Pride, the award-winning movie is a true story about lesbian and gay people who helped Welsh families in the 1984 miners’ strike.
![Pride the Movie](https://i0.wp.com/gscene.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/WEB.60032.jpg?resize=600%2C296)
FOR ITS USA release, the distributor photoshopped out all references to gay and lesbian people on the DVD cover.
The film’s original artwork has a photo of activists on a march. But on the American DVD cover, a sign saying “Lesbians & gays support the miners” has been digitally removed from the photo and the synopsis refers to the film’s protagonists as ‘London-based activists’ pretending the generous people in the film, who helped raise the money for the miners weren’t gay and lesbian as if it’s something to be ashamed of.
![Pride the movie](https://i0.wp.com/gscene.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/WEB.600.25.jpg?resize=600%2C221)
Over the last few days CBS Films has come under intense pressure at their attempt to “straight-wash” the LGBT content of the film and following a flurry of international media coverage, have issued a statement saying they are “Looking into” what has happened.
Allout.com the campaigning website are organising a petition to deliver to CBS films tomorrow, Friday, January explaining that this rewriting of history is wrong and dangerous as it feeds anti-gay attitudes.
To sign the petition calling on CBS to change the cover back and honour the pivitol role lesbian and gay people played in this story, click here:
Pride, the award-winning movie is a true story about lesbian and gay people who helped Welsh families in the 1984 miners’ strike.
![Pride the Movie](https://i0.wp.com/gscene.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/WEB.60032.jpg?resize=600%2C296)
FOR ITS USA release, the distributor photoshopped out all references to gay and lesbian people on the DVD cover.
The film’s original artwork has a photo of activists on a march. But on the American DVD cover, a sign saying “Lesbians & gays support the miners” has been digitally removed from the photo and the synopsis refers to the film’s protagonists as ‘London-based activists’ pretending the generous people in the film, who helped raise the money for the miners weren’t gay and lesbian as if it’s something to be ashamed of.
![Pride the movie](https://i0.wp.com/gscene.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/WEB.600.25.jpg?resize=600%2C221)
Over the last few days CBS Films has come under intense pressure at their attempt to “straight-wash” the LGBT content of the film and following a flurry of international media coverage, have issued a statement saying they are “Looking into” what has happened.
Allout.com the campaigning website are organising a petition to deliver to CBS films tomorrow, Friday, January explaining that this rewriting of history is wrong and dangerous as it feeds anti-gay attitudes.
To sign the petition calling on CBS to change the cover back and honour the pivitol role lesbian and gay people played in this story, click here:
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