“London is a place where you can be who you want to be and love who you want to love. London mayor Sadiq Khan has spoken in favour of the movement and has had Tube signs painted in Pride’s signature rainbow colours at some of London’s key Tube stations ahead of London Pride 2019. It was first officially held in London in 1972 with 2,000 people involved, some way off today’s figures. London first got involved in Pride in 1971, two years after its first weekend took place in New York. Transport for London have put in place Pride roundels at tube stations across the capital ahead of the event How long has London Pride been around? They will appear alongside some of the acts that competed in Pride’s Got Talent 2019, including Saachi, Ina Shai and Amber Dee. There will also be a women’s stage at Leicester Square with a line-up of all-female talent, such as Sinitta, Four of Diamonds, Heather Peace, SuRie, Toya Delazy and The Voice finalist Lauren Bannon AKA Lloren.
