The ripple effects of the Gay Liberation Front's 1972 march are still being felt.
'By the time we'd finished snogging each other, the police had completely disappeared' - Stuart's story"They were telling us about coming out and how important it was for us to stand up and be recognised and that we weren't the monsters the press, psychiatrists and everyone else was telling the world we were," he says."I had no gay pride or anything like that, because I had been hiding who I was.
"It was brilliant - the freedom, the ability to be yourself, the excitement, the glamour, the bravery and the courage to say, 'Yes, I am gay.
"It wasn't an individual experience - what made it so exciting was that it was a collective experience, the most exciting period of my life."Angela went on to become'There was a sense of naughtiness' - Shân's storyShân Veillard-Thomas joined the Gay Liberation Front after meeting her first girlfriend and running away from home
Sam Stevens, 23, says Pride should make leaders look at how they communicate with the rest of the world, including Saudi Arabia and China, which have anti-LGBT laws. She co-wrote its manifesto, a pamphlet calling for an end to "oppression", with a list of demands, including changes in the law and society's attitudes towards LGBT people.The Gay Liberation Front manifesto demanded legal and societal changes for LGBT people
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