Fifty years on, London's Pride veterans remember 'empowering' first rally

Nettie Pollard, 72, who is an LGBTQ and women's liberation activist, poses outside her home in London, Britain, June 25, 2022. Picture taken June 25, 2022. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls

LONDON (Reuters) - Fifty years ago, a group of LGBT+ campaigners marched from London's Trafalgar Square to Hyde Park to protest against discrimination and fight for acceptance in the city's first ever Pride rally.

Among them on the march on July 1 1972, organised by activist group the Gay Liberation Front (GLF), was John R. Lloyd, now 69.