Stage & Rally

Stage Program 2024

A diverse closing rally will take place on the stage – with speeches as well as artistic and musical acts. New this year, the program starts at 1 pm and ends around midnight. You can find the entire program here. 

  • HERBERT GRÖNEMEYER
    becks
  • Drag Syndrome

  • Amanda Lepore

  • Kiddy Smile

  • Hollywood Tramp

  • Steffi Irmen – Die Amme x Ku’damm 59 das Musical

  • Gayle Tufts & Berliner AIDS Hilfe

  • Queerbeauftragter der Bundesregierung – Sven Lehmann

    LSVD-Pressesprecher*in Kerstin Thost
    Queer-Beauftragter der Berliner Landesregierung Alfonso Pantisano
    Lara Hulo
    König Drag
    AMARI
    BLAZEY
    Trans Statement by Angel Maxine + Adalet Müzeyyen
    Shimmy G. B2B AMAR ALEMÃO
    Vivienne Lovecraft
    Soul of Stonewall Awards
    Vorstand Berliner CSD e.V.

 

Soul of Stonewall Awards

As last year, the Berlin CSD e.V. will again present the Soul of Stonewall Awards in 2024. In 2023, the Berlin CSD e.V. presented the historic Soul of Stonewall Award to four wonderful people and organizations in our community in the categories International Grassroots Personality, Activist Lifetime Achievement, Award for Berlin Community Project and International Personality in the Fight for Visibility & Solidarity. The awards were presented to the 2023 award winners on stage at the closing rally.

 

Award winners 2023

🚀 Outstanding commitment of an organization – This category recognizes an organization that is committed to the community through special initiatives or projects.
👑 Winner: Travestie für Deutschland

🚀 Commitment to cohesion in the community – Here we are looking for candidates who are actively committed to cohesion and strengthening our community.
👑 Winner: Brix Schaumburg

🚀 Activist Lifetime Achievement – In this category, we honor people who have been committed to the queer community for many years and have contributed to improving the reality of life for queer people through their activism.
👑 Winner: Ipek Ipekçioğlu

🚀 International personality in the fight for the rights of queer people – This award is intended for activists or groups who do impressive work on an international level.
👑 Winner: Kasha Nabagesara

🚀 Commitment to Sport – This category recognizes individuals or teams who are particularly committed to promoting diversity and inclusion of the LGBTIQ* community in the field of sport.
👑 Winner: Felicia Mutterer

 

Stella Spoon, board member:

“We are very happy that we are once again able to honor a wide range of political, local, social, cosmopolitan and value-oriented projects and personalities this year. It is particularly important to us to expand the focus to African countries such as Uganda, Ghana and Namibia and to create a space at the closing rally. All award winners have accepted the prize and will be there in person.”

 

The Soul of Stonewall Award recognizes special contributions to the equality and achievements of lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, intersex, asexual & transgender, queer and marginalized groups. The award is also intended to convey content in the fight for equality for LGBTIQA* people. Since 2001, two to five people or organizations have been awarded the prize each year. The prize is awarded by the association Berliner CSD e.V. and is presented at a ceremony during CSD Berlin | Berlin Pride, which is organized by the association. A different theme is chosen for the award each year. Since 2014, the prize has been awarded under the name Soul of Stonewall Award (SoSA).

Moderators

We are many and we have a lot to say! To ensure that the demands, messages and information are conveyed well, the Berlin CSD e.V. is once again looking forward to a large number and variety of presenters this year. Whether it’s the closing rally, demonstration or special presentations, it’s going to be queer.

 

Jurassica Parka:
Jurassica Parka is a presenter and entertainer. Born in Berlin, she is celebrating her twentieth stage anniversary this year. Of her various stage formats at the BKA theatre, the night-time talk show “Paillette geht immer” is probably the best known and most popular. In almost 10 years, she has hosted more than 200 talk show guests. At SchwuZ, she organises one of Berlin’s biggest queer parties: Popkicker by Jurassica Parka.

Jesse George:
Jesse George is a seasoned media, cultural, and public affairs expert with over 15 years of experience as a speaker, moderator, and communication strategist. With a career that includes positions at the United Nations, the American Embassy in Berlin, and Tagesschau, Jesse excels at bridging nations, cultures, and people through innovative campaigns, events, and programmes. He is passionate about connecting communities and spotlighting impactful issues.

Sister Daphne OSPI:
Sister Daphne OSPI has been a Sister of Perpetual Indulgence since 17.12.2000 and is intensively involved in the fight against HIV and AIDS and the associated stigmatisation and discrimination of those affected. As a member of the board of the Berlin House of the Order, she contributes significantly to the organisation and implementation of numerous events. Her activities include pub crawls, blessings, safer sex education and the moderation of small and large events such as Christopher Street Days, street festivals and leather and fetish competitions.

Phryne Dexter-Solaris
Phryne Dexter-Solaris was born between 1871 and 1971. She always emerges from obscurity and then disappears again! Happily married to the divinely horny Sophia Solaris, with whom she initiated the Berlin Mitte fag walk as the Berlin Sisters, known from radio, film and television! The old flagship is always wise but never quiet!

Association Trucks 2024

This year’s program of the association-owned trucks will be created purely by the CSD Berlin | Berlin Pride. Therefore, it was important to us to design 50% of the program with speakers.

Large parts of the speeches will be recorded and digitally extended. Thus, content can be shared in a low-barrier form for people without participation in the demonstration. For the third time in a row, the focus will be on integrating the city’s non-German speaking LGBTIQA* community. More information to follow over the course of the next months