"Saturday's gay pride parade in London celebrates 40 years since the formation of the Gay Liberation Front in Britain," Peter Tatchell writes in The Guardian Online today.
"This was a watershed moment in British queer history. For the first time, thousands of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people stopped hiding in the closet and suffering in silence. I was one of them. We came out and marched in the streets, proclaiming gay pride and demanding our freedom..."
(The above photo - “Jackie Hormona” holding GLF banner" Anti-war rally, Bryant Park, NYC 1970 - was taken by gay anarchist John Lauritsen. Respec'!)
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