Online event on Wednesday, 15.04.2026, 6.00 – 7.30 pm
Registration possible: until 12 April 2026
About this event
This session explores the experiences of LGBTIQ refugees in Germany, focusing on the challenges they face during the asylum process, their rights, and the realities of everyday life. Participants will gain insights into community organizing and inclusion, as well as the impacts of European migration policies and the latest developments. The session will conclude with practical discussion on support networks and ways organizations and individuals can contribute to creating safer, more inclusive environments.
Speaker
Aras Orgen (he/they) is an LGBTIQ activist, human rights defender, and facilitator from Turkey, now based in Germany. With over a decade of experience in activism, they have designed and implemented diverse projects with grassroots and international organizations, constantly learning and evolving in their work. Most recently, Aras worked at ORAM as a capacity-strengthening specialist, promoting LGBTIQ inclusion in migration spaces in international settings, with a focus on organizational resilience, wellbeing, and safe space facilitation. They also led a wellbeing program for at-risk LGBTIQ+ human rights defenders in Turkey and continue to advocate for SOGIESC equality globally. They hold a BA in Social Work and are completing an MA in Human Rights and Multi-level Governance.
Panel moderation: LCavaliero Mann (Communitymanagement BVT*)
Format
Short input followed by a question and discussion round, online via Zoom.
Anmeldung
We look forward to exchanging ideas and would ask you to register at https://eveeno.com/188799509 by 12 April 2026.
We reserve the right to deny access to the event or to exclude from it any persons who belong to extreme right-wing organisations, are associated with the extreme right-wing scene, or have made or continue to make racist, nationalist, anti-semitic, queerphobic or other inhuman statements in the past.
About the event series
The ‘BVT* – Questions and Answers’ series is aimed at anyone interested in learning about current trans* politics. On the one hand, it focuses on issues that are currently being discussed extensively within the communities. On the other hand, it raises questions that have received too little attention in many areas. The aim of the event is to create a platform for regular exchange on human rights demands in trans* and queer politics. The concerns of trans*, non-binary and intersex (TIN) people, as well as those of multiply marginalised people, should be considered in solidarity with one another.
