Cologne Pride or Cologne Gay Pride (formerly: ''Christopher Street Day Cologne'') is one of the largest gay and lesbian events organised in

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and one of the biggest in

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. Its origin is to celebrate the

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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

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celebrations and the political motivation of the event did achieve a lot in equal rights and

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. Cologne Gay Pride takes place annually in

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History

Cologne Gay Pride started during the 1980s as a small Christopher Street Day named for the

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on Christopher Street in

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. Within a liberal political culture in former

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the Christopher Street Day grew into one of the biggest celebration events in

. Education and support for

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became an important aspect during recent years. In 2002 Cologne Pride was also

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a joint European event. In July 2001, there were 35,000 participants and 750,000 visitors. In July 2014, there were 700,000 visitors. File:ColognePride 2011, Parade-7853.jpg, ColognePride 2011 File:Cologne Germany Cologne-Gay-Pride-2014 Parade-12.jpg, ColognePride 2014 File:2019 ColognePride - CSD-Parade-8951.jpg, ColognePride 2019 File:2023 ColognePride, Parade-48097.jpg, Cologne Pride 2023

Mottoes and Attendance at ColognePride

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References

External links

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History

Mottoes and Attendance at ColognePride

See also

References

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