Overview

• Participants in the 47th Berlin Christopher Street Day rallied with more than 80 floats and 100 foot groups under the motto “Nie wieder still” to demand queer visibility and solidarity.
• Activists laid a 400 m² rainbow flag on the Reichstag lawn in protest of the Bundestag’s refusal to fly the symbol, while the Bundesrat hoisted the rainbow flag at its building.
• The CSD Berlin association pressed for three core measures: enshrining sexual and gender identity protections in Article 3 of the Basic Law, an emergency rescue fund for queer community spaces and tougher hate-crime legislation.
• Berlin police deployed 1 300 officers alongside 1 000 private security personnel and 280 medical staff to protect against extremist threats during the parade.
• A right-wing counter-demonstration at Schöneberger Ufer drew fewer than 50 participants and resulted in several arrests on charges including illegal symbols and weapons offenses.