Festival of colors: Berlin CSD combines hundreds of thousands of diversity

Festival of colors: Berlin CSD combines hundreds of thousands of diversity

Thousands of people in Berlin celebrated a lively Christopher Street Day (CSD) on Saturday, which fills the streets with colorful outfits, rainbow flags and an exhausted party mood. Despite the initial rain, the participants, who gathered at Alexanderplatz, did not prevent them from expressing their message for diversity and equality.

Political demands and social change

The activists called for concrete changes in politics, in particular the addition of the Basic Law to ensure the protection of queer. Sophie Koch, who could be heard at the opening speech, emphasized the need that Article 3 of the Basic Law is expanded by the sentence that nobody should be discriminated against because of his sexual identity. This claim was supported by the Federal Minister of Family Lisa Paus (Greens), who addressed a greeting to the assembled people.

Street Day

The Christopher Street Day in the events of 1969 when the New York Bar "Stonewall Inn" was resisted against police races. These incidents marked a turning point for the LGBTQ+movement and are today the heart of the celebrations that take place worldwide.

Global celebrations and local contributions

In Stuttgart there was also a significant CSD celebration that live under the motto "Variety. Now even more!" stand. Here 150 groups moved to the central castle center, which made the event the largest CSD in Stuttgart after 131 groups took part in the previous year. The organizers criticized the increased hate crime against the LGBTQ+community and encouraged solidarity and resistance.

Berlin Pioneer of diversity

The CSD in Berlin is considered one of the largest and most impressive demonstrations in Europe. Over 75 cars and dozens of foot groups, accompanied by catchy melodies such as Lady Gaga's "Born This Way", moved through the city to the column of victory. The subsequent appearance, to which Herbert Grönemeyer was expected as a surprise guest, shows not only the cultural but also the social importance of this movement.

The festive images from Berlin are an impressive testimony to commitment to equality and human rights that have an effect beyond the city limits.

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- Nag