https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Germany in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed With Christopher Street Day around the corner in Berlin and Stuttgart, more companies are taking initiatives to show their own employees' pride and end workplace discrimination. https://www.thelocal.de/20180727/german-companies-increasingly-coming-out-with-lgbti-employees Fri, 27 Jul 2018 15:18:16 +0200 german-companies-increasingly-coming-out-with-lgbti-employees Germany is the first European country that gave parents of intersex people the option of not having to choose a sex at birth. But now the country's intersex citizens want more than a blank box. https://www.thelocal.de/20160902/intersex-germans-call-for-third-gender-option Fri, 02 Sep 2016 17:56:04 +0200 intersex-germans-call-for-third-gender-option A new report shows how Germany continues to fall behind its counterparts on gay rights, which may be due to its "lack of strong leadership". https://www.thelocal.de/20160510/germany-scared-to-take-leadership-on-gay-rights-report-lgbt-lgbti-same-sex-marriage Tue, 10 May 2016 17:27:24 +0200 germany-scared-to-take-leadership-on-gay-rights-report-lgbt-lgbti-same-sex-marriage