In 2013, Dr. Klaus Mueller founded the Salzburg Global LGBT* Forum, creating a global platform for LGBT equality through convenings in Salzburg, Berlin, Chiang Rai, Kathmandu, and online. By 2023, the Forum had grown to encompass leaders from 76 countries across the human rights, legal, artistic, religious, and other sectors. Although formal convenings ended in 2025 due to funding constraints, Fellows continue to collaborate across borders and continents. The Forum’s publications, resources, statements, and Fellow profiles remain accessible through its online archive: HERE.
LGBT & Human Rights: New Challenges, Next Steps (Session report)
These interviews were taken during the 2013 Forum gathering:
- Tamara Adrián, Venezuela: How the core of being a trans person is about being oneself
- Fadi Saleh, Syria: Online security of LGBT activists in the Arab world
- Geetanjali Misra, India: New ideas for LGBT philanthropy
- Elizabeth Khaxas, Namibia, reads “My Love Knows No Boundaries”
- Shereen El Feki, Egypt/Canada: Sexuality in the Arab world
- Vuth Lyno: Artists shape conversations on LGBT human rights
- Travis S K Kong: The lives of older LGBT men in Hong Kong
- Dennis Wamala: Homosexuality in Uganda
- Dennis van der Veur, European Union: The EU FRA’s LGBT survey
- Milan Antonijevic, Serbia: Combating LGBT hate crime in Serbia
- Georges Azzi, Lebanon: Integrating LGBT equality in broader rights agenda
- Ana Chacon, Costa Rica: Realizing LGBT rights in Costa Rica
- Arsham Parsi: The situation of Iranian LGBT refugees
- Aung Myo Min, Burma: How LGBT Burmese are affected by colonial British sodomy law
- Yenhe Li, China: How Chinese cultural values force gay men and women into heterosexual marriage
- Lousewies van der Laan, Netherlands: How civilizations are measured by treating sexual minorities