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Alfonso Pantisano

Alfonso Pantisano

German LGBT rights activist

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  • Sep 1

    Rainbow memorial bench for Berlin CSD attack victims destroyed in Tiergarten

    Vandals in Berlin destroyed a rainbow-colored bench erected in Tiergarten in memory of victims of the July Christopher Street Day attack, prompting a hate crime inquiry by state security.

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