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Half a century after LGBTQ+ people marched through London for the first time, key players recall the fun, the fear, the fallout … and the paisley hot pants<br>
Ted Brown: the man who held a mass kiss-in and made history Ted Brown: ‘I felt that we were continuing the legacy of the civil rights march.’ Photograph: Tristan Bejawn/The Guardian After a tumultuous childhood, he helped organise the UK’s first Gay Pride in 1972 – going on to battle against homophobic media, in a lifetime devoted to change Thu 8 Apr 2021 01.00 EDT On 1 July 1972 Ted Brown walked through central London, stopped at Trafalgar Square for a kiss – and made history. He was at the event he had helped to organise, the UK’s first official Gay Pride, in which more than 2,...
A rainbow zebra crossing was installed outside Arsenal Station in 2014. - Credit: Transport for London A former Islington Council leader is calling for a permanent rainbow pedestrian crossing in the borough to mark 50 years since the first gay rights demonstration in the UK. About 150 people came together in 1970 to stand in solidarity with Louis Eakes of the Young Liberals, who was arrested after approaching men in a police entrapment operation. Mr Eakes claimed he was asking them for a light. To commemorate the anniversary, former Islington Council leader Terry Stacy is calling for a p...