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The Felix-Rexhausen Award were created 1998 by the ''Bund Lesbischer und Schwuler JournalistInnen'' (the German affiliate of
NLGJA
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– the National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association) to recognize and honor the mainstream media for their fair, accurate and inclusive representations of the
LGBT
' is an initialism that stands for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender. In use since the 1990s, the initialism, as well as some of its common variants, functions as an umbrella term for sexuality and gender identity.
The LGBT term is a ...
community and the issues that affect their lives.
The Felix-Rexhausen Award is presented annually. It is named in memory of
Felix Rexhausen
Felix Rexhausen (31 December 1932 – 6 February 1992) was a German journalist, editor and author. As a journalist, he wrote for ''Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger'', ''Westdeutscher Rundfunk'', and the magazines ''Die Zeit'' and ''Der Spiegel''.
Biograp ...
, a German, gay writer. It is presented to an individual who has made a significant difference in promoting equal rights for the LGBT community.
Winners
2014
Monika Mengel
The Flying Lesbians were a seven-woman German music group that existed from 1974 to 1977 and released an eponymous album in 1975. The album was successful, with about 17,000 LPs sold. They were one of the first women's rock groups in Europe.
Hi ...
: radio feature "'Und wir nehmen uns unser Recht' – 40 Jahre neue Lesbenbewegung" ( WDR5, 14 January 2014)
*Special award for Thomas Pfaff: radio feature "19. September 1963: Sendung der WDR-Glosse 'Mit Bayern leben' von Felix Rexhausen" (Zeitzeichen, WDR5, 19 September 2013)
2013 Claus Bredenbrock: TV documentary "Des Kaisers schmutzige Wäsche" (
ZDF
ZDF (, short for Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen; ; "Second German Television") is a German public-service television broadcaster based in Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate. It is run as an independent nonprofit institution, which was founded by all fe ...
/ Arte 2013)
*Special award for Stefanie Fetz and Max Muth: article "Die Geisterspiele" (Franz Josef – Magazin der deutschen Journalistenschule, September 2012)
2012 Jobst Knigge: TV documentary "Der Aids-Krieg" (
Das Erste
Das Erste (; "The First") is the flagship national television channel of the ARD association of public broadcasting corporations in Germany. ''Das Erste'' is jointly operated by the nine regional public broadcasting corporations that are member ...
, 16. November 2012)
*Special award for TV programme "Ich bin schwul – Tobi steht auf Jungs" (Neuneinhalb – Das Check-Eins-Nachrichtenmagazin, 15 October 2011,
Das Erste
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)
2011 Steffi Illinger: TV documentary "Traditionsbewusst, heimatverbunden, schwul – Eine ganz normale bayerische Volkstanzgruppe" ( Bayerisches Fernsehen, Vor Ort – Die Reportage2, 5 October 2010)
2010 Günter Frorath, Michael Lohse and Roger Willemsen: radio programme "Er sucht ihn – Männerliebe literarisch" (Radio WDR5, SpielArt, 14 February 2010)
*Special award for Sarah Stricker; article "Die wollen mich fertigmachen" (
Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung
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: 30 August 2009)
2009 Christine Schön: radio feature "Nachhall – Junge Lesben suchen nach ihrer Geschichte"
(SWR 2: 15 April 2009)
and Frank Stocker: article "Wenn Liebe nur finanzielle Nachteile bringt"
(Welt am Sonntag: 22 February 2009)
*Special award for Andreas Völlinger: articles "Schwule Hasen und echte Mädels" and "Voll schwule Superhelden" (Comicgate.de)
2008
Aljoscha Pause
Aljoscha Pause is a German filmmaker, director, TV journalist, writer, and producer. He is a member of the Deutsche Filmakademie and the German Academy for Football Culture.
Background
Aljoscha Pause was born on 24 January 1972 in Bonn, Germa ...
: TV documentary "Das große Tabu – Homosexualität und Fußball"
(DSF)
2007
Ted Anspach: TV documentary "Homosexualität – genetisch bedingt?"
(arte)
*Special award for Kerstin Kilanowski: radio feature "Tanz auf der Grenze – Was ist Mann, was ist Frau?" (WDR 3)
2006
Martin Reichert: article "Adieu Habibi"
(taz: 29 July 2006)
2005
Hatice Ayten: TV documentary "Out of Istanbul"
(arte: 30 August 2005)
2004
Lorenz Wagner: article "Goldrausch in Gelsenkirchen"
(Financial Times Deutschland: 28 May 2004)
2003
Valentin Thurn
Valentin Thurn (born 1963, Stuttgart, Germany) is a German film maker, writer and director. He created the 2010 documentary '' Taste the Waste''. He is also the co-founder of the International Federation of Environmental Journalists.
Early life
V ...
: TV movie "Mein Papa liebt einen Mann"
(Film series "37 Grad" on German TV channel ZDF: 22 July 2003)
2002
Rosvita Krausz: radio feature "Leb wohl mein Herzensschöner – Nachruf auf eine schwule Liebe"
(Sender Freies Berlin: 28 April 2002)
2001
Martina Keller: radio feature "Ich liebe dich, Daddy!" about homosexuality in Namibia
(Deutschlandfunk: 30 January 2001)
2000
Die Lesbisch-Schwule Presseschau: institutional for great engagement
1999
Karin Jurschik: article "Es gibt nichts, worüber wir nicht reden könnten"
(Cologne monthly magazine "StadtRevue")
and
Detlef Grumbach
Detlef Grumbach (born 1955 in Detmold) is a German author and journalist.
Life
After school Grumbach worked as a journalist. Topics of his works are literary critic, LGBT, Human sexuality, sexuality, AIDS and events in life of people. Grumbach wr ...
: radio feature "Bürger wider Willen – die Schwulen-Bewegung zwischen Revolte und Integration"
(Deutschlandfunk)
1998
Thomas Rombach and Jürgen Kolb: radio feature "Der süddeutsche Sängerkrieg oder Heidelberger Rosa Kehlchen versus Badischer Sängerbund"
(radio magazine "Radio Sub" on station Radio X in Frankfurt, Germany)