Pride flags adorn Schöneberg's streets: make variety visible!

Pride flags adorn Schöneberg's streets: make variety visible!

in the run-up to the Lesbisch-gay city festival , which will take place on July 19 and 2025 in Berlin-Schöneberg, the latest information about the preparations have become known. 19 Pride flags have already been installed on Lamen masts on Motzstrasse. This project has set itself the goal of lending the rainbow bike more visibility and a strong sign of diversity, acceptance and equality in public space. The initiative is supported and financed by the Berlin City Tax, reports and financed by the Berlin City Tax funds, reports and "https://www.berlin.de/ba-tempelhof-schoeneberg/aktuelles/pressemageilung.1579041.php". .

The motto this year is "Equal Rights for the Unqual!" And forms the frame for an extensive program. The city festival is the 31st edition of this largest lesbian-gay festival in Europe and attracts over 350,000 visitors from all over the world every year. The festival takes place in the traditional gay district around Nollendorfplatz and opens up an area of ​​20,000 m² that runs along the Motz, Eisenacher, Fugger and Kalckreuthstrasse.

diverse festival worlds

The city festival offers a variety of attractions organized in various festival worlds:

• film world: queer cinema in focus
• politics world: queer voices in democracy
• health and wellness world
• Sportwelt: variety in motion
• fetish world: discover diversity of the senses

A varied entertainment program is offered on several stages. Among them is the "Kiss FM" B-stage with Berlin Beats, the "Sunshine Live" D-stage for electronic music, as well as the "Flinta* Stage" C and the "Queer Media" e-stage, which presents lesbian and gay cabaret. The "Boxer Stage" F is intended for the fetish scene.

Another highlight of the program is the political talk show "The Wild Sofa", which takes place on Saturday from 4:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. at the "Festival Stage" A, moderated by Gerhard Hoffmann. Music from rock to pop will be played on Saturday and 9:00 p.m. on Sunday.

community and openness

The city festival also offers numerous stands of community organizations from Germany and abroad as well as political parties and sets a clear signal for the largest presentation of the queer community. This is conformed to with the efforts to strengthen the neighborhood as an identity -creating place for the queer community and to emphasize the openness of Berlin.