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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.
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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. "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".