Overview

• The European Union Intellectual Property Office rejected a March challenge by AfD lawyer Sascha Schlösser and officially registered the Stolzmonat wordmark to Grischkat.
• Right-wing groups originally created ’Stolzmonat’ as a German-language counter to Pride Month and used it to share hateful content on social media.
• Grischkat filed the trademark last year and now sells rainbow-themed merchandise to support charitable queer initiatives.
• He has pledged to take legal action against any political or commercial misuse of the term that contradicts its humanitarian ethos.
• At 24, the Berlin-based Newsfluencer has spent more than a decade advocating for queer rights and climate issues on social media.