London LGBT+ Community Pride

London LGBT+ Community Pride is a Community Interest Company that was formed at the end of 2012 to bid for the right to run London's main gay pride festival in the wake of the significantly "scaled back" WorldPride London 2012 event and was awarded the contract on 18 January 2013 by the Mayor of London. The company's mission is to: Be fully inclusive of all sections of the LGBTQ community, free at the point of access Provide a celebration of LGBTQ life and a platform to continue the fight for equality and to challenge prejudice Grow over time in a sustainable way which is led by the LGBTQ community == History == A London-based gay pride event has been organized by several organisations since the first official UK Gay Pride Rally which was held in London on 1 July 1972 (chosen as the nearest Saturday to the anniversary of the Stonewall riots of 1969) with approximately 2000 participants.

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