01/08/2026
The recent attack at the Berlin Pride does not happen in a vacuum but a sad reminder of how the political landscape can shift right before our eyes.
We grieve. We show up. We refuse two things: silence, and instrumentalisation. This attack does not license collective blame against Muslim, migrant, or refugee communities, and it does not license the far right's sudden, selective concern for LGBTIQA+ lives, from political forces that spend the rest of the year dismantling our rights.
Violence against marginalised groups happens as a direct consequence of political rhetoric and institutional immobilism.
Our democracy is more challenged than ever.
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