Peter Tatchell, founder of human rights organisation the Peter Tatchell Foundation, and GLF activist from 1971-1974, said: “The formation of GLF was a watershed moment in British LGBTQ+ history.
For the first time, thousands of LGBTQ+ people came out and protested against our persecutors. GLF’s slogan ‘Gay is Good’ challenged the centuries-old view that gay was bad – and mad and sad. .