The LUH thrives on the commitment and participation of all:
If you have questions, criticism, ideas or suggestions: info@chancenvielfalt.uni-hannover.de
2022 we start our 2-year campaign on gender diversity and queer university. The aim of the campaign is to sensitise students and employees to the broad topic, to create counselling services and networks, to do justice to gender diversity in data collection & surveys and, among other things, to simplify the process for changing first names. To this end, we work closely with counselling facilities in the city of Hanover and the Psychological-Therapeutic Counselling (PTB) of the LUH.
There are many ways to make everyday communication as inclusive as possible. Just try out what works best for you.
In German we recommend the use of neutral forms to adress someone such as "Guten Tag Vorname Nachname" (Good day, first name, last name) and neutral phrases such as "Studierende" (students) or "Teilnehmende" (participants). You can also use the gender star such as "Professor*innen" (professors) or "Teilnehmer*innen" (participants). In addition, you can ask in your email signature "How would you like to be addressed?
You can find a detailed handout in German here: Handreichung für geschlechtergerechtes Formulieren von Texten an der LUH.
Assistance in writing gender-sensitive texts in English: Gender sensitive language.
In Germany the Gesetz zur Änderung der in das Geburtenregister einzutragenden Angaben (Act amending the information to be entered in the Register of Births) of 18 December 2018 allows the entry "divers" (diverse) as a fourth entry in addition to "männlich" (male), "weiblich" (female) and "keine Angabe" (no information). The entry "divers" can be used by intersexual persons.
Students and employees are protected by the General Act on Equal Treatment: Allgemeine Gleichbehandlungsgesetz (AGG). They are not allowed to be discriminated against because of their sexual orientation or gender identity.
Employees and students at LUH can contact the Hochschulbüro für ChancenVielfalt/ Equal Opportunities Office on questions regarding gender equality: beratung@chancenvielfalt.uni-hannover.de or 0511 762 5750
In case of psychosocial problems, students and employees can turn to the Psychological-Therapeutic Counselling Centre.
Andersraum e.V.
Andersraum e.V. is a non-profit association based in Hannover's Nordstadt. Driven by the vision "So that you can be who you are", Andersraum does anti-discrimination and empowerment work with a focus on sexual orientation and gender identity (LGBT*IQ).
Queeres Zentrum
The counselling centre of the Andersraum has various counselling services for gay, lesbian, bisexual, trans*, inter* and queer people.