Gay Pride is referred to as Christopher Street Day across Germany and Switzerland, in commemoration of those courageous men who stood up to the New York City Police, back in June 1969.
This year's Berlin parade was held two days ago. It was attended by approximately 500,000 people from around the world. Over 60 floats participated, among them were embassies (US, Slovenia, etc.), organisations (gay Muslim groups, etc.) and clubs and bars (Connection, Berghain, etc.).
This year's big issue was - predictably - gay marriage, as in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland gay men and women have the right to enter into a civil union, but this union doesn't come with the same rights as a marriage. In other words, there's a gap in equality which is begging to be closed and this is what this year's Christopher Street Day Parade in Berlin was all about!
My friend Willem den Hartigh from Holland contributed to this post
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