TE24 International Desk:
BRITAIN – For the 50th anniversary Pride parade, which set a new attendance record, over a million people descended on central London on Saturday.
Veterans of the LGBT movement who participated in Britain’s inaugural Pride march led the three-hour parade, which followed a portion of the original route from 1972. According to organizers, 30,000 people participated.
A record throng, estimated by London Mayor Sadiq Khan to number over a million, cheered on revelers wearing face paint and waving rainbow flags. The inaugural Pride had witnessed a few hundred marchers confronted by a substantial uniformed police presence.
Celebrities and politicians joined the party, including Labour opposition leader Keir Starmer.
“What, in paradise, a milestone—the fiftyth anniversary! What a shift in society there has been since then, “John Clark, a council employee who stood on the sidelines and observed the march, said.
