Helmut Graupner

Helmut Graupner is a lawyer in Vienna, considered a leading advocate in LGBT European rights. He has been president of the Rechtskomitee Lambda since its foundation in 1991.[1]

Graupner presenting to Austrian Parliament, 2006.

From 2005, he has been the Austrian representative on the European Commission on Sexual Orientation Law (ECSOL).[2]

In 2016, Graupner was awarded the Decoration of Merit, the highest honor awarded by the state of Vienna.[3]

In 2017, Graupner pursued a case for the rights of five same-sex families that resulted in Austria's highest court ruling that banning same-sex couples from marriage was discriminatory.[4][5] The first same-sex marriage in Austria was for Graupner's clients in December 2018, with same-sex marriage available to the general public at the start of 2019.[6][7]

References
  1. "Rechtskomitee Lambda - Herzlich Willkommen!". www.rklambda.at.
  2. "European Commission on Sexual Orientation Law | News". www.sexualorientationlaw.eu.
  3. Mader, Herwig Hakan (November 14, 2016). "Wiener Verdienstzeichen für Helmut Graupner und Andreas Brunner".
  4. Eddy, Melissa (December 5, 2017). "Austria Allows Gay Marriage in Court Ruling". The New York Times.
  5. "Austria's supreme court legalises same-sex marriage - PinkNews · PinkNews". www.pinknews.co.uk. 5 December 2017.
  6. Clarke, Nadine Schmidt and Hilary. "Austrian court rules same-sex couples can marry from 2019". CNN.
  7. "Erste Ehe eines gleichgeschlechtlichen Paares in Österreich". Die Presse. October 12, 2018.


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