15-jahre-lebenspartnerschaft-hat-die-homo-ehe-was-gebracht/12955308.html|title=Hat die Homo-Ehe was gebracht?|newspaper=Der Tagesspiegel Online|language=de|access-date=2019-02-07}} Volker Beck,{{Cite web|url=https://www.volkerbeck.de/person-beck/biographie/|title=Biographie|website=Volker Beck|access-date=2019-02-07}} Eduard Stapel,{{Cite web|url=https://www.az-online.de/altmark/bismark/eddi-stapel-buergerrechtler-vorkaempfer-ddr-schwulenbewegung-verstorben-8657924.html|title=Eddi Stapel: Bürgerrechtler und Vorkämpfer der DDR-Schwulenbewegung verstorben|date=2017-09-05|website=az-online|language=de|access-date=2019-02-07}} Günter Dworek{{Cite web|url=https://www.siegessaeule.de/artikel-archiv/berlin/der-lsvd-wird-20.html|title=siegessäule – queer Berlin -Der LSVD wird 20!|website=siegessaeule.de|access-date=2019-02-07}} and Halina Bendkowski{{Cite web|url=https://www.siegessaeule.de/no_cache/newscomments/article/1951-25-jahre-lsvd-fuer-respekt-und-vielfalt.html|title=25 Jahre LSVD – Für Respekt und Vielfalt|website=siegessaeule.de|language=de|access-date=2019-02-07}} were prominent persons in the board of directors. People from the arts like Comic-Designer Ralf König, comedian Hella von Sinnen,{{Cite web|url=https://www.queer.de/detail.php?article_id=25010|title=Hella von Sinnen und Cornelia Scheel gehen getrennte Wege|website=queer.de|language=de-DE|access-date=2019-02-07}} director Rosa von Praunheim, from politics and from science like sexologist Rolf Gindorf and others are prominent individual members of the organisation.