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Cologne Gay Pride started during the 1980s as a small [[Christopher Street Day]] named for the [[Stonewall riots]] on [[Christopher Street]] in [[New York City]]. Within a liberal political culture in former [[West Germany]] the Christopher Street Day grew into one of the biggest celebration events in [[Germany]]. Education and support for [[AIDS]] became an important aspect during recent years. In 2002 Cologne Pride was also [[Europride]] a joint European event.
Cologne Gay Pride started during the 1980s as a small [[Christopher Street Day]] named for the [[Stonewall riots]] on [[Christopher Street]] in [[New York City]]. Within a liberal political culture in former [[West Germany]] the Christopher Street Day grew into one of the biggest celebration events in [[Germany]]. Education and support for [[AIDS]] became an important aspect during recent years. In 2002 Cologne Pride was also [[Europride]] a joint European event.


In July 2001, there were 35,000 participants<ref>{{Internetquelle |autor=RP ONLINE |url=https://rp-online.de/panorama/koeln-parade-zum-christopher-street-day-gestartet_aid-8386645 |titel=Motto: „Im Namen des Volkes: Traut Euch!“: Köln: Parade zum Christopher Street Day gestartet |abruf=2020-11-17 |sprache=de}}</ref> and 750,000 visitors.<ref>{{Literatur |Titel=750.000 bei CSD-Parade in Köln |Sammelwerk=Die Tageszeitung: taz |Datum=2001-07-09 |ISSN=0931-9085 |Seiten=2 |Online=https://taz.de/!1163192/ |Abruf=2020-11-17}}</ref>
In July 2014, there were 700,000 participants.<ref>{{cite web|title=700,000 turn out for Cologne Gay Pride|url=https://www.yahoo.com/news/700-000-turn-cologne-gay-pride-184931784.html|website=yahoo.com|publisher=[[Agence France-Presse|AFP]]|access-date=3 June 2016|language=English|date=6 July 2014|archive-date=22 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201022110401/https://www.yahoo.com/news/700-000-turn-cologne-gay-pride-184931784.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In July 2014, there were 700,000 visitors.<ref>{{cite web|title=700,000 turn out for Cologne Gay Pride|url=https://www.yahoo.com/news/700-000-turn-cologne-gay-pride-184931784.html|website=yahoo.com|publisher=[[Agence France-Presse|AFP]]|access-date=3 June 2016|language=English|date=6 July 2014|archive-date=22 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201022110401/https://www.yahoo.com/news/700-000-turn-cologne-gay-pride-184931784.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>


== See also ==
== See also ==

Revision as of 04:01, 17 January 2024

Cologne Pride, 2015

Cologne Pride or Cologne Gay Pride (formerly: Christopher Street Day Cologne) is one of the largest gay and lesbian events organised in Germany and one of the biggest in Europe. Its origin is to celebrate the pride in Gay and Lesbian Culture.

Cologne Gay Pride is made of a large city Gay pride parade, and a week of a number of festivals, parties and political forums. The parade and festivals are comparable to carnival celebrations and the political motivation of the event did achieve a lot in equal rights and gay rights.

Cologne Gay Pride takes place annually in Cologne, Germany.

History

Cologne Pride, 2014

Cologne Gay Pride started during the 1980s as a small Christopher Street Day named for the Stonewall riots on Christopher Street in New York City. Within a liberal political culture in former West Germany the Christopher Street Day grew into one of the biggest celebration events in Germany. Education and support for AIDS became an important aspect during recent years. In 2002 Cologne Pride was also Europride a joint European event.

In July 2001, there were 35,000 participants[1] and 750,000 visitors.[2]

In July 2014, there were 700,000 visitors.[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ RP ONLINE. "Motto: „Im Namen des Volkes: Traut Euch!": Köln: Parade zum Christopher Street Day gestartet" (in German). Retrieved 2020-11-17.
  2. ^ "750.000 bei CSD-Parade in Köln", Die Tageszeitung: taz, p. 2, 2001-07-09, ISSN 0931-9085, retrieved 2020-11-17
  3. ^ "700,000 turn out for Cologne Gay Pride". yahoo.com. AFP. 6 July 2014. Archived from the original on 22 October 2020. Retrieved 3 June 2016.