Overview

• Conchita Wurst said she is “extremely disappointed” that the Bundestag will not fly the rainbow flag for this year’s Christopher Street Day.
• Bundestagspräsidentin Julia Klöckner imposed a neutrality policy in May limiting the flag’s display to the International Day Against Homophobia.
• Berlin’s Christopher Street Day is set for late July with organizers alerting that political pressures and right-wing extremist threats could endanger attendees.
• Speaking in Schwerin with the Mecklenburgische Staatskapelle, Wurst linked the flag dispute to a broader conservative turn and questioned the resurgence of fear toward diversity.
• The Austrian singer will guest in the Berlin musical “Romeo & Julia – Liebes ist alles” and portray the Todesengel in a November run at the Theater des Westens.