Ronan Parke at London Gay Pride

YOUTUBE VIDEO VIA PRIDE IN LONDON

And so on Saturday London held it's annual Gay Pride Celebrations.
And as with each year there seems to be more people taking part or just
enjoying the spectacle. But this year we thought we'd do things a little bit differently.
And instead of heading to the start of the Parade in Portland Place we headed
straight for the Trafalgar Square Stage area.

It's normally at the start of the Parade that I have in the past taken advantage
of some of the best photo opportunities as the marchers and participants preen
themselves for the hungry photographers.
So I thought I'd take my chances and catch some of the Parade after leaving the
Trafalgar Stage area.

And so what attracted many to by-pass the big Parade in order to get into the
Stage area? I imagine it might have had something to do with our very own
Ronan Parke who came on to the Stage at around 1.oo pm. And I'm also sure
that this was his first London public appearance.
Next month sees Ronan turn 21. And what a handsome young man he has
grown into.
He certainly looked fetching in his ripped slim jeans and his see through shirt.
He did mention that this year was his first ever London Gay Pride and that he'd
always wanted to be here at such a big event. And with his 'Coming Out' earlier
this year you imagine that he'll not face such obstacles and restrictions in the
future.
Ronan came on and performed his rendition of Purple Rain. He was then joined
on stage by a group of dancers for an upbeat version of No Love. Then he closed
out with John Lennon's timeless classic Imagine.
We were hoping that he was going to have a P.R walkabout for everyone in the
front row of the audience, an old tradition at the Pride Stage. But we didn't hang
around long enough to find out.
And not long after he left the Stage we could hear the front of the Parade arriving
just outside the Square where upon many made a dash from the stage area to try
and catch it.

Ronan has just posted up a picture on his instagram.
He seems quite thrilled at how it all turned out yesterday
at his first London Gay Pride.
He also thanked the organizers of Sydney Mardi Gras
for bestowing him the honour of being a 'Champion of Pride.'
And that he will represent them at World Pride Sydney in 2023.

RONAN'S  INSTAGRAM.

MORE PICTURES FROM
LONDON GAY PRIDE

So that's Pride over for another year. And it's interesting to see that our main
stream media are finally on to the Pride organizers who seem ever determined
to take the event towards some sort of corporate utopia where more and more
big Companies are jumping on the Pink Pound bandwagon.

BELOW ARE JUST A FEW MEDIA STORIES COVERING THE
CURRENT PROBLEMS WITH PRIDE.



GAY PRIDE HAS BECOME TOO COMMERCIALISED
(With some comments by Peter Tatchell)

THE CORPORATE TAKEOVER OF PRIDE.

HAS PRIDE BECOME A COMMERCIAL CASH COW?

WHY AS A GAY BLACK MAN I WON'T BE MARCHING
AT THIS YEAR'S GAY PRIDE.

Above and below: The guys from the Gaymers group Gaymers Inc.
London's LGBT+ gaming community.

GAYMERS INC