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The TUC LGBTQ committee today (Thursday) unveiled a series of new principles for organisers of London Pride 2013 to follow in order to avoid a repeat of last year's disappointing World Pride.

The principles, which were voted through unanimously by LGBTQ community members in a meeting organised by the TUC and Voluntary Sector Consortium, call for an overhaul of the existing organising structure which campaigners believe is no longer fit for purpose.
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date: 27 September 2012

embargo: For Immediate release

LGBTQ activists have voted for new guidelines for Pride and agreed that a new team should organise Pride 2013.

At a meeting held at the headquarters of the Trades Union Congress (TUC) community activists and trade unionists called for a clear set of principles to underpin London Prides in future.

The new principles state that:

  • The march must be the most important part of next year's Pride
  • Pride, as well as being a celebration of LGBTQ communities, must reflect the fact that equality has not been achieved
  • Pride must be free and open to all within the LGBTQ community with attention given to the needs of disabled participants
  • The direction, form and content of Pride must be determined by LGBTQ people themselves, who will, in turn, be accountable to the LGBTQ communities
  • Pride must be run on a not-for-profit basis

Chair of the TUC LGBT Committee Maria Exall said: “It is important that we learn the lessons from last year’s World Pride as we look forward to London Pride 2013. The TUC is delighted that we have been able to help LGBTQ communities make clear the kind of Pride they want in 2013.”

NOTES TO EDITORS:

- All TUC press releases can be found at www.tuc.org.uk

- Follow the TUC on Twitter: @tucnews

- On Saturday 20 October thousands of people from across the UK will be heading to London for A Future That Works - a march which starts on the Embankment and ends with a rally in Hyde Park. The day is being organised by the TUC in protest against the government's austerity measures and calls for a new approach which puts growth and an economy that works for ordinary families at the heart of government policy www.afuturethatworks.org

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Media enquiries:
Liz Chinchen T: 020 7467 1248 M: 07778 158175 E: media@tuc.org.uk
Rob Holdsworth T: 020 7467 1372 M: 07717 531150 E: rholdsworth@tuc.org.uk
Alex Rossiter T: 020 7467 1337 M: 07887 572130 E: arossiter@tuc.org.uk

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