London Pride 2023: Five rainbow plaques to be installed across London

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Rainbow plaques to be installed across London to celebrate LGBTQI+ history

Five new rainbow plaques are going to be installed across the capital to celebrate significant people, places and moments in LGBTQI+ history

The new plaques will be placed at sites in Greenwich, Peckham, Westminster, Ladbroke Grove and Haringey."This project goes someway in reminding people that we have always been here, in good times and bad," David Robson of the London LGBT+ Forums' Network said. Black Lesbian and Gay Centre, the first centre established in Europe to provide advice and support to the community, in Peckham

Writer of Beautiful Thing, Jonathan Harvey, said: "I am so touched that the film is being commemorated in this way. Filmed in that pub on a blazing hot day nearly 30 years ago, little did we know that the film would still be touching people today."Sadiq Khan said he wanted public spaces in London to "fully reflect the many different communities that make up our great city".

 

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