Overview

• Nordhausen’s inaugural Pride drew about 300 participants and passed without major incidents, although a few anti-CSD observers displayed hostile banners along the route.
• Brandenburg police accompanied CSD marches in Bernau, Bad Belzig, Neuruppin and Luckenwalde under heightened security and reported no significant disruptions despite a small registered counter-protest in Bernau.
• Police President Oliver Stepien said vigilance was stepped up after a violent extremist attack in Bad Freienwalde that marked a “new quality” of threat to queer events.
• Thuringia’s Interior Ministry has officially recorded eleven preliminary queerphobic hate crimes this year and warns that right-wing groups could mobilize further against upcoming CSDs.
• Community groups and politicians including Matthias Gothe and Katharina König-Preuss continue to call for comprehensive hate-crime recording and stronger legal protections for LGBTQ+ people.