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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Jamie Grierson

Political parties banned from Pride events after UK gender ruling

Marchers during a Pride rally in London, holding up placards including 'London is so gay'
A Pride rally in London in June last year. The four groups said ‘we come together today in unequivocal solidarity with our trans community’. Photograph: Amer Ghazzal/Rex/Shutterstock

The UK’s largest Pride organisers have suspended political party participation in their events in “unequivocal solidarity” with the transgender community.

In a joint statement, the organisers of Pride events in Birmingham, Brighton, London and Manchester said the move was a “direct call for accountability and a refusal to platform those who have not protected our rights” after the UK supreme court ruling last month.

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