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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Christine Fernando

Global LGBTQ+ advocates gather 'on Trump's doorstep' at World Pride despite travel anxiety

World Pride - (Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

Days before she was to deliver opening remarks to World Pride’s human rights conference in Washington, Phyll Opoku-Gyimah, the co-founder of UK Black Pride, said she was denied entry to the United States after her visa was revoked due to her travels to Cuba earlier this year.

Opoku-Gyimah, widely known as Lady Phyll, said she applied immediately for a nonimmigrant visa. The earliest date she was given: September.

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