London, Lady Phyll co-founded UK Black Pride, and in the process created an essential space for people who had traditionally been excluded by overwhelmingly white Pride narratives.The idea of a Pride event primarily for people with Black heritage was dreamed up on a day trip to Southend-on-Sea by members of the online social network Black Lesbians In The UK.
It has since grown to become Europe’s largest celebration for African, Asian, Middle Eastern, Latin American and Caribbean heritage LGBT+ people.‘We just hosted an Instagram Live with some of the people who were at the very first UK Black Pride, and I was reminded of the sense of anticipation and nervousness I felt,’ Lady Phyll tells Metro.co.uk.‘It was such a big thing to think we.