Christopher Street Day - June 28th
Celebrating diverse identities and promoting equality, an annual event advocating for LGBTQ+ rights and fostering a sense of community. Christopher Street Day (CSD) has been celebrated for many years throughout Europe as an answer to Pride Month or Gay Pride Parades. This is particularly the case for CSD in Germany and Switzerland. Now, almost every large city in Germany celebrates Christopher Street Day in addition to a number of other pride events! Unfolding the Pages of History The birth of Christopher Street Day (CSD) takes us back to the tipping point of 1969 in New York City, the dawn of the audacious Stonewall Uprising. It was here that under the restless sky of June 28, a courageous collective of homosexuals and other sexually marginalized groups revolted against the unspoken brutality deployed by police against gay bars. The unforgettable battleground was the Stonewall Inn, a clandestine gay bar nested in Christopher Street within the artistic borough of Greenwich Village...