"Pride is not just a day or a moment in time," says Tim Noblett, Pride’s director of marketing, which it can often be mistaken for. Of course Pride’s big annual celebration and march is just a tiny snapshot of what the Pride movement actually is, as well as the multiple Prides marches across the UK. The movement isn’t solely just about this one event. Instead, it’s about the achievements and continual work the team of volunteers at Pride do throughout the year, from supporting people to raising awareness.
This year’s London Pride event, taking place on Saturday, is more important than ever. Pride’s 2023 campaign is "Never March Alone", which is tackling head on the biggest challenge the LGBT+ community faces right now, that trans people are being "vilified and legislated against purely as a political ploy," says Noblett. Already in the past 12 months, we’ve had the men’s football World Cup Final held in Qatar, known for its anti-LGBT+ rights, the UK government delaying banning conversion therapy, Uganda recently passing thorugh terrifying and barbaric laws against the LGBT+ community.
