Good morning. Remember June in years gone by, when it seemed as though a ginormous queer unicorn was burping rainbows everywhere you turned? When even straight-faced Marks & Spencer launched an LGBT (lettuce, guacamole, bacon and tomato) sandwich to proffer bread-based solidarity?
This year, pride month has lost some of its sparkle, with the boss of one of the world’s largest queer events, London Pride, sacked for financial mismanagement, and LGBTQ+ charities warning of a hostile environment as the ripple effect of Donald Trump’s attacks on equalities programmes sharpens financial pressures around the world.
