The Local Germany

Germany's Pride parades exposed to increasing extremist threats

Fri, 06 Jun 2025 12:39:35 +0200

At the beginning of Pride Month, Germany's Christopher Street Day association warns about an increase in the number of hate crimes and calls for better reporting.

Monument to gay victims of Nazis vandalised in Berlin

Tue, 15 Aug 2023 16:18:52 +0200

An unidentified vandal defaced a memorial to the LGBT victims of the Nazis in central Berlin with homophobic flyers and attempted to set fire to it, police said Tuesday.

Wolfsburg captain fights homophobia with rainbow armband

Sun, 26 Aug 2018 11:45:55 +0200

Wolfsburg captain Josuha Guilavogui wore a rainbow-coloured armband on Saturday for the first time as part of the Bundesliga club's efforts to fight homophobia in football.

String of homophobic attacks in Berlin’s Neukölln worries LGBT community

Thu, 17 May 2018 15:00:19 +0200

In each of the previous four months people have been violently assaulted in Berlin’s Neukölln district because of their sexuality. The queer community is now trying to raise awareness of the issue.

Two go on trial for brutal ‘homophobic’ murder of 1990s pop star in Berlin hostel

Wed, 13 Sep 2017 18:00:59 +0200

On Wednesday the trial started of two men who allegedly sexually assaulted pop singer Jim Reeves so violently last year that he died a painful death due to the injuries.

Berlin man taken to hospital after homophobic attack by family with kids: police

Mon, 29 May 2017 13:00:39 +0200

A man in Berlin reported being insulted and attacked by a family, including by children, due to his sexuality, according to police.

Number of homophobic crimes soars in 2016

Thu, 01 Dec 2016 11:02:36 +0100

Nearly as many homophobic crimes were committed in the first nine months of 2016 as in all of 2015, according to a new report.

AfD backtracks after saying gay people should be jailed

Thu, 09 Jun 2016 15:00:41 +0200

The far-right populist AfD party is trying to literally rewrite history over statements made by its representative who seemed to say gay people in Germany should be thrown in jail.

Family tried to force gay son to marry

Thu, 12 Mar 2015 13:05:18 +0100

A Berlin court handed out fines to the family of an 18-year-old-man after they attempted to force him to marry despite being homosexual.

Berlin rapper's stunt sets off homophobia row

Tue, 24 Feb 2015 16:51:33 +0100

Berlin rapper Bass Sultan Hengzt released an album cover calculated to smoke out homophobia among listeners, prompting what Germans love to call a “Sh*tstorm”.

Europe's largest gay festival held in Berlin

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 11:35:00 +0200

Nearly half a million people in Berlin celebrated on Saturday the 21st annual gay-lesbian city festival – the largest gathering of its kind in Europe.

Survey: Half of gays harassed in Germany

Sat, 18 May 2013 11:26:00 +0200

Nearly 50 percent of German lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender residents reported being harassed and/or discriminated against last year, a study on the European Union’s LGBT community released on Friday and published in the Süddeutsche Zeitung showed.

Westerwelle won't take partner to anti-gay lands

Wed, 11 Aug 2010 19:32:00 +0200

Guido Westerwelle, Germany's first openly gay foreign minister, has announced he will not take his partner along on officials trips to countries where homosexuality is outlawed.

Westerwelle attacks homophobic: colleague

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 09:56:00 +0100

The hailstorm of criticism that has battered Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle lately over his travel entourage was partly driven by homophobia, his ministerial colleague Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger said Wednesday.

Gay games open in Berlin amid Turkish poster boy controversy

Sat, 06 Jun 2009 15:49:00 +0200

"Respect Gaymes," an event meant to promote tolerance towards homosexuals, opened on Saturday amid controversy with a Turkish footballer refusing to be part of the advertising campaign after being the target of slurs and ridicule.