Christopher Street Day 2025

July 26, 2025

On Christopher Street Day, hundreds of thousands of people take to the streets to fight for the rights of LGBTQ+ people with a great parade, colourful floats and lots of music.

Around one million people usually take part in the Christopher Street Day parade. CSD commemorates the first known uprising by LGBT people against police brutality in New York's Christopher Street in Greenwich Village on 27 June 1969 in the Stonewall Inn gay bar. This was followed by days of street battles between bargoers, protesters and the police.

CSD motto 2025: "Never silent again"

The motto of CSD 2025 is "Never silent again!". The organizers want to take a clear stand against discrimination and for the protection of queer rights. They demand that the community remains loud and vigilant and does not allow itself to be suppressed, overlooked or made invisible. The organizers emphasize that the protest remains more important than ever in the face of increasing attacks and threatened achievements.

The history of gay pride in Berlin

The first "Christopher Street Day" in Berlin took place on June 30, 1979 - "Gay Pride" was the motto under which 450 demonstrators took to the streets in West Berlin. The atmosphere on the streets was exuberant and cheerful. There was no hostility or even violence against participants - a decisive difference to earlier events.

At a Glance

• Event: Christopher Street Day 2025
• Start: 26 July 2025
• Start of the Parade: Not yet known
• End of the Parade: Brandenburg Gate
• Start Time: Not yet known
• Admission Fee:
  Free