CSD - Christopher Street Parade

Cologne's gay scene is an integral and highly conspicuous section of the local population. As such Christopher Street Day is celebrated as an international festival for lesbians, gays and transvestites in the customary Cologne manner - almost like Carnival itself.
Attracting more than over a half a million visitors, the grand parade is both a demonstration and a street party at the same time, and -- receives mass local coverage from the local TV stations on a similar scale as that accorded Cologne's Rosenmontag Carnival Parade. Several companies like Ford got their own floats.... pictures from this year festival....