What do the parties in Saxony say on equality and diversity?

The AfD wants ways of life that differ from the traditional model to receive no more public space than they have in everyday life. It opposes redefining descent, family and marriage and rejects what it calls early sexualization. Judging ways of life and sexuality is to remain a matter for parents.

The AfD wants to tolerate other ways of life but not promote them. The words marriage, family and descent should keep their meaning. Parents should talk to their children about sexuality, not the daycare center. Children should learn about sex in a way that fits their age.

The AfD wants children to no longer take part in parades such as Christopher Street Day. The state of Saxony is to ensure this on grounds of youth protection. Public schools and daycare centers are to be barred from promoting such events.

The AfD wants to keep children away from rainbow parades. One example is Christopher Street Day. The state of Saxony should make sure of this. Schools and daycare centers should not advertise such events.

The AfD wants to abolish equal opportunity officers and end funding for what it calls gender ideology. Only professional qualifications should count in hiring. It rejects rules on "politically correct" language.

The AfD wants no more equal opportunity officers. It wants to stop paying for gender topics. It rejects rules for gender-inclusive language. For jobs, only skills should count.

The AfD wants to stop the use of puberty blockers and similar drugs in children who cannot consent themselves, with only rare exceptions. Gender-affirming surgery on minors would also be prohibited as a rule.

Puberty blockers are drugs. They pause the physical development of young people. The AfD wants to ban these drugs for children in almost all cases. Surgery to change sex should also be banned for minors. It should stay allowed only in exceptional cases.

The AfD rejects the building of mosques in Saxony, especially with minarets. Mosque associations would have to sign a declaration of commitment to democracy and disclose their finances; funding from abroad would be banned.

The AfD wants no new mosques in Saxony. Mosque groups should sign a statement. In it they commit to the state and reject violence. They should show where their money comes from. Money from abroad should be banned.

The CDU wants to implement Saxony's action plan on the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and expand accessibility. Medical and nursing care for people with disabilities is also to receive more attention.

The CDU wants to support people with disabilities better. State buildings should be easier to enter. Information should come in easy language. Health care and nursing care should also get better.

The CDU wants more women in STEM fields and leadership positions, and more men in nursing and childcare professions. Pay gaps are to be eliminated, and the party wants to require immigrants to respect gender equality.

The CDU wants equal chances for women and men. More women should work in tech jobs and as bosses. More men should work in nursing and childcare. Women and men should get equal pay. Immigrants should respect equal rights too.

The Free Voters reject any obligation to use gender-inclusive language at schools and universities. The demand appears in both the school chapter and the higher-education chapter.

The Free Voters want no duty to use gender-inclusive language. That means wording that names all genders. Nobody should have to use it at school. The same goes for universities.

The Free Voters want public authorities to stop using gender-inclusive language. In the party's view, such language makes official texts harder to understand and does not change society. The administration should instead communicate in simple, easily understood language.

The Free Voters want government offices to stop using gender-inclusive language. That means wording that names all genders. The party thinks this makes texts hard to understand. Offices should write in a simple and clear way.

The Greens want a statewide gender equality strategy and a public-law equality foundation. They support a parity law so that women are equally represented in politics. Unequal pay is to be reduced through information and pay audits.

The Greens want equal chances for all genders. There should be a plan for all of Saxony. A new foundation should support equality work. A law should bring equal numbers of women and men into politics. Women and men should earn the same.

The Greens want a state law that sets uniform rules for protection from violence across Saxony. The support system against domestic violence, stalking and gender-based violence is to be expanded in line with the Istanbul Convention and be open to all genders.

The Greens want a new law to protect people from violence. The same rules should apply all over Saxony. Victims should get more help and protection. This applies to all genders. Children should also be safe in schools and care homes.

The Greens want more counseling and contact points for queer people, especially for young people and in rural areas. Schools should be safe places to learn for all children, and the "Schule der Vielfalt" (School of Diversity) project is to grow. The state action plan on diversity is to be carried out by all ministries.

The Greens want more help for queer people. Queer means, for example, lesbian, gay or trans. There should be more counseling, also in rural areas. Schools should be safe for all children. Police and courts should build more trust.

The Greens want an anti-discrimination law for Saxony and a state commissioner for anti-discrimination. People who experience racism or discrimination in public offices or other institutions should be able to file complaints with bodies that operate across regions.

The Greens want a law against discrimination in Saxony. Discrimination means someone is treated unfairly, for example because of where they come from. A commissioner should take care of this issue. People should be able to complain about public offices.

