Gay Pri, annual celebratn, ually June the Uned Stat and sometim at other tim other untri, of lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, and queer (LGBTQ) inty. Gay Pri memorat the Stonewall rts New York Cy of June 28, 1969.
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But there was also history as the para marked 50 years sce the Sexual Offenc Act 1967, which crimalised homosexualy England and signifince was not lost on Ward and her iends, even if they also had sympathy for the claims this week by Peter Tatchell that Pri had “morphed to a mercialised, burecratic and le-bound event”.
Photograph: Guy Bell/Rex/ShutterstockA celebratn that he had taken part sce s begngs 1972 had now bee modified, add the veteran gay-rights mpaigner, one of the latt reeratns of the claim that mercialisatn was stealg the event’s soul. “It’s about makg sure that we do this for people elsewhere the world who don’t have rights, ” said Ward, who told of beg kicked out of the Royal Navy for beg gay 10 years after jog as a teenager. A renciliatn wh the navy me when she marched wh them the Pri 200 members of the armed forc takg part this year was naval manr Sam Telove, 42, the -chair of Compass, the navy’s LGBT+ work, who joed when beg gay the armed forc was illegal.
But this year feels particularly poignant as we toast 50 years sce the crimalisatn of male homosexual acts private England and Wal.
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And for anyone lookg to show off their bolst dance mov, the world’s biggt LGBT Club will be mixg Bollywood beats wh Hollywood classics for this eveng of entertament to celebrate s 22nd birthday (Club Kali Pri Party, July 1, Grand Unn Farrgdon, EC1, From £6) micFor mic lovers, Bra’s olst LGBT ensemble, the London Gay Symphony Orchtra, will be celebratg 21 years of mic-makg wh a programme of Rsian classics and a brand new work by acclaimed ntemporary poser Michael Fnissy (July 2, St John’s Smh Square, SW1, From £10). If you prefer sgg along, Bra’s biggt real boy band, the London Gay Men’s Chos, are a star draw of an eveng of songs at the Science Mm, hosted by baret sensatn Michael Twas (June 28, Exhibn Road, SW7, £5).
The drksLondon’s lbian and gay pubs and bars will be throngg throughout Pri fortnight, like stalwarts The Admiral Dunn, Cir and G-A-Y Soho, Ku Bar Leicter Square and The Royal Vxhall Tavern Lambeth. You n also be among the first to disver Tom of Fland Organic Vodka, a pneerg new brand spired by the Fnish artist and gay in of the same name, at the exclive lnch at The Groucho Club. You n also hear om edian and broadster Rosie Wilby at the lnch of her non-fictn but, Is Monogamy Dead?, at inic LGBT stutn Gay’s the Word bookshop (June 29, Gay’s The Word, WC1, Free).
New York Cy is where patrons of the gay bar clashed wh the police, triggerg rts that are often ced as the begng of the morn gay rights movement.