World Pride 2012 London or Shame Pride

Mark 5 07 2012 - Français - - Nederlands - - English - - Nederlands -

World Pride 2012

Last month we had the Queens Diamond Jubily, in a few weeks we have the Olympics and now we have the World Pride 2012 in London .
Do you still on ?

This year , the parade returns to its original route , assembling on Bakerstreet , turning left down to Oxord Street , go down in Regent street , Piccadilly and Trafalgar Square before ending on Whitehall.
There'll be plenty to see .
Soho will be closed for trafic for the crowds in the area .Certain roads will be a one-way system to be enforced on Friday and Saterday midnight.
In Wadour street there will be a street market.

Every Gay Venue across Soho and Vauxhall will be staging their own events indoors and in the streets.
A Dance Stage is now on Golden Square ( Soho Square is being affected by works ) .
We have the Hustaball and BearNecessity parties in Brighton also.

But that was the official program , now the real thing .

Shame Pride 2012

It's not cheap to hold a mayor Pride Event.
Problems with Westminster Councel and that London's Pride Organisation was unable to get its own house in order,
give that this 40th anniversary of Pride in London is downscaled.
The event is stripped back to a shadow event .
Just not the kind of event that thousands of incomming tourists would expect in the city that do the Olympics and have the Queens Jubilee.
The parade is still happening , the stage at Trafalgar Square will close earlier (now 1-6pm),
the gaybars and clubs are open , but the venues cannot play music outside on the streets.
The roads are not closed and some programs are cancelled.
And this is the worst WorldPride ever in a mayor city .
Shame Pride 2012 London.

source:Mark