diff --git a/backend/src/graphql/resolver/CommunityResolver.ts b/backend/src/graphql/resolver/CommunityResolver.ts
index 0209c284d..d037fffb4 100644
--- a/backend/src/graphql/resolver/CommunityResolver.ts
+++ b/backend/src/graphql/resolver/CommunityResolver.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import { Paginated } from '@arg/Paginated'
 import { EditCommunityInput } from '@input/EditCommunityInput'
 import { AdminCommunityView } from '@model/AdminCommunityView'
 import { Community } from '@model/Community'
-import { Community as DbCommunity, getHomeCommunity, getReachableCommunities } from 'database'
+import { Community as DbCommunity, getAuthorizedCommunities, getHomeCommunity, getReachableCommunities } from 'database'
 import { updateAllDefinedAndChanged } from 'shared'
 import { Arg, Args, Authorized, Mutation, Query, Resolver } from 'type-graphql'
 import { RIGHTS } from '@/auth/RIGHTS'
@@ -34,6 +34,17 @@ export class CommunityResolver {
     return dbCommunities.map((dbCom: DbCommunity) => new Community(dbCom))
   }
 
+  @Authorized([RIGHTS.COMMUNITIES])
+  @Query(() => [Community])
+  async authorizedCommunities(): Promise<Community[]> {
+    const dbCommunities: DbCommunity[] = await getAuthorizedCommunities({
+      // order by 
+      foreign: 'ASC', // home community first
+      name: 'ASC', 
+    })
+    return dbCommunities.map((dbCom: DbCommunity) => new Community(dbCom))
+  }
+
   @Authorized([RIGHTS.COMMUNITIES])
   @Query(() => Community)
   async communityByIdentifier(
diff --git a/database/src/queries/communities.ts b/database/src/queries/communities.ts
index 83e8933d0..37fba27ff 100644
--- a/database/src/queries/communities.ts
+++ b/database/src/queries/communities.ts
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ export async function getReachableCommunities(
         federatedCommunities: {
           verifiedAt: MoreThanOrEqual(new Date(Date.now() - authenticationTimeoutMs)),
         },
-      },
+      }, // or
       { foreign: false },
     ],
     order,
@@ -99,3 +99,17 @@ export async function getNotReachableCommunities(
     order,
   })
 }
+
+// return the home community and all communities which had at least once make it through the first handshake
+export async function getAuthorizedCommunities(
+  order?: FindOptionsOrder<DbCommunity>,
+): Promise<DbCommunity[]>
+{
+  return await DbCommunity.find({
+    where: [
+      { authenticatedAt: Not(IsNull()) }, // or
+      { foreign: false }
+    ], 
+    order
+  })
+}
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