The Greens want Saxony to conclude a state treaty with the body representing Saxony's Sinti and Roma. It is meant to make support for the minority, its culture and its history binding and permanent.

Sinti and Roma have lived in Saxony for centuries. The Greens want a firm treaty with their representatives. The treaty should secure support for this group. Schools should also teach more about their history.

The Greens want to strengthen Jewish life in Saxony, make it more visible and expand the protection of Jewish institutions. They commit to defending Israel's right to exist and want to oppose antisemitic positions.

The Greens want to protect Jewish life in Saxony. Jewish institutions should get more protection. The party stands against hatred of Jews. There should be more Jewish religion classes where needed.

The Greens want to open the cultural sector equally to people with and without an immigrant background and plan a state concept for this. Cultural offerings are to become accessible, and state committees, juries, and advisory boards are to be half women.

The Greens want more diversity in culture. Immigrants should be able to take part equally. People with disabilities should have access everywhere and help decide. Juries and advisory boards should have as many women as men.

The Greens back a reform of maternity protection as demanded by women entrepreneurs and tradeswomen. The skilled trades are to get a stand-in service like the one in agriculture, with state money if needed. The goal is a labor market where women can carry out their plans.

The Greens want to help self-employed women. Maternity protection should get better for them. The skilled trades should get a stand-in service for the business. The state of Saxony should pay part of it. Women and men should earn the same.

The Greens want to strengthen Sorbian institutions, bring responsibility together in one ministry and fund the Foundation for the Sorbian People reliably. In the long run there is to be a debate about a democratically elected Sorbian representative body.

The Sorbs are a minority in Saxony. The Greens want to strengthen their rights. One ministry should handle all Sorbian matters. The Sorbian foundation should get enough money. Town signs should show both languages in the same size.

The Left wants to secure health care for trans and intersex people. A competence center for gender medicine is to make training, teaching and research gender-sensitive.

The Left wants good medical care for trans and intersex people. A new center should be set up for this. It should do research and train experts. Doctors and nurses should learn more about it.

The Left wants to implement the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities at every political level and end separate structures for people with disabilities in work, housing and education. Saxony's Inklusionsgesetz (inclusion act) is to be revised and extended to municipalities.

People with disabilities should be able to take part everywhere. The Left wants to end separate facilities. This applies to work, housing and school. Saxony's inclusion law should also apply to cities and towns.

The Left wants full accessibility for buildings, transport, devices and digital services. The DIN 18040 standard is to be written into Saxony's building law, and an independent state accessibility office is to provide advice.

Everyone should be able to use buildings, buses and websites. The Left wants to make this a duty. New buildings should be planned without barriers from the start. There should be more homes without barriers. A new state office should give advice.

The Left wants to roll out the pilot project “Schule der Vielfalt” (School of Diversity) across Saxony and include diversity-aware sex education in all curricula. It also plans complaint offices and shelter options for queer young people.

A project for diversity in schools should run in all of Saxony. All curricula should include diverse sex education. Schools and universities should get offices for complaints. Queer young people should be able to find a safe place.

The Left wants to achieve real gender equality. It calls for 50 percent quotas for women in leadership positions and bodies, an end to the pay gap and broader protection against discrimination in the Basic Law.

Women and men should be truly equal. The Left wants half of all top jobs to go to women. Women should earn the same for the same work. The constitution should also protect people from unfair treatment because of sexual orientation.

The Left wants a law requiring that candidate lists for elections include equal numbers of women and men. The goal is equal representation of the sexes in Saxony's parliaments.

The Left wants a parity law. Parity means as many women as men. Parties would have to build their candidate lists that way. This should bring more women into parliaments.

The Left wants a state law against discrimination by public authorities that gives affected people rights they can enforce in court. It also calls for more counseling offices, services for queer people, and a ban on sexist advertising in public spaces.

The Left wants a law against unfair treatment by public offices. People affected should be able to sue. There should be more advice centers, especially in rural areas. Queer people should be better protected. Sexist ads in streets and squares should be banned.

The Left wants full implementation of the Istanbul Convention, a European treaty against violence toward women. Shelters are to be expanded and paid for entirely by the state, and the number of shelter places is to at least double.

The Left wants to protect women better from violence. There should be at least twice as many shelter places. The state of Saxony should pay for shelters in full. People affected should no longer pay anything themselves.

The Left wants to fundamentally change Saxony's law implementing the Prostitute Protection Act and end controls and stigma. Sex workers are to be supported. Victims of human trafficking and forced prostitution are to receive comprehensive protection rights.

