Miltenberg Pride 2027

Miltenberg has its own Christopher Street Day, the German name for Pride. It is organised by a local action alliance of young political groups from the district. The alliance was started by members of the Green Youth, the Young Socialists and the Left Youth, and the Queer Youth Group of the Miltenberg district later joined as a co-organiser. The alliance stands for equal treatment and against hostility and attacks on queer people.

Miltenberg Pride takes place in June and is a political demonstration. Participants gather on the square in front of the district office in Miltenberg-Nord, cross the Main and walk through the old town. The march ends with a closing rally and speeches on Lindenplatz. Young and older people are explicitly welcome, queer people as well as everyone who stands with them.

As everywhere in Germany, the event recalls the uprising on Christopher Street in New York, when gay people and other minorities fought back against police violence. The day makes queer people visible in a district that has no queer bars or community rooms of its own.

There is a second Pride on the Bavarian Lower Main, in Aschaffenburg. There the youth initiative rAinBows e.V. runs the demonstration. The association is also a point of contact for young people who feel unsure or are facing their coming out, and it holds regular meetings.