'Love is a Human Right'.....

[sildil]

Drove down to London on Friday night to stay with Dad, which was surprisingly convivial actually.

Met with ilye_elf and company on Northfields underground station (successfully) and got off train at Green Park. We then walked to the start of the parade and stood by the first float which was an amazing thing based around a jolly wedding and had nice music.



We had picked our spot perfectly as it happened, as all of a sudden Ilye nudged me and pointed out Sir Ian McKellen, Stephen Fry and Bob Geldof who were walking within two metres of us, and heading to the first float, where Ian McKellen gave a warm welcome to the Pride Parade and Bob Geldof asked if we were all there because we hadn't got tickets to Live Aid!





We watched the parade for some time and then nipped around the back of Piccadilly and rejoined it at Haymarket as it headed down Whitehall, where we then marched along round by Westminster and along the Embankment. Then we joined the rally in Trafalgar Square, listening to Sir Ian McKellen and Peter Tatchell (look him up NOW Ilye. * looks stern *) speak and watched the people go by (lots of lovely frocks, leather, toned bodies, happy couples). The pigeons in the trees above were very much like Hitchcocks’ ‘The Birds’ and rather spooky.

After taking advantage of the nice, clean loos in the National Gallery we headed for Leicester Square and sat and watched the cabaret for a bit, people watching again, and then returned to the rally just in time to hear a very boring person going on about sport. We then went looking for a pub and decided…(well, I decided) that we would go on the train to Hammersmith and we went to ‘The Dove’, a very nice vastly overpriced pub on the river where Ilye and I had a pint of London Pride (how terribly appropriate) and we all shared expensive chips.

I posted the rather fetching pink tank at the top rather than a pic of a well toned dancer or guys in leather, as for me it summed up a lot of what the day was about, apart from being a lot of fun.

The tank was Amnesty International’s float publicising the abuse and hostilities faced by Gay and Lesbian men and women throughout the world. If you have any belief that such treatment is wrong, please join Amnesty, or any similar organisation for that matter. One of the prisoners of conscience that they supported once said (and I am paraphrasing) that when the first letters of protest arrived in his country, the beatings stopped, the next batch meant he got clean water, the next lot brought him visitors and so on and so forth.

Their slogan for the day was ‘Love is a Human Right’. Enough said really.

Comments

[larienelengasse.livejournal.com]

Their slogan for the day was ‘Love is a Human Right’. Enough said really.

Amen, sista...

[sildil]

Yes, quite!

[deathangelgw.livejournal.com]

Welcome back dear!! And glad you had fun and got to see Ian McKellan?! *is super duper jealous*

[sildil]

Yes, it was an unexpected treat, and he spoke well too!

[perseph2hades.livejournal.com]

Which one of the ladies is you?

[sildil]

None of them, I was taking the pictures! *grins*

[jaiden-s.livejournal.com]

Lovely pictures! I'm glad you had fun.

[sildil]

Yes I did, and will give you details later and swop stories with you!

[montmorency.livejournal.com]

A pink tank... that is fab. I think all tanks should be pink and should be used exclusively for parades. The world might be a bit more peaceful.

Love is for everyone, and whoever disagrees can go and sit in the pink tank till they figure it out.

[sildil]

Quite, good idea! It was the float I remember above all the others.

[eldraug.livejournal.com]

Am raging with jealousy as Bob Geldolf is my hero. Looks like you had a very memorable day!

[sildil]

It was very memorable and very enjoyable. I think we were all exhausted at the end!