Gay Liberation Front former members walk London Pride route to celebrate 50th anniversary
Image captionMr Tatchell, who helped organise the UK's first Pride march in 1972, said:"Homophobia did not defeat us, so we're not going to let the Covid-19 pandemic stop Pride.
"We GLF veterans confronted anti-LGBT+ bigots 50 years ago. We faced down police harassment, far-right extremists and homophobic political and religious leaders.Reuters Mr Tatchell added:"We support Black Lives Matter and the just demands of black communities, just as we did in the early 1970s. "GLF did not seek equal rights within a flawed, unjust status quo. It campaigned for the transformation of society to end straight supremacism and stood in solidarity with all other oppressed communities.
"This same agenda of radical social transformation is needed now as the UK faces the quadruple whammy of Covid-19, economic meltdown, endemic racism and climate destruction."
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