Overview
- The large poster went up Wednesday at the CDU's Konrad‑Adenauer‑Haus and reads “Ich bin konservativ. Und das ist auch gut so,” according to reporting and dpa photos.
- News coverage says the slogan is a clear adaptation of Klaus Wowereit's 2001 sentence “Ich bin schwul, und das ist auch gut so,” and outlets note Evers has praised that confession in the past.
- Stefan Evers is the first openly gay candidate the Berlin CDU has nominated for Governing Mayor and has told journalists he once wrote Wowereit a personal letter saying that sentence shaped his path.
- A mid‑July Infratest dimap poll for RBB showed a fragmented field with Die Linke at 22 percent and the CDU at 20 percent, a context reporters say helps explain why the campaign is testing bold messaging.
- The poster arrives after an Islamist attack on CSD Berlin and public comments by queer commissioner Alfonso Pantisano that broadened debate over threats to queer people and the meaning of the word conservative, a shift that could change voter perceptions and prompt responses from rivals and civil society.