The UK’s Gay Liberatn Front only lasted a few years the early 1970s, but s legacy is still felt today
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LONDON PRI PARA: HISTORY OF GAY RIGHTS THE UK
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 uk *
Sometim a Q+ is add which stands for queer and + is an clive symbol to mean 'and others' to clu people of all well as an opportuny to raise awarens of the fight for equal rights for the LGBT muny, Pri is also a celebratn of the USJune is particularly signifint as this is Pri Month the US, which is where the movement fightg for gay rights began wh the Stonewall rts June has been celebrated all over the world over the last few weeks. Media ptn, WATCH: It was a 'very lonely' life when beg gay was illegal (Augt 2017)Profsor Brian Heaphy, an expert om the Universy of Manchter, explas: "Homosexualy was often treated as an illns by doctors and psychiatrists, who thought they uld 'heal' people by treatg them. "Image source, Getty ImagImage ptn, This photo shows people France prottg agast gay marriage (the banner says 'No marriage' French)There were laws that stopped gay people om havg the same rights as people who were not gay.
The ernment did not make the chang at first and more people started to mpaign for the rights of gay source, Getty ImagImage ptn, This man, John Wolfenn, led the group which ma remendatns to the ernment about how the law should be changedEventually, the law was changed 1967, which allowed two men to be a relatnship together whout the fear of beg though this happened, there were still many laws place at the time which meant that gay people did not have the same rights as people who were not gay. 2000 Stland and 2003 England and Wal - The ban on 'promotg' homosexualy schools (Sectn 28) was ptn, WATCH: Fd out more about the rabow flag - a symbol of gay pri all over the world2004 - This year marked the start of civil partnerships for same sex upl. "Image source, Getty ImagImage ptn, The London Mayor Sadiq Khan and his wife Saadiya Khan led the Pri march London 2016Men who were nvicted unr the old laws that ma beg gay illegal n apply to have the taken off their rerd.
Treatg somebody differently bee of their race, relign, genr or sexualy (for example, for beg gay) is lled discrimatn"Public attus are much more supportive, although there are still fai who reject their gay children. "Today is illegal to discrimate agast somebody bee of their sexualy or genr, although many gay people face discrimatn their daily says: "We want to get to a suatn where no one r what sexualy you are; where we accept the person and their right to love whoever they wish - male, female, both or neher.
PROUD: THE FIRST GAY PRI LONDON
* first gay pride march uk *
This year's Pri London marked five s of annual march and ftivi celebratg the LGBTQ+ source, Brian Hart, CHE Archiv, Bishopsgate InstuteImage ptn, The first UK Gay Pri Rally, Trafalgar Square, central London, 1972 (above and below) central London para returned on 2 July after a two-year hiat due to the ronavis 2, 000 people joed the first UK Gay Pri Rally, London, on 1 July 1972, the neart Saturday to the third anniversary of the Stonewall rts agast a police raid at a gay bar , more than one ln celebrate Pri the UK's pal - and there are events all over the source, Brian Hart, CHE Archiv, Bishopsgate InstuteBishopsgate Instute's Special Collectns and Archiv holds one of the most extensive llectns on LGBTQ+ history, polics and culture the UK, cludg:the Lbian and Gay Newsmedia Archive, more than 300, 000 prs cuttgs and about 10, 000 LGBTQ+ tl, om amic works, bgraphi, fictn and poetry to pulp fictnmore than 10, 000 imag of Pri, om the first march to the prent day1970sImage source, LGBTQ+ Archiv, Bishopsgate InstuteImage ptn, 1973Manager Stef Dickers told BBC News: "Rerdg and archivg LGBTQ+ history is val to rm, spire and empower future generatns about their own history. "Image source, Robert Workman Archive, Bishopsgate InstuteImage ptn, 1976Gay Pri Week, 1976, saw a piic Victoria Garns, by the Ho of source, Robert Workman Archive, Bishopsgate InstuteImage ptn, 1976Many of the imag have never been publicly displayed. "The kd of photo archiv don't exist elsewhere this size and spe, " Mr Dickers source, Robert Workman Archive, Bishopsgate InstuteImage ptn, 1977"Photo agenci hold imag of Pris taken by prs photographers - but the archiv are photographers om the LGBTQ+ muny photographg the source, Robert Workman Archive, Bishopsgate InstuteImage ptn, 1977Image source, Robert Workman Archive, Bishopsgate InstuteImage ptn, 1979Image source, Robert Workman Archive, Bishopsgate InstuteImage ptn, 19791980sImage source, Robert Workman Archive, Bishopsgate InstuteImage ptn, 1980Sectn 28 of the Lol Government Act 1988, which meant schoolteachers were not allowed to "promote" gay relatnships, was repealed source, Robert Workman Archive, Bishopsgate InstuteImage ptn, 1981The 1981 Pri march was moved to Hudrsfield, support of the Gemi Club, which police had lled "a csp of filth" source, Robert Workman Archive, Bishopsgate InstuteImage ptn, 1982In 1983, the march was renamed Lbian and Gay source, LGBTQ+ Archiv, Bishopsgate InstuteImage ptn, 1983Image source, LGBTQ+ Archiv, Bishopsgate InstuteImage ptn, 1983Image source, Pam Isherwood, Format Photographers Agency ArchiveImage ptn, 1984Image source, Pam Isherwood, Format Photographers Agency ArchiveImage ptn, 1985Image source, Gordon Rasford Archive, Bishopsgate InstuteImage ptn, 1988Image source, Gordon Rasford Archive, Bishopsgate InstuteImage ptn, 19891990sImage source, Gordon Rasford Archive, Bishopsgate InstuteImage ptn, 1990In 2017, Mr Tatchell told the BBC's Newsround: "We have ma fantastic progrs.
"Today, is illegal to discrimate agast somebody bee of their sexualy or genr - although, many gay people face discrimatn their daily source, Gordon Rasford Archive, Bishopsgate InstuteImage ptn, 1991"There is big progrs - but more needs to be done, " Mr Tatchell said. "Public attus are much more supportive - although, there are still fai who reject their gay source, Gordon Rasford Archive, Bishopsgate InstuteImage ptn, 1991"We still have too much homophobic hate crime, many kids are still bullied and a lot of schools don't have an anti-bullyg programme that specifilly addrs anti-gay issu. In 1972 homosexualy was still viewed as an illns, lbian mothers had their kids taken off them by the urts, you uld be sacked om your job for beg LGBT and the police were at war wh the gay muny – wh thoands of gay and bisexual men arrted for nsentg, victimls behavur.