Overview

• Julia Klöckner’s office insists the ban upholds the Bundestag’s political neutrality since CSD advances explicit policy demands beyond general diversity pledges.
• Employees of the parliamentary administration remain free to join the parade privately but may not parade under the Regenbogennetzwerk banner.
• The Bundestag will not fly a rainbow flag over the Reichstag on CSD day after raising it on May 17 for the International Day Against Homophobia.
• Lawmakers from the Greens, the Left and SPD queer commissioner Sophie Koch condemn the decision as undermining LGBTQ+ visibility amid rising anti-queer crimes.
• The administration recently participated in Europe’s largest LGBTIQ+ job fair to showcase its commitment to discrimination-free and diverse recruitment.