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50 years on om the first Gay Pri march 1972 revellers take to London’s streets for biggt ever para and first sce the panmic stck * gay pride flags london *
But Vecchiette’s addn to the Pri Flag is only the latt chapter a fascatg journey to create a flag to reprent all the diversy wh the LGBTQI+ first flag Although the rabow base sign of the Pri flag seems ubiquo 2022, wasn’t until the 1970s that was then, one of the only symbols to reprent the queer muny had been the pk triangle, created by the Nazis to intify gay men. Although has been reclaimed and is ed proudly by some members of the queer muny, others wanted a new symbol, one ee of the pk triangle’s dark 1977, San Francis artist Gilbert Baker was nvced by iends, filmmaker Artie Brsan and Harvey Milk, the first openly gay elected official California, to create an image of pri for the gay muny. The eight origal lours each had their own pk = SexRed = LifeOrange = HealgYellow = SunlightGreen = NatureTurquoise = Magic/ArtIndigo = SerenyVlet = SpirTwo new variatns emergeBaker’s flag grew populary, first the San Francis gay scene.
How did an exhibn of gay pri flags end up one of London’s most venerable public spac? The very first Pri flag dat to 1977, when gay rights lear Harvey Milk asked LGBTQ+ artist and activist Gilbert Baker to create a symbol around which the burgeong gay rights movement uld rally.
Michael Jensen is an thor, edor, and one half of Brent and Michael Are Gog Plac, a uple of travelg gay digal nomads. Revellers wearg face pat, glter, jewels and sequs joed the celebratns as Pri returned for the first time sce the Covid-19 event, hailed as the most clive history, clud performanc om Ava Max and Emeli para paid homage to the origal 1972 march, anised by the Gay Liberatn Front (GLF), and saw revellers pass signifint s om the UK's LGBTQ+ led Park Lane ahead of the ma march through the pal, which was led by GLF activists holdg plards readg "I was there 1972". "Image source, EPAImage ptn, Thoands gathered Trafalgar Square to celebrateImage source, RtersImage ptn, The para paid homage to the 1972 march, passg signifint s om the UK's first LGBTQ+ movementIn Trafalgar Square, Dame Kelly Holm told the crowd she would "never live behd that curta aga" after g out as gay last month.
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"For 34 years I have never been able to say those words until two weeks ago, due to the fear of judgement and retributn that was stilled me sce the age of 18 bee the laws the ary and beg the public eye, " the Olympic champn source, Getty ImagImage ptn, Dame Kelly, 52, shared her relief at g out as gay last monthAt the ont of the para, the star of Netflix g-of-age drama Heartstopper, Joe Locke, said was an honour to be celebratg "beg queer when the world might not be so acceptg". "I'm proud to be a gay man, " he ptn, London Pri at 50: Veteran meets para first-timerImage source, PA MediaImage ptn, Pri volunteers add rabow face pat to each other's fac ahead of the Pri London paraLoud, proud and backBy Lren Moss, LGBT and inty rrponnt, at the paraIn 2022 Pri is most fely a were dancg the street, throwg sweets, blowg whistl and havg a great enormo rabow flag billowed out behd the Gay Liberatn Front, who anised the first prott 's no doubt that 's worlds away om what was when started wh a few hundred people riskg arrt for kissg each other the 're followed by thoands of people who want to make their voic heard at the place where Pri was born 50 years source, Getty ImagImage ptn, More than 600 LGBTQ+ muny groups joed the marchImage source, Getty ImagImage ptn, Revellers wore face pat, glter, jewels and sequsMohammed Nazir, 24, om Banglash, om mpaign group Rabows Across Borrs, said he wanted to dite this year's pri to those who were still forced to hi their sexualy.
Organisers said reflected the "very real ncerns" of the LGBTQ+ muny - particular over the force's handlg of four murrs of gay men by serial killer Stephen force acknowledged ncerns om the LGBTQ+ muny the wake of quts which nclud police failgs "probably" ntributed to the aths of the young wasn't jt London that marked Pri on Shetland held their first Pri ftival, the most northerly celebratn of s kd the UK, plete wh burlque dancers, a samba band and people drsed as Vikgs.
Delve to memori of Pri wh our photo gallery wh GAY TIMES. Get para-ready, learn about Micro Rabow's fantastic work and hear om the muny at GAY TIMES' Pri pop-up on 48 Regent Street om 29th June to 1st July.