London’s revolutionary kiss-in
Ted Brown is a black LGBT rights pioneer who helped organise the first UK Gay Pride march in 1972, featuring a mass ‘kiss-in’ that defied the law. He also battled intense racism.
Ted Brown is a black LGBT rights pioneer who helped organise the UK’s first Gay Pride march in 1972, featuring a mass ‘kiss-in’ that, at the time, would have been considered gross indecency, which was against the law. When Brown realised he was gay, homosexuality was illegal in Britain - the only person he came out to was his mother. She cried and told him he’d have to battle not just racism but homophobia too; both were rife in society at the time. At one point Brown felt so dismal about his future that he considered taking his own life. But inspired by the Stonewall Riots, he found hope in Britain’s Gay Liberation Front and became a key figure in fighting bigotry in the UK. He tells Emily Webb his moving life story.
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Presenter: Emily Webb
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(Photo: Ted Brown (left) with his partner Noel and human rights campaigner Peter Tatchell (right) at the first Pride march in London, 1972. Credit: Courtesy of Ted Brown)
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