The Regenbogencafé is the meeting room of the LSVD⁺ Sachsen-Anhalt, the state's queer civil rights association, on Otto-von-Guericke-Straße in the Altstadt. It works as an open drop-in rather than a commercial café. People come for company, for a first conversation about coming out, or for advice, and heterosexual guests are welcome too.
Most of what happens there is organised as groups. There is a youth group for teenagers and young adults, an open evening for anyone over eighteen, a group for people over thirty who cook and eat together, a FLINTA* discussion circle, and a book club that meets in the association's own library of more than five hundred queer titles. Rainbow-Connection is for queer refugees and the people supporting them. There is a furry fandom meet as well.
In 2026 the windows were badly damaged in what the association called a queerphobic attack. The response was to leave the broken panes standing and cover them with messages and stickers. The association describes the place as a safe space for queer people, their friends, and anyone who shares its values.
The people in this picture are AI-generated.
