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UK Black Pride (UKBP) is a
UK Black Pride (UKBP) is a black gay pride
The black gay pride movement is a movement within the United States and elsewhere for black members of the LGBT community. Started in the 1990s, Black Gay Pride movements began as a way to provide black LGBT people an alternative to the largely ...
event in London
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that has taken place since 2005. It is Europe's largest celebration of African, Asian, Middle Eastern, Latin American and Caribbean heritage lesbian, gay
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, bisexual, transgender
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, and queer (LGBTQ
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) people attracting nearly 8,000 people annually.
Event co-founder Phyllis Akua Opoku-Gyimah, also known as Lady Phyll, is executive director.
History
UK Black Pride began in 2005 as a day trip toSouthend-on-Sea
Southend-on-Sea (), commonly referred to as Southend (), is a coastal city and unitary authority area with borough status in southeastern Essex, England. It lies on the north side of the Thames Estuary, east of central London. It is bordered ...
by members of the online social network Black Lesbians in the UK (BLUK).
On Sunday 8 July 2018, approximately 7,500 people attended UK Black Pride at Vauxhall Pleasure Gardens
Vauxhall Gardens is a public park in Kennington in the London Borough of Lambeth, England, on the south bank of the River Thames.
Originally known as New Spring Gardens, it is believed to have opened before the Restoration of 1660, being m ...
.
Stonewall, Europe's largest LGBT rights charity, withdrew its support from the Pride in London festival in 2018, following concerns over the event's "lack of diversity". The charity instead partnered with UK Black Pride, agreed on a joint programme of work in 2019, including the appointment by Stonewall of a full-time member of staff to work with UK Black Pride and BAME community groups.
In July 2019, British ''Vogue'' published an interview with the UK Black Pride co-founder where she discussed the need for a black LGBT pride event in the UK.
See also
*Pride in London
Pride in London is an annual LGBT pride festival and parade held each summer in London, England. The event, which was formerly run by Pride London, is sometimes referred to as London Pride.
Pride in London celebrates the diversity of the LGBTQ ...
*Black gay pride
The black gay pride movement is a movement within the United States and elsewhere for black members of the LGBT community. Started in the 1990s, Black Gay Pride movements began as a way to provide black LGBT people an alternative to the largely ...
References
External links
* 2005 establishments in the United Kingdom Pride parades in England Festivals established in 2005 Black British culture Annual events in London LGBT culture in London {{LGBT-event-stub