allegations and pointed out that the organizers already awarded a counselling center for lesbians dealing with double discrimination in 2006. Regarding the allegations of commercialism Kastl explained further that the CSD organizers don't require small groups to pay a participation fee which starts at 50 € and goes up to 1500 €. He also distanced himself from all forms of racism and Islamophobia. Politicians attending Politicians often participate in CSDs, including: Federal Foreign Minister and Vice Chancellor Joschka Fischer (Cologne, 2002, Hamburg 2004, Cologne 2005) Federal Minister Renate Künast (Berlin 2001) Former Governing Mayor of Berlin Klaus Wowereit (since 2001) Mayor of Frankfurt Petra Roth (2004) Prime Minister of Hesse Roland Koch (Frankfurt am Main) President of the German Bundestag Wolfgang Thierse (Berlin 2000) In some cities, politicians are also patrons of the CSD, for example in Hamburg, the former First Mayor Ortwin Runde, and Ole von Beust, in Dresden Mayor Ingolf Rossberg, in Würzburg Claudia Roth, in Munich the former Mayor Christian Ude as well as current Mayor Dieter Reiter and in Brunswick, the former Federal Minister Jürgen Trittin. CSD hosts in Germany Aurich Berlin (Berlin Pride, Kreuzberg Pride, Easter in Berlin, Folsom Europe) Bonn Brunswick Bremen Darmstadt Dortmund Dresden Düsseldorf Duisburg Essen Erfurt Frankfurt am Main Freiburg im Breisgau Gera Hagen Hamburg (Hamburg Pride) Hanover Iserlohn Jena Karlsruhe Kassel Kiel Koblenz Köln (Cologne Gay Pride) Konstanz (CSD Bodensee) Landshut Leipzig Lübeck Lüneburg Magdeburg Mannheim (CSD Rhein-Neckar) Mainz Minden München Neustrelitz (smallest CSD in Germany) Nürnberg Oldenburg (CSD Nordwest) Regensburg Rostock Saarbrücken Siegen Stuttgart Trier Ulm Weimar Würzburg See also Europride Gay pride List of gay pride events John Paul Hudson References External links Berlin CSD Cologne CSD Munich CSD Zürich CSD Hamburg CSD Frankfurt CSD Weimar CSD gayScout CSD Events Calendar worldwide GayWeb with links to all CSD events Gay Press Organization CSD Aurich Pride parades in Germany LGBT events in Switzerland Festivals in Berlin Recurring events established in 1970 Parades in Switzerland