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Two months after a deadly attack on Berlin's Pride, voters in the capital made Die Linke the largest party for the first time. On the same day in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, the far-right AfD took nearly two in five votes.
Zwickau's Christopher Street Day march this weekend runs straight through a district represented by the far-right AfD at every level of government — organizers say that's exactly why it has to happen.
With the suspect in Saturday's deadly Christopher Street Day attack dead and Berlin in mourning, queer Berliners and activists say their next fight is stopping the AfD from using the tragedy to win votes.
Strong legal protections, a landmark self-determination law now in force, and a well-funded Pride season — set against the steady pressure of a far-right party polling near the top. Where Germany actually stands this summer.
Dresden CSD opens Saturday May 30 in a city and a state where the far-right AfD is the largest political force. The Saxon capital's Pride march has become one of the most heavily protected — and most closely watched — in Germany.
Ahead of Christopher Street Day season, German LGBTQ+ groups and extremism monitors warn that the far-right counter-marches that shadowed dozens of Pride events last year are organising earlier — and younger.
