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Why London Pride still matters: 6 LGBTQ+ icons share their stories

LGBTQ+ Londoners share tributes on what Pride means to them — and why it’s just as important now as it was back in 1972

Evening Standard · Jul 4

Coming out on TV in 1970 could have ruined your life – so why did activists do it?

In 1970, gay campaigners in the UK were in something of a quandary. The 1967 Sexual Offences Act had lifted only some of the criminal sanctions against sex between men and left immense social stigma unchallenged. At the same time, the media reacted to partial decriminalisation by largely losing interest…

The Conversation · Jun 24

Greece gets green light to repay €6.95bn of bailout loans early

Greece has been cleared to repay almost €7bn of bailout loans ahead of schedule, in a move European officials say will improve the country's debt position.

Euronews · Jun 5

Pride in London should return to radical roots, says Peter Tatchell

Campaigner says 1972 march was about wider social change, not just equal rights for LGBTQ+ community

The Guardian - UK · Jul 2, 2022

Gay activist, 80, says first Pride march 50 years ago was 'all about openness'

Andrew Lumsden had helped organise the UK’s first ever Pride march as a member of the Gay Liberation Front in 1972. He says the event was 'all about openness and revealing who you were'

Daily Mirror · Jun 30, 2022

‘We danced naked in Hyde Park - and then changed the world’: the inside story of UK Pride, 50 years on

Half a century after LGBTQ+ people marched through London for the first UK Pride, key players recall the fun, the fear, the fallout … and the paisley hot pants

The Guardian - UK · Jun 25, 2022

An A-LGBTQ+ of Pride: Everything you should know and cherish about the celebrations

From rousing renditions of ‘Glad to be Gay’ in the Seventies to this year’s Heartstopper generation, Paul Flynn offers a 101+ on everything you should know and cherish about the celebrations

Evening Standard · Jun 23, 2022

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The Independent UK · Jun 18, 2022