When Sunil Gupta moved to London from New York in the late 70s, he was surprised to find no equivalent of New York’s Christopher Street. All the gays and lesbians appeared to be in hiding, found only in a handful of pubs and after-hours clubs. This changed with the 1970s fledgeling gay marches. The photographs in his new book encompass the period from the mid to late 1980s and recount Pride marches before corporate sponsors, as well as CND gatherings, demos supporting the miners’ strikes and protests against Clause 28.
‘This was my own tribe!’: Pride before it went commercial – in pictures
The Guardian
22 November 2023