Good morning. Today marks the 50th anniversary of the UK’s first ever Pride march in London in 1972, and after a three-year pause because of the pandemic, there is much anticipation for Pride in London on Saturday.
Celebrations are set to be bigger, bolder and louder than they have been in a long time, and the Guardian has loads of great coverage in the buildup, like the story of the very first event, three writers on why it matters to them, and readers’ memories of Prides gone by. There’s also news that the organisers have said uniformed police are not welcome because of Scotland Yard’s “homophobic” handling of the investigation into the serial killer Stephen Port.
