CSD Cologne Gay Pride 2025

Freedom, diversity, queer self-determination. Munich’s LGBTIQ* community is entering the season with a fierce motto. Pride Week begins on June 14. “Times are hard enough,” says Thomas Niederbühl, political spokesperson for the Munich Pride. It doesn’t need another gloomy motto. Liberté Diversité Queerité, on the other hand, confidently gets straight to the point and is definitely meme-worthy. “We won’t let extremists and populists take away our pride in who we are and our zest for the life we ​​lead. We celebrate it!”

This year’s motto is linked to demands that the Munich Pride had already raised as part of the German Pride’s nationwide campaign for the 2025 federal election (“Vote Love!”): “We are always concerned with legal equality and promoting social acceptance of lesbians, gays, bisexuals, trans*, intersex*, and queer people,” says Julia Bomsdorf, spokesperson for the Munich Pride. “This must apply even more in times of increasing attacks against queer people and their institutions.”