Pink government shows its colors (Swiss Press Local 2021, by Lino Schaeren)

Pink government shows its colors

Bieler Tagblatt

Local

2021

Lino Schaeren

Since 2013, Biel has been governed by a gay majority. However, the gay members of the government never addressed this issue—because they said it didn't matter. Until a transgender man was attacked in the street. I took this as an opportunity to talk to the three gay members of the municipal council about their story for the first time.

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Lino Schaeren / Swiss Press Award

Lino Schaeren

Journalist, Biel, 1989

Seit rund zwölf Jahren arbeite ich beim Bieler Tagblatt, wo ich auch berufsbegleitend die Schweizer Journalistenschule MAZ absolviert habe. Nach einigen Jahren im Sportressort habe ich in die Regionalredaktion gewechselt und leite seit September 2018 das Regionalressort. Schwerpunktmässig befasse ich mich mit der Bieler Stadtpolitik.

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