Anna Rosenwasser

Anna Rosenwasser
Official portrait, 2023
Member of the National Council (Switzerland)
Incumbent
Assumed office
4 December 2023
ConstituencyCanton of Zurich
Personal details
Born
Anna Rosenwasser

(1990-05-01) 1 May 1990 (age 34)
Schaffhausen, Switzerland
CitizenshipSwitzerland
Israel (de facto)
Political partySocial Democratic Party
Alma materZHAW
University of Zurich
OccupationJournalist, editorialist, politician
WebsiteOfficial website
Parliament website

Anna Rosenwasser (German pronunciation: [ˈana ˈroːzn̩ˌvasɐ]; born 1 May 1990) is a Swiss journalist, editorialist, political, pro-LGBTQ-activist and politician who currently serves on the National Council (Switzerland)for the Social Democratic Party since 2023.[1][2][3][4]

She came to public fame in Switzerland through her commitment to LGBT rights, especially same-sex marriage. She is a public critic of homophobia and discrimination or sexual minorities.[5][6][7]

Early life and education

Rosenwasser was born 1 May 1990 in Schaffhausen, Switzerland, into a left-leaning Secular Jewish family.[8] Her father is originally Israeli, while her mother is Swiss, and she has three brothers.[9] R. studied journalism at ZHAW Winterthur, as well as political science and modern history at the University of Zurich.[10]

Career

She has been working as a freelance journalist since 2008, writing columns for publications such as hellozurich,[11] SAITEN,[12] and Mannschaft Magazin.[13] She served for several years on the board of Milchjugend, the largest Swiss LGBTQ youth group. In 2017, she co-founded the Schaffhausen LGBTQ youth group andersh, which she went on to lead.[14] Anna Rosenwasser was also co-managing director of the lesbian organisation Schweiz LOS from 2017 to 2021.

In 2018, Rosenwasser was nominated for the LGBT+ Award of the Swiss Diversity Awards.[15] In 2019, she ran for the National Council as second place on the Socialist Youth (JUSO) list.

In 2021, she co-authored the book Queer Sex – Whatever the fuck you want with politician Florian Vock and illustrator Claudio Näf.

Rosenwasser was involved in the debates of the 2018 Referendum on widening antiracist penal norms, as well as in the 2021 introduction of same-sex marriage in Switzerland. She thus came to international prominence, with her activity coming to the notice of the Spiegel and the BBC.[16][17]

Personal life

Rosenwasser is openly gay. She lives in a domestic partnership in Zurich.[18]

Bibliography

  • Anna Rosenwasser, Florian Vock and Claudio Näf: Queer Sex – Whatever the fuck you want. Print Matters, Zürich 2021, ISBN 978-3-033-08178-9
  • Anna Rosenwasser: Rosa Buch. Rotpunktverlag, Zürich 2023, ISBN 978-3-85869-981-7

Sources and references

References

  1. ^ "Anna Rosenwasser" (in German). Retrieved 2021-05-11.
  2. ^ "Genug darüber geschlafen: Anna Rosenwasser nimmt Nationalratswahl an". tsri.ch (in German). 2023-10-24. Retrieved 2023-11-06.
  3. ^ Pereiro, Miguel. "Wahlen 2023: Anna Rosenwasser nimmt Nationalrats-Mandat an". Nau (in German). Retrieved 2023-11-06.
  4. ^ "Ratsmitglied ansehen". Federal Assembly. Retrieved 2024-04-13.
  5. ^ "Literaturtipps zum Mitnehmen – Anna Rosenwasser: "Diskriminierung macht mich müde"" (in German). 2021-06-30. Retrieved 2021-11-08.
  6. ^ "Die Zürcher Aktivistin Anna Rosenwasser – "E richtigi Frau mues … – Figg di, Roland"" (in German). Retrieved 2021-11-08.
  7. ^ Weltwoche. "Beruf: lesbisch". Retrieved 2021-11-08.
  8. ^ Design), Amestha AG (Programmierung und. "Charakterkopf: Anna Rosenwasser". StrategieDialog21 (in German). Retrieved 2023-11-06.
  9. ^ Design), Amestha AG (Programmierung und. "Charakterkopf: Anna Rosenwasser". StrategieDialog21 (in German). Retrieved 2023-12-28.
  10. ^ https://www.blick.ch/people-tv/schweiz/anna-rosenwasser-28-ist-das-neue-aushaengeschild-der-lesben-nach-feierabend-hat-sie-auch-sex-mit-maennern-id8313285.html
  11. ^ "Über uns – Team – Anna Rosenwasser". Archived from the original on 2021-05-11. Retrieved 2021-05-11.
  12. ^ "Nebenbei gay – Saiten – Ostschweizer Kulturmagazin und Veranstaltungskalender". Retrieved 2021-05-11.
  13. ^ "Anna Rosenwasser, Autor bei Mannschaft". Die Weltwoche (in German). Retrieved 2021-05-11.
  14. ^ "Schaffhausen erhält einen neuen LGBT-Jugendtreff". 2017-01-25. Retrieved 2021-11-29.
  15. ^ "Nominations – Swiss Diversity Awards". swissdiversityawards.ch (in German). Retrieved 2021-05-11.[permanent dead link‍]
  16. ^ Charlotte Theile (2021-09-18). ""Die Forderung ist ganz einfach: Love is Love"" (in German). Der Spiegel. Retrieved 2021-11-29.
  17. ^ Imogen Foulkes (2021-09-09). "Switzerland votes in favour of LGBT protection bill". BBC News. Retrieved 2021-11-29.
  18. ^ "Wir waren mit Anna Rosenwasser in der SVP-Hochburg – es endete unschön". Watson (in German). Retrieved 2023-11-06.

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