[2] He is a long-time queer activist who previously chaired the Berlin SPD's committee on equality and inclusion, SPDqueer.
[4] In his inaugural speech at Berlin Pride 2023, Pantisano supported the inclusion in the German constitution (Art.
3) of protection for gender and sexual minorities, and a self-ID law for transgender people, both projects of the 2021-2025 federal government.
Pantisano stated that Berliners suffer two queerphobic attacks per day on average, vowing to make the city safer for queer people, for example when holding hands in public.
He asked the queer community to avoid stereotyping religious people, and Turkish, Arab or other immigrant minorities as queer-phobic, highlighting the discrimination produced by ethnic Germans.