Lesben und Schwule in der SPD, or Schwusos, is the LGBT wing of the Social Democratic Party of Germany. The Association of gays and lesbians in the SPD (Schwusos) is the organization of social democratic LGBTI who organized within the SPD. The Association was founded in 1978 as still working group and has now 14 national associations. Since the Federal Congress of the SPD 2011 Schwusos have received an appreciation of a working group to a joint venture in the SPD. They are the oldest group LGBTI (lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and intersex people) in the Federal Republic of Germany.