I mean, ok but tough shit? Nobody gets to have a massive unpoliced event like that in London.
The Notting Hill Carnival has always had a considerable uniformed police presence, and their relations with the afro-caribbean community was WAY more heated.
Until something icky happens and then they’ll want an inquiry launched as to why there weren’t any police there.
They’re attacking the wrong people with this message. Plenty of LGBT officers. It’s the management that are the problem.
Personally I love a man in uniform, very forceful.
They don’t need to be welcome to be there, no one does
How open minded..
I don’t know any copper that hasn’t locked up more people for anti-LGBTQ hate crimes than they have LGBTQ individuals. This is ridiculous.
Seems a lot of people have trouble reading one sentence in this thread
What if their uniform is fabulous?
This has cropped up in my feed several times today and each time I read it as.
Uninformed police not welcome at pride.
Not sure if it’s dyslexia or I need new glasses or I read it correctly.
Not like if a serious crime happened at the parade they’d be screaming for the police. Hypocrites.
As a gay man I think you’d have to be absolutely bloody insane not have a police presence at Pride in London, whether Peter Tatchel likes it or not there is still a minority idiots out there who would look at it as an opportunity to start trouble.
Lol ok? Tough? This isn’t their country?
It’s always made me uncomfortable to see police march in the parade, given the historical context of pride it has always seemed disrespectful to the people involved in the Stonewall event.
Come celebrate your identity you have had to hide previously by hiding a part of your current identity…
Can understand not wanting uniformed police as part of the parade. Don’t think anyone note worthy is calling for no police presence to run security.
I would very much like to have uniformed police there, thank you very much.
I am old enough to have been on GLF protests – 1978. We used to picket WH Smiths in Ilford High Rd every Saturday because they refused to stock Gay News. Might sound pathetic, but in those days there was a lot to fight for.
Not now.
I happen to think those responsible for the utterly appalling handling of the Stephen Port case should be behind bars, not promoted. It was beyond terrible – homophobic AND totally incompetent. To pretend it’s typical of the Met is just ludicrous.
The fringes of the LGBT activists have always been juvenile twats and nothing ever changes.
Pride of what
How childish says a lot about the pride parade
That’s inclusivity right there…… Had the masked slipped on this bullshit?? 🤔!!!
I fully agree with that statement.
You cannot request the police to ignore a mass gathering of individuals, as soon as a large group forms so does all sorts of trouble, they are there for both the participants protection as well as bystanders. Common sense just seems to be flying out of the window these days.
The number of people in the comments here equating choosing to be a police officer and wearing a uniform to an immutable characteristic like sexual orientation is just ridiculous.
You know you’re not posting in good faith when you start “just asking questions” about why the LGBT+ community won’t let police officers express their identity.
Those who preach tolerance the loudest are often some of the least tolerant people you can meet. Incredibly tolerant of things they like, incredibly intolerant of anything they even vaguely dislike. So progressive.
Unless someone says something mean to them, then they’ll want them arrested post haste.
But we need police just to stop any haters
Logic behind uniformed? Seems more of a punish rather than prevent tactic.
Logic behind uniformed? Seems more of a punish rather than prevent tactic.
The irony of something celebrating diversity and being able to be yourself banning certain groups is too much.
What if the uniformed police officers are gay and want people to see it’s ok to be a gay police officer and acceptable. Does this mean the gay pride organises are not proud of gay police officers and are homophobic towards them? 🌈
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I mean, ok but tough shit? Nobody gets to have a massive unpoliced event like that in London.
The Notting Hill Carnival has always had a considerable uniformed police presence, and their relations with the afro-caribbean community was WAY more heated.
Until something icky happens and then they’ll want an inquiry launched as to why there weren’t any police there.
They’re attacking the wrong people with this message. Plenty of LGBT officers. It’s the management that are the problem.
Personally I love a man in uniform, very forceful.
They don’t need to be welcome to be there, no one does
How open minded..
I don’t know any copper that hasn’t locked up more people for anti-LGBTQ hate crimes than they have LGBTQ individuals. This is ridiculous.
Seems a lot of people have trouble reading one sentence in this thread
What if their uniform is fabulous?
This has cropped up in my feed several times today and each time I read it as.
Uninformed police not welcome at pride.
Not sure if it’s dyslexia or I need new glasses or I read it correctly.
Not like if a serious crime happened at the parade they’d be screaming for the police. Hypocrites.
As a gay man I think you’d have to be absolutely bloody insane not have a police presence at Pride in London, whether Peter Tatchel likes it or not there is still a minority idiots out there who would look at it as an opportunity to start trouble.
Lol ok? Tough? This isn’t their country?
It’s always made me uncomfortable to see police march in the parade, given the historical context of pride it has always seemed disrespectful to the people involved in the Stonewall event.
Come celebrate your identity you have had to hide previously by hiding a part of your current identity…
Can understand not wanting uniformed police as part of the parade. Don’t think anyone note worthy is calling for no police presence to run security.
I would very much like to have uniformed police there, thank you very much.
I am old enough to have been on GLF protests – 1978. We used to picket WH Smiths in Ilford High Rd every Saturday because they refused to stock Gay News. Might sound pathetic, but in those days there was a lot to fight for.
Not now.
I happen to think those responsible for the utterly appalling handling of the Stephen Port case should be behind bars, not promoted. It was beyond terrible – homophobic AND totally incompetent. To pretend it’s typical of the Met is just ludicrous.
The fringes of the LGBT activists have always been juvenile twats and nothing ever changes.
Pride of what
How childish says a lot about the pride parade
That’s inclusivity right there…… Had the masked slipped on this bullshit?? 🤔!!!
I fully agree with that statement.
You cannot request the police to ignore a mass gathering of individuals, as soon as a large group forms so does all sorts of trouble, they are there for both the participants protection as well as bystanders. Common sense just seems to be flying out of the window these days.
The number of people in the comments here equating choosing to be a police officer and wearing a uniform to an immutable characteristic like sexual orientation is just ridiculous.
You know you’re not posting in good faith when you start “just asking questions” about why the LGBT+ community won’t let police officers express their identity.
Those who preach tolerance the loudest are often some of the least tolerant people you can meet. Incredibly tolerant of things they like, incredibly intolerant of anything they even vaguely dislike. So progressive.
Unless someone says something mean to them, then they’ll want them arrested post haste.
But we need police just to stop any haters
Logic behind uniformed? Seems more of a punish rather than prevent tactic.
Logic behind uniformed? Seems more of a punish rather than prevent tactic.
The irony of something celebrating diversity and being able to be yourself banning certain groups is too much.
What if the uniformed police officers are gay and want people to see it’s ok to be a gay police officer and acceptable. Does this mean the gay pride organises are not proud of gay police officers and are homophobic towards them? 🌈