Attack on diversity: right -wing Bad Freienwalde!

Attack on diversity: right -wing Bad Freienwalde!

On Sunday, June 16, 2025, a festive event in Bad Freienwalde was overshadowed by violent attack on queer people. Several men attacked the event, which included a feast for diversity with a planned appearance of a drag queen. In this incident, two people were slightly injured. Such attacks are not an individual case in the region, such as rbb24 reported.

In Berlin and Brandenburg, attacks on queer people and their events are increasing, often by people from right -wing spectra. These attacks are deeply rooted in extremely right -wing ideologies, which propagate a "natural two -sex" and rigid gender roles. Such beliefs evaluate queer realities as weak and justify their attacks. Markus Klein from the Brandenburg Institute for Community Advice Demos emphasizes that similar incidents in Dalgow-Döberitz and Beeskow were documented.

increasing hate crime

The current events fit into a larger context in which queer -anti -queer violence in Germany increases. According to LSVD, a total of 1,785 crimes against LSBTIQ*were registered in 2023, which is a significant increase in comparison to 2022 than there were only 1,188 cases. This increase not only symbolizes an increased visibility of violence against queer people, but also a growing threat to the whole community.

hate crime is recognized as a politically motivated crime, which aims to intimidate entire population groups. Particularly worrying is the undisclosed acts that are estimated to be up to 90%. Many affected people are afraid of reporting incidents for fear of discrimination or distrust of the police.

The role of the police and politics

The topic is also taken seriously at the political level. Interior Minister Nancy Faeser calls for the consistent persecution of queer -hostile violence. In addition, a working group was launched to combat homophobers and transitual violence, the final report of which was already presented at the IMK-Flyer Year's Conference 2023. Further reforms in the police recording and sensitization of the civil servants are necessary to increase the location and reduce the number of unreported cases.

which explains that the most common crimes against LSBTIQ*people in 2023 were insults, acts of violence, seditions as well as coercion and threats. A particularly large number of these crimes were committed by politically motivated perpetrators. According to the Tagesschau, the number of crimes in the area of ​​"sexual orientation" and "gender-related diversity" has been almost increased since 2010.

The attack in Bad Freienwalde is a worrying example within a trend of growing willingness to violence. At CSD events, hostility from right-wing extremist groups also occurred. It is clear that the queer community in Germany has to keep together in view of the recent attacks by right -wing extremists.