Berlin’s commissioner for LGBTQ+ issues, Alfonso Pantisano, said he has been subject to death threats and other hostility ahead of the German capital’s upcoming Pride celebrations on Saturday. Pantisano said in a post on Instagram on Friday that he has received menacing phone calls, including threats to assassinate him during the Pride celebrations, which in Germany are known as Christopher Street Day (CSD) festivities. “Unfortunately, these anonymous calls are not going away,” he said, but added that he is trying not to let the hostility get to him and will continue doing his work. “Times are…