Overview

• Bremer CSD-Verein has prohibited the FDP from joining the August 23 parade with its own truck adorned with rainbow flags and party banners.
• Organizers point to the July 2024 motion in the Bremen state assembly to ban gender-neutral language in schools and public authorities as the reason for exclusion.
• This decision continues a trend of ideological gatekeeping at Pride events, following FDP bans in Rosenheim and Konstanz and a CDU exclusion in Hamburg in 2023.
• FDP parliamentary leader Thore Schäck condemned the move as intolerant and contradictory to Christopher Street Day’s message of acceptance.
• Despite the vehicle ban, individual FDP members are still permitted to participate in the march on foot.