CSD Berlin 2021: Pictures from Christopher Street Day

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Berlin is colorful again: on Saturday tens of thousands celebrated Christopher Street Day (CSD) in Mitte.

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The CSD was also dominated by the corona pandemic this year.

In 2020 the CSD parade had to be canceled due to the pandemic.

This year it could take place under certain conditions.

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Many of the participants wore face masks in rainbow colors.

The organizers repeatedly asked people to wear a mask and to keep their distances over loudspeakers.

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The organizers had announced in advance that due to the pandemic, the CSD would be “an almost pure demo with the character of a protest march”.

Alcohol consumption was prohibited.

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In addition, there were only five moving vehicles on Saturday, the participants were mostly on foot.

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According to the police, a total of 25,000 people took part in the CSD.

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The train set off on Leipziger Strasse early on Saturday afternoon and headed towards Potsdamer Platz.

The route went past the Brandenburg Gate in the direction of the Victory Column and to the Urania in Berlin-Schöneberg.

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The official motto of this year's CSD was "Save our Community - save our Pride" - an allusion to the fact that many queer institutions fear for their existence due to the corona crisis.

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As usual at the CSD, different population groups showed their solidarity with the LGBTIQ community - as here representatives of the police and the judiciary.

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Many participants had designed signs with political messages.

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The face of Viktor Orbán was often seen - as a protest against his anti-LGBTIQ policies in Hungary.

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In Budapest, at the same time as the Berlin CSD, there was also a move for LGBTIQ rights.

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Israel and Star of David flags mingled with the rainbow flags in Berlin.

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On the eve of the CSD there was a service in Berlin.

Bishop Christian Stäblein apologized to sexual minorities who had experienced discrimination in the past.

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The CSD is intended to remind people of the rights of lesbians, gays, bisexuals, queers, trans and intersex people.

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The march goes back to June 28, 1969, when police officers stormed the Stonewall Inn on Christopher Street in New York and sparked a riot among gays, lesbians and transsexuals.

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