Aarhus

Goal

  1. Establish and finance a LGBT+HOUSE in 2019 (A LGBT+HOUSE that are governed by LGBT+associations in Aarhus with financial help from the municipality of Aarhus and a cooperation between the municipality and a board of the house (a non-profit and voluntary board that represent the LGBT+associations))
  2. Improve the physical and mental health and well-being for LGBT+people
  3. Strengthen the voluntary LGBT+associations in the city
  4. Better and more information to children and teenagers about LGBT+ topics
  5. More openness and tolerance and less discrimination and hate crime against LGBT+person – both the employees and citizens in the municipality of Aarhus and the workplace Aarhus municipality
  6. Member of the Rainbow Cities Network 

Policy 

In March 2018 the City Council of the municipality of Aarhus decided to focus on making Aarhus a better and more attractive city for LGBT+persons and making the workplace Aarhus municipality a better and more attractive workplace for LGBT+persons.
At the same time, the City Council decided that the city council´s “Committee on Diversity and Equality” will work with LGBT+subjects during the period 2018-2020 (the goals for the work are described below).
After 2020 it is intended that the work with LGBT+subjects will continue in the administration of the municipality and in a cooperation between the LGBT+associations and the administration of the municipality (selected and relevant sectors/services)

Focus areas 

Short term:
• Establish and finance an LGBT+HOUSE (it is already temporarily financed by the municipality of Aarhus (1.8.19-31.12.19) and it is on the financial negotiations for 2020-2024.
• Make a questionnaire survey for LGBT+persons in Aarhus about physical and mental health and well-being, loneliness, discrimination, inclusions, hate crimes, and that they think about living in Aarhus
• Make debate and information in the media and hold a debate event about LGBT+subjects
• Collaboration with the local LGBT+associations 

Long term:
• Debate and information in the local‘s work units in the workplace “The municipality of Aarhus” about how to make better LGBT+ working lives.
• Better physical and mental health and well-being for LGBT+persons as a part of the health policy 2020-2024 

Collaboration partners 

The local voluntary board of the LGBT+HOUSE and other local LGBT+associations
“LGBT Danmark” and “AIDS-Fonden”