To mark the 50th anniversary of London Pride, a rainbow flag was hung on the front door of Parliament today.
Speakers from Sir Lindsay Hoyle’s Chamber of Commerce invited people to pose with the flag before it was first flown in the New Palace forecourt.
“It was an important moment for communists to raise the LGBT flag and take pride, half a century after the first London Pride March,” said Sir Lindsey.
He added: “We are pleased to be an active ally of the LGBT+ community in Parliament, allowing MPs and our staff to take pride in their work.
“This year is not only a special year for the gay pride movement, but the opportunity to march without the restrictions of Covid makes it an even happier event.
“We know that many of our colleagues will be marching in London over the weekend, so we wanted to show them solidarity by raising the cult flag and raising a rainbow over Congress.”
The 6ft x 12ft flag was first flown by Congress in 2016, raised from the top of the Port Courthouse on London Pride weekend.
“This is the first time Congress has flown a rainbow flag and we are delighted to celebrate this holiday,” a spokesman said at the time.
One of the MPs who attended Sir Lindsey’s celebration was Elliott Colburn, a Tory member who represents Carl Salton and Wellington in south London near Croydon.
Colburn, who has been campaigning against homosexual violence since receiving death threats, wrote on Twitter that he was “proud.”
He states: “Great to join @CommonsSpeaker and colleagues from across Westminster before we raise the pride flag in Congress.
“It was a great opportunity to get together to assess the progress we’ve made and the work we still have to do. We can go together.”
The London Pride Event this weekend marks the 50th anniversary of the first parade in 1972.
The first official UK gay pride rally was held on July 1, 1972, and was chosen on the Saturday closest to the anniversary of the 1969 Stonewall uprising.
Up to 2,000 people have passed through London.
In 2019, the last London Pride to Kovida, more than 1.5 million people participated.
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Source: Metro
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