Overview

• Legislators from SPD, Greens and Left demand reversal of the Bundestag administration’s decision to bar its queer staff network from walking in Berlin’s Christopher Street Day.
• Karin Prien’s Federal Family Ministry plans its own CSD float to signal support while the Bundestag ends rainbow flag lifts at Pride events.
• German police recorded a 24 percent increase in politically motivated queerphobic crimes over the past year, with many incidents going unreported.
• Attacks on Pride participants have emerged in Emden and planned armed threats in Wernigerode, prompting state protection investigations.
• CSD organizers from Dachau to Jena have bolstered security protocols and called on the government to strengthen protections for LGBTQ+ events.