Gay Pride London and Birmingham marches
1972
The GLF group went to the Gay Pride marches in London and even held a few small marches in Birmingham in the early 1970s. �These were not very big and they were not police chaperoned at all, we took banners and marched down New Street, about 30 of us behind a GLF banner all shouting GLF mantras like �Glad to be gay�. I don�t remember any hostile reaction from the crowd; I think they were just bemused. Our aim was to announce ourselves and let Birmingham know gay people were here �Here we are and here we�ll stay�. The marches were a mixture of men and women.� The march would go down New Street and along High Street to the Peace Centre on Moor Street.
Contributed by: Nick Stanley, 63