https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Germany in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed As Berlin gets ready to host its gay pride celebration on July 27th, The Local spoke to Bernd Gaiser, one of the founders of Christopher Street Day (CSD), to trace the roots of pride in Germany. https://www.thelocal.de/20190726/meet-the-man-behind-berlin Fri, 26 Jul 2019 18:06:20 +0200 meet-the-man-behind-berlin Organisers of this year's Gay Pride week in Munich have a group of rather wild partners -- penguins, giraffes and lions at the city zoo where tours are being run about same-sex love in the animal kingdom. https://www.thelocal.de/20190713/zoo-showcases-bisexual-giraffes-for-munich-pride Sat, 13 Jul 2019 10:01:14 +0200 zoo-showcases-bisexual-giraffes-for-munich-pride Gay Pride in Berlin welcomed thousands of people on Saturday, among them a Syrian transgender refugee, Katia, who now calls the famously open-minded city a safe haven. https://www.thelocal.de/20180729/transgender-syrian-katia-finds-refuge-in-berlin Sun, 29 Jul 2018 11:46:25 +0200 transgender-syrian-katia-finds-refuge-in-berlin Through rain or shine, gay pride in Germany is always guaranteed to pull in a big crowd. As Berlin gets ready to stage its 40th Christopher Street Day (CSD) demonstration on Saturday, The Local looked back at how Germany has marked pride in recent years. https://www.thelocal.de/20180724/moments-of-pride-across-germany Tue, 24 Jul 2018 17:05:44 +0200 moments-of-pride-across-germany The youth wing of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) has complained after being denied a stall at this year’s Berlin Pride event, Christopher Street Day (CSD), saying it has been unfairly excluded. https://www.thelocal.de/20180717/afd-youth-wing-furious-over-berlin-pride-ban Tue, 17 Jul 2018 13:29:08 +0200 afd-youth-wing-furious-over-berlin-pride-ban Tens of thousands of people marched through Berlin for the annual Gay Pride parade on Saturday, just weeks after Germany's parliament legalised same-sex marriage. https://www.thelocal.de/20170723/germanys-gay-pride-march-celebrates-same-sex-marriage-law Sun, 23 Jul 2017 12:39:08 +0200 germanys-gay-pride-march-celebrates-same-sex-marriage-law Munich's versions of the gay couples introduced on Vienna traffic lights during the Eurovision song contest have arrived, just in time for Christopher Street Day (Gay Pride) this weekend. https://www.thelocal.de/20150708/munich-gets-gay-traffic-lights-for-pride Wed, 08 Jul 2015 14:48:17 +0200 munich-gets-gay-traffic-lights-for-pride At least 120,000 gay and lesbian Hamburgers flocked to the Christopher Street Day parade on Saturday, with hundreds of thousands more taking part in the three-day pride festival. https://www.thelocal.de/20120805/44179 Sun, 05 Aug 2012 18:27:00 +0200 44179