Daniela Zysk is a lesbian activist who has worked with various major queer organizations and projects in and around Germany for over 20 years. Amongst others, she was a board member of the ColognePride and the Homochrom LGBTIQ* Film Festival, and co-founded the online magazine phenomenelle for lesbian, bisexual and queer women. In recent years she has focused her activism on animal liberation, where she discovered the links between the oppression of non-humans and humans. She started The Vegan Rainbow Project in order to increase visibility for vegan LGBTQIA* minorities, women and other oppressed and marginalized groups, whilst at the same time drawing attention to global animal exploitation.