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ROYAL MT MAK RABOW-LOURED 50P TO CELEBRATE PRI, BUT GAY SIGNER HAS 'MIXED FEELGS'
A new LGBT+-themed 50p has been unveiled, markg the 50th anniversary of the first Pri celebratns the UK.The special release om the Royal Mt marks the first time Bra’s LGBTQ+ muny has been directly celebrated on official UK age, though gay breakg hero Alan Turg last year beme the new face of the £50 note.How was the new ma?Digned by east London artist and LGBT+ activist Domque Holm llaboratn wh Pri London, the “state-of-the-art lour prtg technology” to brg to life the lours of the rabow flag on special-edn lour s – along wh the words “Pri”, “Prott”, “Visibily”, “Uny” and “Equaly”.As well as tradnal Pri rabows, the featur lours om the “progrs” flag more recently embraced by LGBT+ activists – wh whe, pk and blue strip to reprent the transgenr muny, and black and brown strip to reprent queer people of lour.The Royal Mt said would make a £40,000 ntributn to London LGBT Communy Pri as part of the lnch.Activists at the lnch of the new Pri (Photo: Gareth Everett/Huw Evans Agency)Asad Shaykh of Pri London said: “It was a privilege to vis The Royal Mt as part of our partnership and see our beg ma.“It humbl me greatly that the words that I ed for the brand will be on an actual , oppose the Queen.
The piece featur a portra of the Queen's head on one si of the , wh the flip si showg five rabows, the words 'Prott', 'Uny', 'Visibily', 'Equaly' and 'Pri' and the lours black, brown, light blue, pk and whe to reprent Trans, Black and People of 's release cis wh Pri month, which is meant to give a voice margalised Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgenr and Queer (LGBTQ) people. This July marks 50 years of the first ever UK Pri march, anised and led by the Gay Liberatn Front 1972.