Lisette Kampus (born 21 March 1984 in

Tallinn Tallinn () is the most populous and capital city of Estonia. Situated on a bay in north Estonia, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland of the Baltic Sea, Tallinn has a population of 437,811 (as of 2022) and administratively lies in the Harju ' ...

) is an Estonian

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 ...

rights movement activist. She is daughter of the actor Mart Kampus and Krista Kampus. She is a member of the

Estonian Social Democratic Party The Social Democratic Party ( et, Sotsiaaldemokraatlik Erakond, SDE) is a centre-left political party in Estonia. It is currently led by Lauri Läänemets. The party was formerly known as the Moderate People's Party ( et, Rahvaerakond Mõõduka ...

. She lives openly as a

lesbian A lesbian is a Homosexuality, homosexual woman.Zimmerman, p. 453. The word is also used for women in relation to their sexual identity or sexual behavior, regardless of sexual orientation, or as an adjective to characterize or associate n ...

. Lisette Kampus has been one of the leaders of the contemporary Estonian sexual minorities movement. She has dealt with issues like same-sex partners' equal rights, the position of non-heterosexuals in the society, the protection of their rights and the fight against intolerance and discrimination. From 2005 to 2007, Kampus lived in

Warsaw Warsaw ( pl, Warszawa, ), officially the Capital City of Warsaw,, abbreviation: ''m.st. Warszawa'' is the capital and largest city of Poland. The metropolis stands on the River Vistula in east-central Poland, and its population is officia ...

Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populous ...

and worked as an EU coordinator at the LGBT rights organization Kampania Przeciw Homofobii. Since 2006 she is a member of the board of the pan-European LGBT umbrella organization

ILGA-Europe ILGA-Europe is the European region of the International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association. It is an advocacy group promoting the interests of lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and intersex (LGBTI) people, at the European level. I ...

in Brussels. From 2004 to 2007 Lisette Kampus was one of the organizers and the spokesperson of Tallinn Pride (yearly festival organized to support sexual minorities' rights). From 2008 on, Kampus worked as the Social Democratic Party internal communication manager, counselling the party's leading politicians. As such, she has cooperated with Jüri Pihl,

Katrin Saks Katrin Saks (born 29 November 1956 in Tallinn) is an Estonian politician and journalist. From 1999 to 2002, she was Minister of Population Affairs in the cabinet of Mart Laar. She was the vice-chairwoman of the Social Democratic Party from 2005 to ...

and Sven Mikser, being one of the latter's closest supporters during the 2010 party chairman election. In 2007, the President

Toomas Hendrik Ilves Toomas Hendrik Ilves (; born 26 December 1953) is an Estonian politician who served as the fourth president of Estonia from 2006 until 2016. Ilves worked as a diplomat and journalist, and he was the leader of the Social Democratic Party in the ...

awarded her (among others) the title Estonian Volunteer of the Year.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kampus, Lisette 1984 births Estonian LGBT rights activists Social Democratic Party (Estonia) politicians People from Tallinn Living people Estonian lesbians 21st-century Estonian LGBT people 21st-century Estonian people