Catalogue Number
NMLH.2020.5.239
Object Name
badge
Title
EUROPRIDE 1992
Place
Europe
Events
EuroPride; Pride
Description
White circular badge with black text reading "EUROPRIDE 1992" curving around the bottom edge. Above is an image of two holding hands. On the left arm's sleeve is a black heart, on the right sleeve is a pink heart.
EuroPride 1992 was the name of London Pride that year, to signal support for Europeâs LGBTQIA community beyond the UK. Alongside organising the London pride parade, the organising committee sent letters, posters and pamphlets to other Pride events in Europe, including Paris, Amsterdam and Berlin. Activist Peter Tatchell wrote on the state of LGBTQIA rights in Europe in the official EuroPride magazine, in association with The Pink Paper, as homosexuality was still illegal in several European countries at the time. More than 100,000 people marched through London followed by a concert headlined by Boy George, Lily Savage and Holly Johnson. Since London 1992, a different European city has hosted EuroPride starting with Berlin 1993.
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