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A Day In Hand - the campaign is designed to promote equality of respect for people who wish to hold hands with someone of the same gender in public - made the first ever same-sex hand holding relay team, as part of the 2012 London Games Open Weekend. The relay of hand-holding couples, which took place last month, started in the heart of the capital and finished in Greenwich.

Author Paul Burston who walked with his partner Paulo along the Southbank said:
“I believe very strongly that we should show affection in public. Straight people do it all the time, and if we're to achieve true equality in society as well as in law, we should behave no differently. Still I was concerned about the reaction we might get.”

Laura and Jenny who walked through Greenwich said,
"Our walk for A Day in Hand through Greenwich Park was a good experience and we never once felt threatened or unsafe.”

For more information view:
www.adayinhand.com