Went on Friday night to the inspirational and moving event held in Trafalgar Square against homophobic hate crime hosted by Sandy Toksvig. Images here on You Tube
Speakers included Chris Bryan MP and Maria Eagle MP from the Labour Party, Richard Barnes the Deputy Mayor of London for the Tories and our own Darren Johnson, Chair of the London Assembly for the Greens. Letters were also read out from Gordon Brown and David Cameron. LGBT choir and orchestra were in attendance. I was present with members of the Green Party LGBTIQ Group and Green Left. We held candles in the darkness and listened to some very moving speeches and pieces of music. St Martin in the Fields church flew the rainbow flag.
I was very proud to see thousands of LGBT people and their straight friends demonstrating against hatred and intolerance. Appropriate also that a message from Harvey Milk's gay nephew was also read out. Inspiring also that last night on my way home from a meeting of the London Ambulance Service Patients Forum I spotted two gay men holding hands near Waterloo station. We will not be terrorised or driven from the streets of London.
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