Refugee Law Clinic (RLC): A student Initiative at Leuphana University invites Magnus Hirschfeld Centrum (MHC)

The Refugee Law Clinic (RLC) Lüneburg is a student initiative at Leuphana University. Since 2021, they provide legal advice on asylum and residence law. In the first part of this talk, the RLC presents their work, and introduces some asylum law topics and its implications for LGBTQIA+ people.

In the second part, the Magnus Magnus Hirschfeld Centrum (MHC), an organization with more than 40 years of existence based in Hamburg, offers practical insights into the counseling work of LGBTIQA+ refugees. This part will be a hybrid of English and German.

The MHC is the Hamburg’s queer centre for advice, communication, culture and young people. Openly gay - under this motto the advice and meeting centre MHC has been enriching the Hamburg scene since 1983. Dance lessons, get-togethers for different people and self-help groups are regular features. The MHC has been helping queer people to cope with their individual and social problems associated with their sexual orientation or gender identity.

This event is part of the public program of the exhibition Queer, Life, Freedom by Ashkan Shabani - from 16.04.2025 till 10.05.2025.