It was about freedom, and it was about joy.” Roz Kaveney, a 73-year-old trans woman, recalled, “it was about not letting anyone tell you who you are, or what you should do. We thought we could take over the world and change it to how we feel… It was about system change as well,” he said. LONDON (Reuters) – Fifty years ago, a group of LGBT+ campaigners marched from London’s Trafalgar Square to Hyde Park to protest against discrimination and fight for acceptance in the city’s first ever Pride rally.Īmong them on the march on July 1 1972, organised by activist group the Gay Liberation Front (GLF), was John R.
