Overview

• The first rural Christopher Street Day in Wolfratshausen is scheduled for July 26 and responds to homophobic graffiti and threats against a local café and chocolate shop.
• Berlin’s CSD parade on July 26 will feature about 80 trucks and 100 groups and could attract several hundred thousand participants as organisers highlight threats from right-wing violence.
• Security measures for Berlin’s events include deployment of 1,300 police officers, about 1,000 private security personnel and coordination with medical teams and transport authorities.
• The BVG decorated the Bundestag U-Bahn station in rainbow colours to protest Bundestagspräsidentin Julia Klöckner’s decision to limit flag-raising, a choice defended by Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s “Der Bundestag ist ja nun kein Zirkuszelt” comment.
• A right-wing counter-demonstration titled “Gemeinsam gegen den CSD-Terror und der Identitätsstörung” has been registered for up to 400 participants at Schöneberger Ufer and Potsdamer Straße, distinct from the CSD route.