By
New Worker correspondent
Over
a million people gathered to watch this year’s London Pride parade last
weekend. Stars of Absolutely Fabulous, Jennifer Saunders and Joanna Lumley,
snipped the ribbon in character to start the 40,000 strong march across central
London from Portland Place to Trafalgar Square on Saturday.
Pride
In London is the capital’s annual LGBTQ (Lesbian, Gay,
Bisexual, Transgender, Queer/Questioning) celebration and this year’s was the
biggest in its history. It officially
started when some 2,000 members of what was then known simply as the “gay
community” held a Gay Pride Rally in London in 1972. In 1983 the march was renamed
"Lesbian and Gay Pride" and it has now become the major LGBTQ of the
year in London.
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