Ted Brown:
The man who held a mass kiss-in and made history
“I was thrilled to be among people who were proud and open about who they were, who were ‘out’ and fired up to encourage others to be so, too.”
Ted Brown - organiser of the first UK pride, pioneering activist, founder of Black Lesbians and Gays Against Media Homophobia, to name just a few of his accolades. The first official Gay Pride took place in 1972. Ted Brown was one of the few Black people in attendance. However, the Gay Liberation Front, organisers of that first historic Pride, and the civil rights movement at that time were intrinsically connected - for Ted even more so. The GLF saved Brown at a time of hopelessness in his life and he in turn led them to several landmark achievements. Now, following his extraordinary activist career, Brown no longer attends Pride which he believes has strayed too far from its original aims, but focuses his energy on the treatment of trans people in today's media. |
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