Jasmin Gräwel grew up in Leipzig, Saxony. Currently, she works as a journalist for a tv production company in Leipzig called Level4Films. She produces tv reports for different magazines for public broadcasting and private tv channels. In january 2025 Gräwel finished her one year part-time online training as a diversity manager at the University of Hamburg. Gräwel studied American Studies at the University of Leipzig and completed a bachelor’s degree in 2010.
Since 2018 Gräwel has volunteered as press officer, podcast host and member of the management board at Leipzig pride (CSD Leipzig). CSD Leipzig is the oldest pride organization in East Germany after Berlin. Gräwel also hosts a monthly podcast called “Inside CSD Leipzig”. On this podcast, Gräwel speaks with queer people in and around Leipzig, listening to their individual stories about coming out as queer, and sharing experiences as queer people with a wider audience.
Episode 126: Pride and Politics: The Complex Relationship between the LGBTIQ+ Community and Politics
The LGBTQ+ communities in Germany and the United States have been working toward greater legal rights, but laws and politicians in both countries have threatened to not only halt progress …
Building Queer Community in the Birthplace of the LGBTQ+ Movement
The Stonewall Rebellion in New York’s Greenwich Village catalyzed the worldwide LGBTQ+ rights movement. In September 2024, participants of the second cohort of AGI’s project, Building LGBTQ+ Communities in Germany …
