50 photos of Pride to mark movement’s 50th anniversary
London – but in the 50 years since, Pride has exploded into a landmark fixture on the British calendar and is now celebrated in cities and towns across the country.
Now featuring a yearly dose of protest, colour, marches, dancing, frivolity and, of course, fabulous style, the evolution of Pride over the last half a century has been remarkable.
This Pride month, Metro.co.uk is being guest edited by a series of key figures from the LGBTQ+ world – with activist Peter Tatchell in charge of news today.
As part of the series, we are taking you through 50 of our favourite photos from the last 50 years of Pride in the UK – including a couple of shots of Peter.First up, we look back on a few older images – including some from the 1972 event – and offer up a taster of the campaigning on display over the years.Though still underpinned by activism and campaigning for LGBTQ+ rights, Pride became increasingly mainstream as the years went by.Groups like the police, seen by some as persecutors of the LGBTQ+ community, now regularly play a supportive role, while many celebrities make a point of showing their faces – including a rather confused looking current prime minister (see below).
