With the official celebrations for Pride in London being postponed until 11 September, Tatchell is calling for an alternative march without floats, sponsors and commercialism to highlight LGBTQ+ human rights issues.
If it were to go ahead, Tatchell said it would took place in “late June or early July” and would follow the normal Pride route, but go past 10 Downing Street and end with a mass “Queer Picnic” in Parliament Square. “If we organise it as a LGBT+ rights march, it won’t cost a penny.
There would be no floats, no stage and no speakers at the end. Totally open, egalitarian and grassroots. It would reclaim Pride for the community,” said Tatchell. “For too long we have been conned by vested interests into believing that it is hugely