150,000 people march for LGBTQ rights in Berlin

Revelers march down the Leipziger Strasse street on the Leipziger Platz square during the annual pride march in the German capital Berlin (AP)

Around 150,000 people have marched for LGBTQ rights at Berlin’s annual Christopher Street Day celebration, celebrating this year’s parade theme “United in Love”.

Klaus Lederer, Berlin’s deputy mayor and a senator for culture and Europe, said in a speech opening the celebrations that Berlin must be a “safe haven” for LGBTQ individuals facing persecution in their home countries.