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The mentors at Focus Refugees accompany and support queer refugees in Switzerland, sometimes also with the asylum process. Anne Bütikofer currently mentors three couples and one individual – and finds it personally very enriching. Text: Ralf Kaminski At first glance, looking after seven refugees sounds like a lot of work, but Anne Bütikofer shakes her head with a smile. "Because three of them are couples and I have co-mentors supporting me in two cases, the workload is manage

Resistance to LGBTQI* issues has increased in the Western world recently. In Switzerland, too, there is a mobilization against "woke madness and gender nonsense." Prominent political analyst Michael Hermann explains why this is working – and how the queer movement can still make further progress. Text: Ralf Kaminski Queer rights have made enormous progress in the Western world over the past 25 years. Is this the reason for the backlash we are currently witnessing almost every