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"Wind Has Turned": "Sign of the Bendlerblock – Ministry of Defense Hoists Rainbow Flag

Summary by Welt
While the rainbow flag at the CSD in the Bundestag should not hurt, it is raised by the Ministry of Defense on 3 July. Whoever serves counts – regardless of identity or orientation, the message should be.

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While the rainbow flag at the CSD in the Bundestag should not hurt, it is raised by the Ministry of Defense on 3 July. Whoever serves counts – regardless of identity or orientation, the message should be.

·Dortmund, Germany
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A sign for the LGBTQ community: A rainbow flag is currently flying in front of the Ministry of Defence. This not only honors two historical events, but also shows a flag in a current debate.

·Germany
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A "Christopher Street Day" (CSD) for diversity and tolerance will be celebrated in Falkensee and Wittenberge. In Falkensee in the Havelland region, CSD organizers are also expecting a counter-demonstration by the group "Jung und stark," whose members, according to the Federal Ministry of the Interior, belong to the violent right-wing extremist spectrum. "We are in close contact with the police, have increased our number of stewards, and recommen…

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During Berlin's Christopher Street Day no rainbow flag should blow on the Reichstag, because according to Chancellor Merz it is not a circus tent. A circus now criticizes Merz' choice of words.

In the current political debate, it is a sign: the SPD-led Ministry of Defence on (today) 3 July raised the rainbow flag in front of its offices in Bonn and Berlin. The military department reminds above all that on this day in 2000 a decree was lifted that discriminated against homosexual soldiers. But in view of the handling of the coalition partner CDU with this flag it should also have meaning beyond that. The background explained the ministr…

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Spiegel broke the news in Germany on Thursday, July 3, 2025.
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