(26 Jul 2025)
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Berlin – 26 July 2025
1. Woman wearing angel’s wings dancing
2. Mid of people celebrating
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Jessica Benitaz, visitor from Miami:
"We need to represent pride is unity, pride is friendship, pride is love and we need to make sure that everybody knows that so we’re here in peace and in love to make it a better day for everybody."
4. People with rainbow flags
5. SOUNDBITE (German) Steffen (surname not given) from Rostock, Germany:
"It’s definitely very important to be here. We can be here however we want. We want to show that it’s completely normal to be who we are. It’s not abnormal. It’s normal. And that’s why we’re here. We have to show that. Simply because of that. We want to stand up for that."
6. Zoom out to people celebrating in front of Brandenburg Gate
7. Mid of woman wearing rainbow cape and hat
8. SOUNDBITE (German) Thomas Hoffmann, Christopher Street Day Executive Board:
"The atmosphere is tense. People are afraid. They feel uncertain. But that also drives people onto the streets. It closes ranks. And we see that today at this CSD (Christopher Street Day). I think we are bigger than we have been for many years and the atmosphere is good. We want to stand up for our rights together here."
9. Person dancing in angel costume
10. SOUNDBITE (German) Thomas Hoffmann, Christopher Street Day Executive Board:
"We want queer people to finally be included in the constitution. And we need an effective, efficient fight against hate crimes."
11. Booth selling plush penises
12. Various of dog playing with plush penis
13. Person wearing rainbow Deadpool costume
14. Drag queen twirling and blowing kiss to camera
STORYLINE:
Tens of thousands of people danced to techno beats across Berlin on Saturday to celebrate the city’s Pride parade, one of the largest LGBTQ+ celebrations in Europe.
With rainbow flags and bottles of beer, Germany’s capital city partied under overcast skies, an upgrade after days of downpours, to observe and honor Christopher Street Day.
"It’s definitely very important to be here," said partygoer Steffen. "We can be here however we want."
The annual Christopher Street Day parade commemorates the 1969 Stonewall rebellion in New York, a spontaneous street uprising triggered by a police raid on the Stonewall Inn gay bar on Christopher Street in Greenwich Village.
Berlin’s parade took revelers past the iconic Brandenburg Gate and through the Nollendorfplatz neighborhood, home to the city’s gay culture as well as a memorial to the queer people who were persecuted and killed in Nazi Germany.
The city’s first Christopher Street Day occurred on June 30, 1979, in West Berlin.
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