To celebrate this year’s UK Black Pride, which takes place on 8th July at Vauxhall Pleasure Gardens, UK Black Pride and Proximity London have come together to create a nationwide campaign titled ‘Keep the noise up’. The integrated campaign launched on Tuesday 26th June and aims to raise awareness of the annual festival — Europe’s largest celebration for African, Asian, Latin American, Middle Eastern and Caribbean-heritage LGBT+ people, and their friends and allies. In addition to acting as a call to action, it will serve as a reminder to the…
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Proximity London Take Over Blue Plaques As Part Of Pride London
As part of the two week Pride Festival in London, Proximity London have created Love Lived Here, a campaign to celebrate pioneers of the LGBT+ movement throughout British history. Starting on the 26th June, key blue plaques around London will be given a temporary rainbow makeover to acknowledge the individuals who lived there as part of the LGBT+ community, alongside their literary, scientific, economic or artistic achievements. Because whilst their work has been marked as part of British history, their LGBT+ status may be lesser known, particularly in view of…
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