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This provides a very graphic depiction of how much further we need to go to achieve full equality on a world scale. And on the same weekend that we were ‘high-fiving’ the crowds of people that lined the route of the Parade, the Istanbul police were deploying water cannons and rubber bullets on the Istanbul Pride crowds to disperse them.
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The film Pride has helped us in realising these objectives, because it speaks to generations that were yet to be born when the 1984/85 miners’ strike took place. And their members pay their taxes and do not prop up corrupt governments and dictatorships. They campaign for our rights, fight for a living wage and oppose oppressive regimes throughout the world. The trade unions have never been and will never be, fair-weather friends like some of the sponsors for this year’s Pride in London. In fact, for ‘rarely’, substitute ‘never’. This debt is rarely acknowledged by the ‘leadership’ of the present day LGBT community in the UK or elsewhere. LGSM never wanted to be just a historical re-enactment society – we wanted to highlight just how central the support of the trade union movement has been to our right to live our lives as we wish. Whilst we have come a long way, there remains much to achieve. Pride is both a day of celebration and of protest at the way LGBT people throughout the world are treated. And we wanted to remember those no longer with us and acknowledge their contribution to the rights we enjoy today. LGSM’s objectives for the Pride in London Parade were multiple – we wanted to mark the 30th anniversary of leading the 1985 Pride March with the NUM, but we also wanted to provide a focus for today’s voice of protest. Well, we have done just that – our progress was filmed all the way and will appear as a short film in the very near future. As one of our members posted on Facebook ‘I wanted to capture the atmosphere and bottle it’. Students from UAL London College of Fashion cheered us on from their balcony vantage point. We chanted ‘Dai, your gays have arrived’ in our thousands.Īnd as we progressed down Baker Street, Oxford Street, Regent Street and Haymarket, we were greeted by huge crowds of well-wishers, shoppers and tourists. Guests from Turkey, Sweden, Germany, Italy, France & most importantly, Wales were all there. We reflected every shade and degree of the LGBT and wider community. Our contingent comprised old, young, men, women, boys, girls, black, white and all shades between and beyond, able-bodied, disabled, straight, gay, lesbian, bi and trans from across the world. Our Pits & Perverts t-shirts were everywhere. Our leaflet, distributed on the day, highlighted how far we have come and how much further we still need to go in the UK and the world. Our placards proclaimed our solidarity theme and translated this message into multiple languages. NUM banners from across the country followed the lead contingent and there was then a huge trade union and student presence following that. LGSM and the Mark Ashton Trust led the TUC contingent, supported by the Tredegar Town Band, The South Wales Gay Men’s Chorus, cast and crew from the film Pride and our friends from the former mining communities of South Wales. The 2015 Pride in London Parade on 27 June was the biggest for over a decade, with 258 registered groups taking part.