The Left wants a new law on sex work in Saxony. Sex workers should no longer be looked down on and strictly controlled. They should get help and advice. Victims of human trafficking should get better protection.

The Left wants the state of Saxony to use gender-inclusive language in its texts in order to point to gender diversity. The education minister's instruction banning such spellings in schools is to be withdrawn.

The Left wants language that names all genders. The state of Saxony should write this way. Schools are not allowed to use this spelling today. The Left wants to end that ban.

The Left wants to end violence and discrimination against queer people through prevention and intervention. It plans an independent reporting and counseling center, places of refuge, more awareness work in schools and better access to counseling and health care.

Queer people often face violence and exclusion. The Left wants a center where people can report such cases. There should be safe places for those affected. Schools should also teach more about this. Counseling and medical help should be easier to reach.

The Left demands that Saxony work in the Bundesrat for the protection of queer people, including by adding to Article 3 of the Basic Law. Rainbow families are to be put on an equal footing and the "Landesaktionsplan Vielfalt" (state action plan on diversity) renewed.

The Left wants more rights for queer people. The constitution should clearly protect them from unfair treatment. Families with two mothers or two fathers should have equal rights. Saxony should push for this at the federal level.

The SPD calls for equal pay for equal work and wants to strengthen works councils, staff councils and collective bargaining coverage to get there. At the federal level it wants the Pay Transparency Act tightened. The state of Saxony is to lead by example on gender equality in the labor market.

Women often earn less than men. The SPD wants to change that. It wants more union wage agreements and strong works councils. A federal law on pay openness should become stricter.

The SPD wants menstrual products to be available free of charge in buildings owned by the state of Saxony. It also backs a uniform nationwide rule under which the cost of medically prescribed contraception is covered.

Buildings of the state of Saxony should offer free pads and tampons. Birth control should not depend on money either. The SPD wants one rule for all of Germany. Then people would not pay for prescribed birth control themselves.

The SPD wants enough shelters for women and children across Saxony and gives priority to implementing the Istanbul Convention. It also advocates making the killing of women and girls because of their gender a separate criminal offense.

Women and children should find protection from violence all over Saxony. There should be enough shelters and counseling. The SPD also wants a new crime in the law. It is called femicide. That means killing a woman because she is a woman.

The SPD wants to protect queer people better from violence and plans protection strategies, more counseling and a statewide campaign. Associations and initiatives working for LGBTIQ* people, diversity and anti-discrimination are to receive stronger support.

Queer people are, for example, lesbian, gay or trans. The SPD wants to protect them better from violence. There should be more counseling in cities and in the countryside. A campaign across Saxony should work against hostility toward queer people. Groups that stand for diversity should get more support.

The SPD rejects a ban on gender-inclusive language. Whether someone writes with or without the gender asterisk is for people in Saxony to decide themselves, at work and in private.

Some people write German words with a gender star to include all genders. The SPD does not want to ban this. Each person should decide how to write and speak. That should apply at work and in private life.

The SPD wants more women in leadership positions in politics, business and public administration and will back quotas where needed. Saxony's Equality Act is to apply to municipalities as well, and options for a constitutionally sound parity rule for parliaments are to be examined further.

The SPD wants more women as leaders. This applies to politics, companies and public offices. Where needed, it wants quotas. A quota sets a fixed share of women. Saxony's equality law should also apply in towns and cities.

The SPD wants queer ways of life and education about them to be part of young people's everyday experience in educational institutions. Children and teenagers should be able to grow up without discrimination.

The SPD wants to encourage children and teenagers. They should be able to live the way they want. Schools should talk about queer life. Queer means, for example, lesbian, gay or trans. Every school and daycare center should have trained contact persons.

The SPD wants to remove abortion from the criminal code and replace mandatory counseling with a right to counseling. Access to abortion should be possible throughout Saxony. The cost of medically prescribed contraception is to be covered.

Abortion is in the criminal code today. The SPD wants to remove this rule. Women should be able to get counseling but not have to. Abortion should be available everywhere in Saxony. Contraception prescribed by a doctor should be paid for.

The SPD wants to rewrite the equality clause of the Saxon constitution. The term "race" would be replaced because, scientifically, there are no human races. The bans on discrimination would be named explicitly and expanded.

Saxony's constitution uses the word race. The SPD wants to replace it with a better word. The constitution should say exactly what is forbidden. For example, no one may be treated worse because of age, disability or sexual orientation.