Helmut Graupner
Helmut Graupner is a lawyer in Vienna, considered a leading advocate in LGBT European rights. He has been president of the Rechtskomitee Lambda since its foundation in 1991.[1]
From 2005, he has been the Austrian representative on the European Commission on Sexual Orientation Law (ECSOL).[2]
In 2016, Graupner was awarded the Decoration of Merit, the highest honor awarded by the state of Vienna.[3]
In 2017, Graupner pursued a case for the rights of five same-sex families that resulted in Austria's highest court ruling that banning same-sex couples from marriage was discriminatory.[4][5] The first same-sex marriage in Austria was for Graupner's clients in December 2018, with same-sex marriage available to the general public at the start of 2019.[6][7]
References
[edit]- ^ "Rechtskomitee Lambda - Herzlich Willkommen!". www.rklambda.at.
- ^ "European Commission on Sexual Orientation Law | News". www.sexualorientationlaw.eu.
- ^ Mader, Herwig Hakan (November 14, 2016). "Wiener Verdienstzeichen für Helmut Graupner und Andreas Brunner".
- ^ Eddy, Melissa (December 5, 2017). "Austria Allows Gay Marriage in Court Ruling". The New York Times.
- ^ "Austria's supreme court legalises same-sex marriage - PinkNews · PinkNews". www.pinknews.co.uk. 5 December 2017.
- ^ Clarke, Nadine Schmidt and Hilary. "Austrian court rules same-sex couples can marry from 2019". CNN.
- ^ "Erste Ehe eines gleichgeschlechtlichen Paares in Österreich". Die Presse. October 12, 2018.
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