Overview
- Out of 245 Christopher Street Day events in 2025, 111 incidents were documented, with nearly half attributed to right-wing extremists.
- CSDs in eastern states were hit disproportionately, with disturbances at about 66% of events in the East compared with roughly 38% in the West.
- Monitoring identified organized counter-mobilization in hotspots such as Bautzen and Magdeburg, including a Bautzen counterdemonstration of about 500 against a CSD turnout of roughly 3,000.
- A Regenbogenschutzfonds set up by the Amadeu Antonio Stiftung financed security at roughly 50 events with a total of €100,000.
- Findings draw on July–September media and social media monitoring plus a survey of organizers, with some events canceled or dependent on external support, including a full cancellation in Gelsenkirchen citing an abstract threat.