hotspots of the homosexual scene and on Christopher Street Day. At the same time being a devoted catholic, he also criticized the comparison with Nazism the Society of St. Pius X published on the occasion of the Christopher Street Day in 2007. In parliament, Kaufmann is a member of the Committee of Education, Research and Technological Impact Assessment. He also serves as deputy member of the Budget Committee, after previously having been a deputy member of the Committee on Petitions and the Committee of Traffic, Construction and Urban Development. In the negotiations to form a fourth coalition government under Chancellor Angela Merkel following the 2017 federal elections, Kaufmann was part of the working group on education policy, led by Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, Stefan Müller and Hubertus Heil. Other activities Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres, Ex-Officio Member of the Senate Leibniz Association, Member of the Senate (since 2018) German National Association for Student Affairs, Ex-Officio Member of the Board of Trustees Magnus Hirschfeld Foundation, Member of the Board of Trustees Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research, Member of the Board of Trustees Jugend gegen AIDS, Member of the Advisory Board Phi Delta Phi – Richard von Weizsäcker Inn Tübingen, Honorary Member Political positions In 2019, Kaufmann joined 14 members of his parliamentary group who, in an open letter, called for the party to rally around Merkel and party chairwoman Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer amid criticism voiced by conservatives Friedrich Merz and Roland Koch. Personal life Kaufmann is openly gay. In June 2010, Kaufmann was involved in a planecrash when a historical DC-3 he was riding in crashlanded shortly after take-off. Publication Das Europäische Hochschulinstitut: Die Florentiner Europa-Universität im Gefüge des europäischen und internationalen Rechts, (Tübinger Schriften zum internationalen und europäischen Recht 61; Berlin : Duncker & Humblot, 2003), References External links 1969 births Living people Politicians from Stuttgart German Roman Catholics Members of the Bundestag for Baden-Württemberg University of Tübingen alumni Gay politicians LGBT conservatism LGBT members of the Bundestag LGBT Roman Catholics Members of the Bundestag 2017–2021 Members of the Bundestag 2013–2017 Members of the Bundestag 2009–2013 Members of the Bundestag for the Christian Democratic Union of Germany