RAINBOW flags are already fluttering over most of the city in preparation for London Pride weekend.
The London Pride Parade will take place on tomorrow (1), with the goal of bringing members of the community together and putting them in the limelight, while allowing supporters to cheer them on.
The march, which will be joined by 600 LGBTQ+ groups, will begin at Hyde Park Corner and go through Piccadilly Circus, Haymarket, and Pall Mall to Trafalgar Square before ending at Whitehall Place at 6pm.
‘Never March Alone’ is this year’s theme for London Pride, with the goal of supporting “members of the trans community in the face of media adversity, highlighting the joyful community and its multifaceted individuals”.
The theme also intends to show “how trans individuals are a cornerstone of the LGBT+ movement who have the full support of everybody attending Pride in London in 2023”.
Approximately 30,000 people have registered to join the London Pride Parade, which has been a spectacular celebration of LGBTQ+ communities in London and beyond since 1972.
Five new rainbow-colored plaques will be placed across the city, and they will honour key LGBTQ+ individuals, locations, and events from the city’s past.
The London LGBT+ Forums’ Network and Studio Voltaire have received money from the Mayor’s Commission for Diversity in the Public Realm and Wandsworth Oasis, and they will be installed in Greenwich, Peckham, Westminster, Ladbroke Grove, and Haringey.
The announcement was made by Mayor Sadiq Khan at his annual Pride reception at City Hall on Wednesday evening.
“London is a beacon of inclusion and diversity around the world, but we still have work to do to ensure that our public spaces fully reflect the many different communities that make up our great city,” said Khan.
“As we look ahead to our capital’s Pride celebrations this weekend, I’m delighted to announce that five new rainbow plaques will be installed across our capital in honour of significant people, places, and moments in LGBTQ+ history.
“These plaques are a symbol of the enormous contribution that our LGBTQ+ communities make to all our lives, and I hope to see many more installed in the future as we build a fairer, more equal city for everyone.”
They are part of a nationwide initiative to uncover lost and hidden LGBTQ+ legacy and recognise the significance of the communities in the open spaces.
Only two of these plaques exist in London right now: one honours Oscar Wilde at Clapham Junction Station and the other honours the 1985 movie My Beautiful Laundrette on Wilcox Road in Vauxhall.
While groups sing and dance across the city, more than 300 floats will pass through London.
These are the companies supporting Pride in the capital tomorrow: United Airlines, Tesco, Gaydio, CMS, WeWork, Taimi, Netflix, Heart (Global) Radio, Coca-Cola, The Independent, Transport for London, Playstation, Openreach, Intuit, IHG, Durex, Cisco, Pride Life, and UPS.
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