Berlin Pride

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Berlin Pride
CSD Berlin 2007 - Partytruck 1.jpg
Pride party truck (2007), Berlin
BeginsJune 30, 1979;45 years ago (1979-06-30)
FrequencyAnnual
Location(s)Berlin, Germany
Website www.csd-berlin.de

The Berlin Pride Celebration, also known as Christopher Street Day Berlin, [1] or CSD Berlin, [2] is a pride parade and festival held in the second half of July each year in Berlin, Germany to celebrate the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ+) people and their allies. Since 1979, the event has been held each year. Berlin Pride is one of the largest gay and lesbian organized events in Germany and one of the biggest in Europe. Its aim is to demonstrate for equal rights and equal treatment for LGBT people, as well as celebrate the pride in Gay and Lesbian Culture.

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History

The CSD is held in memory of the Stonewall Riots, the first big uprising of LGBTQ people against police assaults on June 27, 1969. These took place in Christopher Street, in the neighborhood of Greenwich Village in New York City, New York. [3]

The first CSD in Berlin took place on June 30, 1979, and since then has taken place every year. [4] [5] In 2012, around 700,000 people attended the CSD Parade, and 500,000 people were present at the final parade location at the Brandenburg Gate, making it into one of the largest events in Berlin as well as one of the largest Pride Events in the world.

Mottoes and Attendance at CSD Berlin

In the early years, the Berlin CSD was a relatively small event. From 400 participants in 1979, the number slowly grew to 5,000 people in 1989. It was only from the mid-1990s that the Berlin CSD gave itself an annual motto.

The number of participants and mottos from 1990: [6]

YearParticipantsFloatsMotto (in German)
199015,000 ?
199110,000 ?
199225,000 ?
199330,000 ?Vielfalt und Schwesterlichkeit, Solidarität über alle Grenzen
199435,000 ?We are family!
199540,000 ?
199650,00060(No specific motto, it just had "CSD '96" as its motto)
1997120,000 ?Andersrum muss gerechnet werden
1998300,000 ?Für eine andere Politik – wir fordern gleiche Rechte
1999350,00078Dreißig Jahre Stonewall
2000500,00081Unsere Vielfalt zieht an
2001500,00089Berlin stellt sich qu(e)er gegen rechts
2002550,00089Wir machen Berlin anders! Weltoffen, tolerant queer!
2003600,00059Akzeptanz statt Toleranz
2004450,00071Homokulturell – Multisexuell – Heterogen!
2005400,00058Unser Europa gestalten wir!
2006450,00052Verschiedenheit und Recht und Freiheit
2007450,00066Vielfalt sucht Arbeit
2008500,00048Hass du was dagegen?
2009550,00051Stück für Stück ins Homo-Glück – Alle Rechte für alle!
2010600,00052Normal ist anders!
2011700,00052Fairplay für Vielfalt!
2012700,00046Wissen schafft Akzeptanz
2013750,00050Schluss mit Sonntagsreden! Demonstrieren! Wählen! Verändern!
2014500,00029 LGBTI-Rechte sind Menschenrechte
2015750,000 [7] 55 [8] Wir sind alle anders. Wir sind alle gleich.
2016500,000 [9] 51 [10] Anders. Leben!
2017400,000 [11] 58 [12] Mehr von uns – jede Stimme gegen Rechts
2018Hundreds of thousands [13] 59 [14] Mein Körper, meine Identität, mein Leben!
20191,000,000 [15] 83 [16] Stonewall 50 – Every riot starts with your voice
202165,000 [17] N/A [18] Save our Community – save our pride
2022350,000–600,000 [19] 96United in Love! Gegen Hass, Krieg und Diskriminierung
2023500,000 [20] 75 [20] Be their voice - and ours! ... für mehr Empathie und Solidarität!

Events

CSD Berlin comprises several events, taking place within the framework of the month-long Pride Festival, usually starting at the end of May. Pride Week is the final week of the festival, ending with the CSD Parade. The CSD Gala has been taking place since 2011, and is organised in co-operation with the Friedrichstadt Show Palace.

In the same month both Kreuzberg Pride and Gay Night at the Zoo are held. More gay festivals in Berlin include Easter in Berlin.

Organization

All CSD events are organised by the Berliner CSD e.V. (Berlin LGBT Pride Association). The organization was formed at the end of 1999. The association was meant to relieve the three previous coordinators: the "Sonntags-Club", "LSVD" and "Mann-o-Meter", who had been organizing the "CSD Berlin" from 1994 to 1999. [21]

Each year, the theme, motto and political demands of the CSD Parade are determined in so-called Pride Forums. These are open meetings that can be attended by anyone.

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