German Car Park Unveils “Diversity” Spaces Reserved For LGBTQ+ People Or Migrants
October 4, 2021A parking lot in Hanau, Germany, unveiled dedicated parking spaces reserved for LGBTQ+ and migrant drivers.
Hanauer Parkhaus GmbH (HPG) has built three “diversity” parking spaces in an underground car park in Hanau city center, which will only accommodate LGBTQ+ people and migrants.
Thomas Morlock, chairman of the supervisory board of HPG and city councilor, said at the inauguration of the parking spaces that the aim was to help people who feel “a particular need for protection."
It is not immediately clear how authorities intend to monitor whether people parked in the spaces are in fact part of the LGBTQ+ community or migrants, although HPG has said a camera will monitor the parking lot.
Three “diversity spaces” have been introduced in an underground car park in Hanau, 24 km east of Frankfurt in Germany, as Fr24news report.
Morlock went on to say that the spaces were built to define a “vibrantly colored symbol” for “diversity and tolerance," and are not necessarily intended for use by a “distinct group of people."
Hanau, a small town about 24 kilometers east of Frankfurt, has long been considered a city of diversity in Germany and its population was already ethnically diverse before the migrant crisis in 2015.
According to the Federal Statistical Office of Germany, there were 1.8 million refugees in Germany in 2018.
On February 19, 2020, a far-right gunman took to the streets of Hanau and opened fire on two downtown shisha parlors, killing 11 people – nine of whom had ethnic roots outside of Germany – and injuring five others.
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