Love this picture by @veripix captures how it FELT marching yesterday w/ Gay Liberation Front #Pride50 Marching alongside Nigerian Lesbian MFJ activist Rosemay Ogiwuke (queer as in fuck your borders sign) & Gay Nigerian activist Micky - both fighting for their right to stay (1/5) 
We marched cause PRIDE IS A PROTEST we have so much still 2 fight 4, cause people like Rosemary & Mickey are routinely disbelieved 2b LGBT by @ukhomeoffice who happily deport LGBT people to persecution/death while draping themselves in the rainbow flag #Pride #StopThePlane (2/5)
This is Taher, an Algerian unemployed workers activist who had 2 flee after jailed for protesting. He crossed the channel last year seeking freedom & sanctuary. The day before we marched he was granted asylum. Towards end of this march he said… (3/5) credit @veripix
“My freedom is HERE, not in papers, here, together, protesting” cross channel refugees are our siblings in struggle, they bring with them a passion for freedom, democracy & equality. We need their experience, their determination to defend democracy & freedom here in the UK (4/5)
Join us on 19, 20 & 21 July Royal Courts of Justice as case for unlawfulness of Rwanda plan heard. We must be there to hold courts to account - to show world we will fight BY ANY MEANS NECESSARY to end this inhuman plan #StopRwanda #StopTheFlights (5/5) fb.me/e/3hFvLefkM
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