londonartfish

on the first of july the europride march 2006 took place in london. sian and ianto and me went with the campaign group wages due lesbians and the all african women's group. we had a banner saying: wages due lesbians - invest in caring not killing. and the AAWG had a banner with their name and "the world belongs to all of us - we all have the right to be here and be safe"
it was great. the weather was really hot so there were lots and lots of people in the streets and participated in the march or watched us go by. it was a huge crowd marching this time. the last few years pride marches and pride event had been a bit of a party and there was practically no political theme at all, as if the LGBT community had nothing and no one left to fight for. as if everything was just great as long as we can party in public.

this year, there were quite a few groups with banners with political ideas and statements.
we had a bit of space between us and the people marching in front of us. this way everyone could see our banners and had time to read them. it was great! people clapped for us and waved, told us they agreed with what our banner said etc. it was amazing.

here are some pictures:


ianto looks like he went incognito :-)


here's both our groups with their banners

posted by hanna @ 3:59 PM