Hildesheim celebrates its premiere: Christopher Street Day and rainbow flag!

Hildesheim celebrates its premiere: Christopher Street Day and rainbow flag!

June is Pride Month, used worldwide to celebrate and recognize the LGBTQ+ community. This month not only marks the rights and realities of queer people, but also commemorates the groundbreaking Stonewall Uprising of 1969, which is considered a catalyst for the LGBTQ+ movement in the USA. The University of Hildesheim refers to this historical context, which is organizing its first Christopher Street Day this year and is flying the rainbow flag on campus as a sign of support. According to uni-hildesheim.de This is accompanied by the podcast series UHiversum Talks, which is releasing two new episodes as part of Pride Month.

In the first episode, Simone Tichter, research assistant at the Center for Gender Studies at the University of Hildesheim and project coordinator of the Gender Workshop, welcomes you. Tichter specializes in inequalities in academic publishing and conducts intensive research on gender studies as well as writing research and didactics. The second part of the double episode, in which Sonja Thomaier can be heard on topics such as queer theology, feminist theology and queer theory, will be published on June 30th.

The historical background of Pride Month

Pride Month is celebrated annually in June and pays homage to the Stonewall Uprising that began on June 28, 1969. The riots in Manhattan, New York led to a significant turning point for the LGBTQ+ movement and marked the beginning of greater political engagement. How library.wit.edu reports, the first Pride march took place a year after the riots on June 28, 1970, commemorating the Stonewall Uprising and laying the foundation for today's celebrations.

The convulsions of the Stonewall Uprising were not the first response to police violence against the LGBTQ+ community, but rather an explosion of previously suppressed resistance. There have been various attempts at organizing since the 1920s, but they were often characterized by the social climate of discrimination and oppression. Historians point out that the activism that Stonewall represented was particularly important for cisgender white people and that people of color and gender non-conforming people often did not have equal opportunities to protect or make their identities visible.

The importance of memories and today's celebrations

June's celebrations include impressive parades, celebrations, workshops and memorial events for community members who have lost their lives due to hate crimes or HIV/AIDS. These traditions demonstrate not only solidarity, but also the cultural and historical contributions of LGBTQ+ people to society. The month also serves to educate the public about the challenges the community continues to face

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Many major cities around the world host events during Pride Month that highlight the importance of LGBTQ+ rights and advocate for equality. In Hildesheim, the initiative will be further strengthened by the first Christopher Street Day, which will allow local voices and concerns to be brought into the larger discourse on LGBTQ+ rights.