Overview

• The petition seeks 26 pedestrian signals featuring same-sex couples as a response to the 26 queer-phobic crimes recorded in Bremen in 2024.
• Signature collection will focus on the Bremen Christopher Street Day and the final petition will be handed to the Greens’ parliamentary group in the Bürgerschaft.
• If the drive succeeds, the first of these inclusive traffic lights are scheduled to be installed before the end of this year.
• Party leader Josephine Assmus said that visible symbols are essential for queer people to live visibly, safely and self-determined.
• Bremen’s initiative follows earlier rollouts of same-sex pedestrian lights in Hannover and Braunschweig and reflects a wider European push for inclusive urban design.