Munich's Disability Advisory Council votes for Disability Pride Month every year

The City of Munich's Disability Advisory Council has voted for the city to commission Disability Pride Month every year. The decision came at the council's 19th plenary assembly, held at the LUISE cultural centre, where Disability Pride Month was among the topics discussed.

In a video address, Mayor Verena Dietl praised the initiative and commitment behind Munich's first Disability Pride Month. The council's own motion asking the city to commission the event annually was passed by a majority.

The keynote speaker was senior police detective Anita Fricke. She referred to a motion from last year calling for courses on standing up to wrongdoing in public to be offered in easy-to-read language, and presented the Munich police's crime prevention work. A discussion followed.

The assembly also formally admitted a new member organisation, the association Die DiklusionsGestalter, which supports neurodivergent people in Munich.

The meeting closed with a review of this year's Disability Pride Month events, a look ahead to 2027 and the upcoming elections to the council's executive board. A television report on this year's demonstration was also shown.