Westminster Council and Met Police sting London Pride organisers with huge bills as the Pride Parade in London is strangled with bureaucratic restrictions. Peter Tatchell says todays London Pride parade will be one of the smallest in the western world, alleging red tape is strangling the event.
Arts Charity Wise Thoughts will being Standing with Orlando when they march at London Pride on Saturday, June 25. Wise Thoughts and ‘GFEST – Gaywise FESTtival’ organisers will be marching in the museums, archives and galleries section for the first time.
In a display of solidarity for LGBT+people worldwide, over 200 international flag bearers will lead the Pride in London Parade this Saturday, June 27. Representatives from countries including Russia, Nigeria, Uganda, Egypt and Ghana will be featured at the front of the procession to send a strong message of solidarity and support to those who still face oppression and lack of freedom in countries around the world.
Following a public outcry over the inclusion of an LGBT+ group from, UKIP on the London Pride Parade, organisers have banned the group from the parade this year on ‘safety grounds’. The revelation of the inclusion of UKIP on the London Pride Parade on June 27 sparked a fierce debate within the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community nationally following a series of anti-gay controversies involving the political party over recent years.
