The UK’s Gay Liberatn Front only lasted a few years the early 1970s, but s legacy is still felt today
Contents:
- PROUD: THE FIRST GAY PRI LONDON
- LONDON PRI PARA: HISTORY OF GAY RIGHTS THE UK
- LGBT PRI LONDON 2022: FIRST-EVER MARCH WHERE PROTTORS DANCED NAKED AND SWARMED BY POLICE WHO LEFT BEE THEY 'ULDN'T STAND ALL THE SNOGGG'PRI THE 70S LOOKED A B DIFFERENT TO HOW LOOKS TODAYGETWTLONDONBOOKMARKSHARECOMMENTSNEWSBYANNA HIGHFIELDCOST OF LIVG REPORTER05:00, 30 JUN 2022BOOKMARKA MONSTRATN LONDON'S BOW STREET BY THE NEWLY-FORMED GAY LIBERATN FRONT FEBARY 1971 (IMAGE: MCCARTHY/DAILY EXPRS/GETTY IMAG)SIGN UP FOR NEWS AND FEATUR OM OUR DIVERSE MUNI MORE NEWSLETTERS SUBSCRIBEINVALID EMAILSOMETHG WENT WRONG, PLEASE TRY AGA LATER.MORE NEWSLETTERSWE E YOUR SIGN-UP TO PROVI NTENT WAYS YOU’VE NSENTED TO AND IMPROVE OUR UNRSTANDG OF YOU. THIS MAY CLU ADVERTS OM AND THIRD PARTI BASED ON OUR KNOWLEDGE OF YOU. MORE THANK YOU FOR SUBSCRIBG!WE HAVE MORE NEWSLETTERSSHOW ME SEE OURPRIVACY NOTICE SEE OURPRIVACY NOTICE&TIM;GROUP 28 SIGN UP FOR NEWS AND FEATUR OM OUR DIVERSE MUNI INVALID EMAILSOMETHG WENT WRONG, PLEASE TRY AGA LATER.SIGN UPNO THANKS, CLOSEWE E YOUR SIGN-UP TO PROVI NTENT WAYS YOU’VE NSENTED TO AND IMPROVE OUR UNRSTANDG OF YOU. THIS MAY CLU ADVERTS OM AND THIRD PARTI BASED ON OUR KNOWLEDGE OF YOU. MORE &TIM;GROUP 28THANK YOU FOR SUBSCRIBG!
- INSI THE FIRST PRI PARA—A R PROTT FOR GAY LIBERATN
PROUD: THE FIRST GAY PRI LONDON
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 * first gay pride march in london *
It was anised by members of the Gay Liberatn Front (GLF) and was held rponse to the Stonewall Rts, where police raid the Stonewall Inn, a gay bar Greenwich Village New York on June 28, 1969.
Along wh the GLF, gay rights activist and human rights mpaigner Peter Tatchell helped anise the first Pri Para Hy Park, which was held on the neart Saturday to the Stonewall Rts.
The thor claimed gay men wanted to drs like women: "they would appear as soft as possible to each other, any Thg of Manls beg diametrilly oppose to such unnatural Practic.
LONDON PRI PARA: HISTORY OF GAY RIGHTS THE UK
Lookg through our llectn for signs of the long stggle for gay rights. * first gay pride march in london *
This right-hand figure this prt is Samuel Drybutter, a bookseller Wtmster Hall, who was a public figure 18th century London, famo for his flamboyant drs and supposed homosexualy. But they began as tensely polil events, challeng to a world where homosexual activi were first Gay Pri march took place London on 1 July 1972, spired by the 1969 Stonewall Rts New York.
Wh the slogan 'Lbians and Gay Men Come Out On the Streets', Pri was an opportuny for LGBT Londoners to show their strength and numbers, and show "the posive si of the beg gay: GAY IS FUN; GAY IS PROUD; GAY IS BEAUTIFUL! The badg celebratg Pri and gay activism were created durg the 1970s and 80s, when wearg them on the streets was a powerful and dangero polil statement, sometim met wh abe or vlence. Unr the legislatn, lol thori were prohibed by law om 'promotg homosexualy by teachg or by publishg material', effectively banng help for LGBT people om schools, librari, and muny groups.
LGBT PRI LONDON 2022: FIRST-EVER MARCH WHERE PROTTORS DANCED NAKED AND SWARMED BY POLICE WHO LEFT BEE THEY 'ULDN'T STAND ALL THE SNOGGG'PRI THE 70S LOOKED A B DIFFERENT TO HOW LOOKS TODAYGETWTLONDONBOOKMARKSHARECOMMENTSNEWSBYANNA HIGHFIELDCOST OF LIVG REPORTER05:00, 30 JUN 2022BOOKMARKA MONSTRATN LONDON'S BOW STREET BY THE NEWLY-FORMED GAY LIBERATN FRONT FEBARY 1971 (IMAGE: MCCARTHY/DAILY EXPRS/GETTY IMAG)SIGN UP FOR NEWS AND FEATUR OM OUR DIVERSE MUNI MORE NEWSLETTERS SUBSCRIBEINVALID EMAILSOMETHG WENT WRONG, PLEASE TRY AGA LATER.MORE NEWSLETTERSWE E YOUR SIGN-UP TO PROVI NTENT WAYS YOU’VE NSENTED TO AND IMPROVE OUR UNRSTANDG OF YOU. THIS MAY CLU ADVERTS OM AND THIRD PARTI BASED ON OUR KNOWLEDGE OF YOU. MORE THANK YOU FOR SUBSCRIBG!WE HAVE MORE NEWSLETTERSSHOW ME SEE OURPRIVACY NOTICE SEE OURPRIVACY NOTICE&TIM;GROUP 28 SIGN UP FOR NEWS AND FEATUR OM OUR DIVERSE MUNI INVALID EMAILSOMETHG WENT WRONG, PLEASE TRY AGA LATER.SIGN UPNO THANKS, CLOSEWE E YOUR SIGN-UP TO PROVI NTENT WAYS YOU’VE NSENTED TO AND IMPROVE OUR UNRSTANDG OF YOU. THIS MAY CLU ADVERTS OM AND THIRD PARTI BASED ON OUR KNOWLEDGE OF YOU. MORE &TIM;GROUP 28THANK YOU FOR SUBSCRIBG!
The Pri para London tak place every summer. Pri events are held all over the world support of LGBTQ rights. Fd out about the history of gay rights the UK. * first gay pride march in london *
This 'rabow' iendship necklace, bought at a London Pri event, is based on the rabow flag first unveiled at the San Francis Gay and Lbian Freedom Day Para 1978.
The lours reprent: red for life, orange for healg, yellow for sun, green for nature, blue for harmony (or art) and purple for necklace was bought by a gay man at one of the first London Gay Pri march he attend, about 1985.
INSI THE FIRST PRI PARA—A R PROTT FOR GAY LIBERATN
They reflect the difficulty of livg a London where beg gay uld e you to be sacked om a job, publilly shamed, or even silver earrg is the shape of a double-head axe lled a labrys.
The Francis Goldg llectn clud a first for the mm: the sus that he and his partner, Dr Satish Padiyar, wore their civil partnership ceremony 2006 - both a tone of public acceptance for homosexualy, and a remr that marriage equaly for lbian and gay people was not achieved until the law was changed 2013. 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.