[ad_1] SHETLAND’S Pride event organisers have urged politicians to stop using the LGBTIA+ community as “political pawns” in a strong joint statement. Twenty-three Pride organisers across Scotland have put their name to the statement ahead of the International Day against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia tomorrow (Saturday). They have said they are “deeply alarmed” about the…
[ad_1] Royal Mail is commemorating the 50th anniversary of the UK’s first Pride rally by issuing a set of eight stamps from NB Studio and illustrator Sofie Birkin. ’A March Through Time’ pays tribute to rallies over the decades, from protest gatherings in 1972 through to the present day where the event has morphed into…
[ad_1] R oyal Mail has revealed images of a new set of “vibrantly illustrated” stamps to mark the 50th anniversary of the UK’s first Pride rally. The eight stamps celebrate a march that took place from Trafalgar Square to Hyde Park in London in July 1972, which was the first to bear the name Gay…