Overview

• Official figures show queerphobic crimes in Germany nearly doubled from 1,188 in 2022 to 2,108 in 2024, with right-wing perpetrators often implicated.
• Berlin’s “Nie wieder still” parade on July 26 will feature 80 trucks, 100 groups and is expected to draw hundreds of thousands of participants under heightened police protection.
• Local organizers in Wolfratshausen have scheduled their first July 26 CSD, anticipating about 200 participants and securing a police escort through town.
• The Bundestagsverwaltung ordered MPs to remove rainbow flags from their offices and deployed parliament police to enforce the directive, prompting disputes over institutional solidarity.
• Activists report repeated thefts and desecrations of rainbow flags—including burnings and vandalism—which have intensified calls for stronger anti-discrimination measures.