Why UK Black Pride was the most restorative day of the year

“UK Black Pride is the best day in the European queer calendar” says Lerone (Image: Author’s own)

UK Black Pride is the world’s largest free pride celebration for LGBTQI+ people of African, Asian, Caribbean, Latin American, and Middle Eastern-descent. On Sunday, 11 August 2024, it celebrated its 19th year.

The organisation has gone from a bus-load of attendees traveling to Southend-on-Sea, 10,000 people in Haggerston Park, to a large-scale day of festivities, attended by 25,000 in the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, London.

(Image: Author’s own)

As the country is seeing a resurgence of emboldened far-right domestic terrorism, attending UK Black Pride was a restorative reminder of why immigration and multiculturalism are such beautiful and essential components to the fabric of life in the UK. Knowing that so many Black and

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