26/07/2026
On behalf of Birmingham LGBT, I am devastated by the attack on Berlin’s Christopher Street Day celebrations on Saturday night. where one person was killed and many more injured after a vehicle was driven into crowds in Tiergarten.
Our thoughts are with the victim, those seriously injured, their families, and the entire Berlin LGBTQ+ community. Pride is a celebration of freedom, love and visibility. To have that targeted with violence is an attack on all of us.
We stand in solidarity with our siblings in Berlin. We will not be silenced or intimidated. Hate will never win.
We urge anyone with information to support the German police investigation, and we echo Mayor Kai Wegner’s words that this is an attack on a free and open society.
Steve Ball, Chair Birmingham LGBT