12 of the activists from the London Gay Liberation Front have marched to celebrate its 50th anniversary. They took the route of the cancelled Pride in London march on Saturday (27 June) to demand LGBT+ rights in the UK and worldwide.
Moreover the veterans made five demands: 1 For the UK to stop detaining and deporting LGBT+ asylum seekers.2 Let people define their own gender, not doctors or the state.3 Mandatory LGBT+ education in every school.4 For religion to get its ‘hands off women’s and LGBT+ bodies’.5 Solidarity with Black Lives Matter and LGBT+ people of color worldwide.
The Gay Liberation Front formed in 1970 and ran until 1974. While the GLF wasn’t the first LGBT+ campaign in the UK, it ignited the modern LGBT+ rights movement in