section_path: Ideology and platform/Society/LGBT rights
section_name: LGBT rights
paragraph_text: LGBT rights
  
  According to its interim electoral manifesto, AfD opposes same-sex marriage and favours civil unions. AfD deputy leader Beatrix von Storch has publicly opposed same-sex marriage. In an effort to overturn same-sex marriage laws, AfD filed a lawsuit over the issue in 2017.
  
  Alice Weidel, co-chairwoman of the party, is a lesbian and is in a civil union with a female Sri Lankan -born Swiss film producer. Weidel has two adopted children with her partner.
  
  Hans-Christoph Berndt, the AfD's lead candidate for the 2024 Brandenburg state election, announced that, if elected, he would ban the practice of displaying rainbow flags on public buildings in the state. The AfD parliamentary group of the Landtag of Lower Saxony also introduced a motion to ban rainbow flags from public buildings in 2024.