Berliner Christopher Street Day 2021

July 24, 2021
At the CSD Parade in Berlin, people take to the streets for the rights of gays, lesbians, transsexuals and transgenders, inter- and bisexuals.

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Around a million people usually take part in the Pride Parade. This year, however, Christopher Street Day in Berlin will take place on a smaller scale due to the corona. Contrary to tradition, the demonstration takes place primarily as a protest march, while the party aspect is fading into the background. Everyone can run at the CSD. However, all demo participants must comply with a mask requirement. The organizers also ask you to leave the train briefly to eat, drink or smoke, so that the mask requirement can be complied with during the demonstration.
The CSD commemorates the first known protest by homosexuals and other sexual minorities against police arbitrariness on New York's Christopher Street in Greenwich Village on June 27, 1969 in the Stonewall Inn bar. The result was street battles between homosexuals and the police that lasted for days.
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Tens of thousands came to the Berlin CSD on July 24th. The motto of Christopher Street Day 2021 was “Save our Community - save your Pride”, an allusion to the fact that many queer institutions fear for their existence due to the corona crisis. more
CSD Demo: New route in 2021
This year the demonstration parade leads from Kreuzberg to Schöneberg. The starting point of the CSD 2021 is on Leipziger Straße between Charlottenstraße and Axel-Springer-Straße. From there it goes over Leipziger Straße to Potsdamer Platz and on to the Brandenburg Gate. On the Straße des 17. Juni the procession goes to the Victory Column and ends at the Urania. A final rally will not take place this year.
"Save our Community - Save your Pride!"
The motto for 2021 is “Save our Community - Save your Pride!”. In addition, the board of directors makes 32 demands, which, in addition to the topics of transsexual law, blood donation bans and anti-queer crime, also focus on publishing houses for more queer visibility, dating platforms for more educational prevention measures and the cosmetics industry for the abolition of discriminatory product names.
1979 - Gay Pride in West Berlin
The first "Christopher Street Day" in Berlin took place on June 30th, 1979 - "Gay Pride" was the motto under which 450 demonstrators took to the streets in West Berlin. The mood on the way was exuberant and happy. There was no hostility or even violence against participants - a decisive difference to previous events.
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