US EditionGermany sees anti-Pride events and restricts rainbow flags ahead of LGBTQ+ parties
BERLIN, GERMANY, JUL 25 – Berlin's transport authority painted the Bundestag subway station in rainbow colors after the federal parliament banned Pride flags, amid a rise in queerphobic hate crimes, officials said.
- Bundestag President Julia Klöckner chose not to display the rainbow flag on the Reichstag building in Berlin for Pride month this year.
- This decision followed a conservative shift in leadership and drew criticism amid rising queerphobic hate crimes and increasing far-right anti-Pride protests nationwide.
- In response, Berlin's transit authority decorated the nearby Bundestag subway station with rainbow colors, while preparations continued for the city's main Christopher Street Day Pride parade.
- Germany's federal police have documented an almost tenfold increase in hate crimes targeting queer individuals since 2010, alongside 17 far-right demonstrations opposing Pride events this year. Opposition lawmaker Nyke Slawik emphasized that queer identity should be recognized as a matter of personal existence rather than a political ideology.
- These developments suggest growing tensions around LGBTQ+ visibility in Germany, prompting calls by advocates like Chris Kelly to attend Pride and oppose far-right extremism.
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What was taken for granted is becoming a political area: the Federal Council will honour the Christopher Street Day in Berlin on Saturday with a rainbow flag. President Klöckner did not want this for the Bundestag.
The Federal Council wants to set a sign of diversity with the raising of the rainbow flag for Christopher Street Day. The flag will not blow at the Bundestag, as decided by Bundestag President Klöckner.
The Federal Council - unlike the Bundestag - will raise the rainbow flag tomorrow on the occasion of Christopher Street Day.
"Everyone has the right to live and love in dignity without discrimination": The Federal Council wants to raise the rainbow flag differently from the Bundestag to the CSD.
Because Bundestag President Julia Klöckner does not want the rainbow flag to be hoisted on the Reichstag building for Christopher Street Day, the nearby underground station is supposed to shine colourfully. The Federal Council also wants to raise the rainbow flag.
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