Berlin's Christopher Street Day

The Berlin Christopher Street Day (also CSD Berlin ) is an annual demonstration in Berlin for the rights of lesbians , gays , bisexuals , transgender , intersexual and queer people.

The CSD Berlin is one of the largest street parades in Berlin and is considered one of the largest of its kind in Europe.

The CSD Berlin has had a fixed route again since 2013. This starts at the corner of Kurfürstendamm and Joachimsthaler Straße . From there, the 5.2 kilometer long parade route leads over Breitscheidplatz and Wittenbergplatz to Nollendorfplatz where it bends to the left in the direction of Lützowplatz . Then it goes on along the Klingelhöferstrasse and the Hofjägerallee past the Victory Column and over the Strasse des 17. Juni to the Brandenburg Gate , where the final rally takes place.

history

The first Berlin CSD took place on June 30, 1979 in West Berlin with the motto "Gay Pride". 400 people took part. At the same time, the Transgeniale CSD marched from 1998 to 2016 . Around the event, the Lesbian and Gay City Festival and the Gay Night at the Zoo in the Zoological Garden will also take place during Pride Week .

Mottos and number of participants

In the early years, the Berlin CSD was a relatively small event. From 400 participants in 1979, the number grew slowly to 5,000 in the 1980s (1989). It was not until the mid-1990s that the Berlin CSD gave itself an annual motto.

The number of participants and mottos from 1990:

year	Attendees	dare	motto
1990	15,000	?
1991	10,000	?
1992	25,000	?
1993	30,000	?	Diversity and sisterhood, solidarity across all borders
1994	35,000	?	We are family!
1995	40,000	?
1996	50,000	60	(No dedicated motto, only ran under "CSD '96")
1997	120,000	?	The other way around must be calculated
1998	300,000	?	For a different policy - we demand equal rights
1999	350,000	78	Thirty years of Stonewall
2000	500,000	81	Our diversity attracts
2001	500,000	89	Berlin stands qu (e) er against the right
2002	550,000	89	We do Berlin differently! Cosmopolitan, tolerant queer!
2003	600,000	59	Acceptance instead of tolerance
2004	450,000	71	Homocultural - Multisexual - Heterogeneous!
2005	400,000	58	We shape our Europe!
2006	450,000	52	Diversity and justice and freedom
2007	450,000	66	Diversity seeks work
2008	500,000	48	Do you hate it?
2009	550,000	51	Little by little into gay happiness - all rights for everyone!
2010	600,000	52	Normal is different!
2011	700,000	52	Fair play for diversity!
2012	700,000	46	Knowledge creates acceptance
2013	750,000	50	No more Sunday speeches! Demonstrate! Choose! Change!
2014	500,000	29	LGBTI ^a rights are human rights
2015	750,000	55	We are all different. We are all the same.
2016	500,000	51	Thanks for nothing
2017	400,000	58	More of us - every vote against the right
2018	Hundreds of thousands	59	My body, my identity, my life!
2019	1,000,000	83	Stonewall 50 - Every riot starts with your voice