Deadly Attack Overshadows Berlin CSD as Queer Funding Cut

A violent attack on Berlin's Christopher Street Day on July 25 left at least one person dead and 29 others injured, some seriously. The following day, the German Bundestag flag flew at half-mast in mourning—a flag that could have been rainbow-colored, but Bundestag President Julia Klöckner (CDU) had already rejected flying the LGBTQ flag for CSD last year. Chancellor Friedrich Merz further stated that the Bundestag is not a circus tent. Meanwhile, Karin Prien has cut funding for queer support services. The article reports 1,765 anti-queer crimes in Germany, highlighting the ongoing threat to queer lives.