From BZ/dpa
At the opening of the Christopher Street Day (CSD) in Berlin, Berlin’s Governing Mayor Kai Wegner (CDU) promised an extension of Article 3 in the Basic Law.
“My firm commitment to this Berlin Senate is: We want to change Article 3 of the Basic Law. The sexual identity has to be included. That’s my promise,” Wegner said on Saturday. “We will also manage this together with you.”
According to the article in the Basic Law, no one may be disadvantaged or preferred because of their gender, descent, race, language, homeland and origin, belief, religious or political views. There has long been a call from the queer community to add to the article.
► Non-heterosexual people or people who do not identify with the traditional role model of men and women or other social norms relating to gender and sexuality describe themselves as queer.
In his opening speech, Wegner also warned of the increasing discrimination against queer people. “Berlin will always be a safe haven for people who are being attacked in other countries. We protect queer people who are threatened in many countries,” said the CDU politician. “We have a development in the world, in Ghana, in Uganda, in Poland, it’s unbearable.”
Wegner is the first Berlin Governing Mayor of the CDU to open a CSD together with Bundestag President Bärbel Bas (SPD). There was not only approval for this: Loud boos could be heard several times, sometimes also “Wegner must go” demands.