Join Lisa Power has she describes the movement from the early 1980, through Section 28 and the formation of Stonewall UK.

Lisa Power is a co-founder of Stonewall, a former Policy Director for the Terrence Higgins Trust and an early Secretary-General of the International Lesbian & Gay Association (ILGA). She was the first openly LGBTQ+ person to speak on gay rights at the United Nations in New York and currently a Trustee of Pride Cymru and a Director of the Save The Coal Exchange campaign.

In the second half, Marguerite McLaughlin shares her thoughts on modern Pride and shares her experience of the 50th Anniversary of the Pride March in New York City.

In the 1980s, Marguerite worked with the Inner London Education Authority and the BBC before moving on to work with some of the UK's first LGBT+ charities including London Lesbian & Gay Switchboard, Kairos In Soho and The Metro Centre, often working in partnership with local Authorities, the Metropolitan Police and the Department of Health.

In 2013 Marguerite was awarded a British Empire Medal by the Queen for her services to LGBT and African communities

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