TGI Justice Project Executive Director Janetta Johnson says the measures make LGBT people who have been mistreated by police feel less safe and are at odds with the parade’s theme, which is “For Racial and Economic Justice”.
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Alesha Dixon is also set to perform for huge crowds after the parade.
He said: “I’m so proud that the United Kingdom is rated as one of the best places in Europe for LGBT+ equality”.
Irishman Antaine O’Briain said he is anxious the vote could lead to referenda in other European Union countries.
Across the Atlantic Ocean, New York City will be celebrating its NYC LGBT Pride March on Sunday.
“I was a Remain voter and I hope things work out in the end”.
London’s Mayor Sadiq Khan will also take part in the festivities, which will for the first time in its 43-year history have the Red Arrows flying over it.
Saunders described the result as “hideous” in a tweet on Friday.
CINCINNATI (AP) – Organizers read the names of the Orlando gay nightclub shooting and held a moment of silence Saturday during Cincinnati’s parade and festival events celebrating Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Pride Month.
To huge applause and cheers, the US Ambassador to the UK Matthew Barzun told the crowd: “I have a message from my country to your country and it is simply this: thank you”.
After the attack, Scotland Yard vowed to up the visible police presence in London today in a bid to provide reassurance, but they added there is no intelligence to suggest there is a planned attack on the march.
One couple is made up of two of the force’s officers, while another officer stopped off along the parade route to propose to his civilian boyfriend who had been standing among the spectators along the route.
Cabinet minister Justine Greening used the celebratory day to reveal she is in a same-sex relationship.
A lmost 300 groups, including charities, religious organisations and businesses, are featuring in the parade, which is known for its vibrancy and colour.
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