TV Edwards celebrate LGBT+ Pride Month

June is the month we celebrate LGBT+ Pride commemorating a riot/protest originally in the United States led by a group of Trans women of colour in 1969 against police brutality.

In the United Kingdom it is particularly important following the passage of ‘Section 28’ of the Local Government Act 1988 which banned local authorities publishing material on or promoting homosexuality – a law that was only overturned in 2000 (Scotland) and 2003 (England/Wales).

Today, Pride is celebrated to recognise the impact LGBT+ people have made and to recognise the struggles many in the community still face to this day.