Hormones for all: Göttingen Aktionsbündnis protests against police raid on Casa Kuà with hormone market for all at Gänseliesel

The action alliance from Göttingen strongly condemns the police raid - as also happened through public political voices, for example the federal government's queer commissioner. “We stand in solidarity with those affected,” says Linda Krug from the alliance, who emphasizes that the queer and especially trans* community is again being exposed to more open hostility. "The fact that the police storm important safe spaces and misgender and discriminate against the people present there awakens unpleasant memories of times of state persecution in the queer community." This signals to the trans* community that they are not safe. "The state leaves us alone and the police persecute and criminalize us." What should be viewed particularly critically is that a BI_PoC managed location was affected. The police raid is understood to be racist and anti-trans*.
The reason for the police raid brings to the fore the precarious health care situation for trans* people, which needs to be brought to attention, according to the action alliance. In Germany there is currently a legal gap in health care, which leads to many problems in care. For example, the UMG in Göttingen stopped issuing health insurance prescriptions for hormones in the spring of 2026, which the “Action Alliance Trans* HRT Göttingen” drew attention to and advocated for the health insurance prescriptions to be reissued with a public demonstration and discussions with the UMG. “The lack of adequate and comprehensive care for trans* and non-binary people can be life-threatening,” says Maro Berg, who is also taking part in the campaign. "Studies show that the risk of suicide in particular increases immensely without appropriate care." In addition to the UMG, ongoing treatments are also being canceled in more and more gynecological practices because the legal situation is too unclear for doctors, which causes problems for patients and causes unrest and uncertainty in the community. “And this is a Germany-wide problem, not a Göttingen-specific one,” says Maro Berg. “That makes places like Casa Kuà, where people can talk about their health care, even more important.”

In this context, it is important to see the police raid in the context of state health policy, which is currently making health care more difficult in many other areas. The alliance emphasizes the importance of seeing and acknowledging this gap in care rather than criminalizing the trans* community for possible self-care, because "self-care is a symptom of anti-trans* health policies that those affected are forced to adopt in order to protect their own well-being." 
The action alliance calls for participation and exchange in the art campaign at Gänseliesel and would like donations to be made to Casa Kuà so that those affected are not left alone. “In times like these, mutual solidarity becomes more and more important,” emphasizes Linda Krug. They want to use the location of the Gänseliesel to bring the not-at-all-funny topic to the public in a humorous way.

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