The Zeitgeist
The Zeitgeist
American-German Institute
Episode 136: The Role of Communities in Times of Crisis
28 minutes Posted Nov 20, 2025 at 3:38 pm.
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In Washington, DC, LGBTQ+ organizations enhance the city’s cultural life, provide services, and represent the community’s political interests. At a time when LGBTQ+ communities are losing protections and facing increased discrimination, AGI’s “Building LGBTQ+ Communities in Germany and the United States” visited these organizations to understand how LGBTQ+ communities in Germany and the United States can remain resilient, connected, and politically engaged when under stress.

Guest Host
Dr. Eric Langenbacher, AGI Senior Fellow; Director, Society, Culture & Politics Program
Guests
Dr. Juliane Kronen, Founder and CEO, Innatura
Casey Pick, Senior Director of Law and Policy, The Trevor Project

This podcast is part of the project “Building LGBTQ+ Communities in Germany and the United States: Past, Present, and Future” and is generously funded by the Transatlantik-Programm der Bundesrepublik Deutschland aus Mitteln des European Recovery Program (ERP) des Bundesministeriums für Wirtschaft und Energie (BMWE) (Transatlantic Program of the Federal Republic of Germany with Funds through the European Recovery Program (ERP) of the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWE)).