- Title: GERMANY: BERLIN HOLDS ITS' 27TH GAY PRIDE PARADE
- Date: 25th June 2005
- Summary: (EU) BERLIN, GERMANY (JUNE 25, 2005) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) 1. SLV GAY PRIDE FLOAT WITH PEOPLE LOOKING ON 0.03 2. PAN UP DRAG QUEEN DRESSED AS CARNIVOROUS PLANT/ VENUS FLYTRAP 0.12 3. SLV DRAG QUEEN WITH VEILS / BUTTERFLY COSTUME WALKING BY 0.19 4. VARIOUS OF SPECTATORS 0.26 5. PAN TO ANOTHER DRAG QUEEN HOLDING PINK UMBRELLA
- Embargoed: 10th July 2005 13:00
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- Location: BERLIN, GERMANY
- Country: Germany
- Reuters ID: LVA67AF5Q2OSDKI6UIZHKY5V07LP
- Story Text: Annual gay pride parade draws thousands to Berlins
streets.
"We shape our Europe" was the theme of this years
Christopher Street Day (Gay Pride) in Berlin as around 2000
gays and lesbians celebrated the 27th Gay Pride on Saturday
(June 25). Colourful costumes and headdresses as well as
high heels and a lot of naked skin had tens of thousands
lining the streets, according to the police. This years
motto is meant to appeal for more tolerance and respect for
gays all across Europe and beyond.
According to CSD-initiators, in Scandinavia and in the
Netherlands, civil union partnerships have long been equal
to marriage, which is not the case in Germany. At the
moment, so called "minority problems" are by far
overshadowed by the economical situation. This years CSD
is supposed to raise interest for those problems again.
Spectators and participants enjoyed the lively
spectacle: "We are here for the first time. We have come
from up north where we have no such thing. Great event!"
one visitor told Reuters TV.
Police and German army were also there to secure the
scene, but were welcomed with open arms: "I like the fact
that also the German army and police are here. They are
those fringe groups and it is important for them to expose
themselves publicly so they earn a little more respect and
tolerance", a participant said smilingly. The procession,
consistin
g of 59 floats and countless
groups marching on foot started on Berlins famous shopping
street Kurfuerstendamm and and managed six kilometres
distance to the famous Victory Column (Siegessaeule) in
just over six hours.
Christopher Street Day (Gay Pride) is held annually all
over the world and has its roots in clashes between police
and homosexuals in New York in 1969.
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