Cologne's Christopher Street Day (CSD) celebrated LGBTQ+ rights with around 65,000 participants marching in a peaceful and joyful parade within a larger event that drew 1.1 million attendees. Despite intermittent rain, the atmosphere remained vibrant, with no reported incidents by authorities. The event was part of a two-week Cologne Pride festival, focusing on equal rights for diverse sexual orientations and gender identities. The demonstration was under the motto "For Queer Rights. Many. Together. Strong," and included participation from notable politicians advocating support for the LGBTQ+ community.
Hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets of Cologne on Sunday for Christopher Street Day (CSD), the city's annual celebration of the LGBTQ+ community.
According to a spokesperson for the organisers, around 65,000 people marched through the city centre in a colourful parade with floats, which was lined with hundreds of thousands of onlookers and revellers despite intermittent rain.
The two-week Cologne Pride, which included the parade and a two-day street festival, attracted a total of around 1.1 million people, they said.
This year's demonstration was held under the motto "For Queer Rights. Many. Together. Strong." As in previous years, politicians also took part in Cologne Pride, including Labour Minister Bärbel Bas (SPD) and former Health Minister Karl Lauterbach (SPD).
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