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View this email in your browser ‘THEY DIDN’T WANT US’: LADY PHYLL ON BUILDING 20 YEARS OF UK BLACK PRIDE DESPITE ‘DEATH THREATS’ AND RESISTANCE (EXCLUSIVE) "25,000 people [all in] one space... No trouble, no drama, just living for the music, living for connection,” the self-described "Black lesbian warrior woman" says of the world’s largest free Pride event for LGBTQ+ people of colour, in this Attitude cover feature When the idea of starting the UK’s first celebration of queer people of colour was first forming, the pushback from all directions was real. “We were told to ‘f**k off’ and go back to where we came from,” says Phyll Opoku-Gyimah aka Lady Phyll, CEO and co-founder of UK Black Pride, in a statement that hits hard as she reflects on the struggle to establish the now-regular event which celebrates its 20th anniversary on 10 August. Not only that, but this abhorrent message came from within the LGBTQ+ community, from a well-known LGBTQ+ organisation, says Lady Phyll. “This is 20 years ago,” she reminds me as we sit in her house to conduct her Attitude digital cover interview, “and we have to remember that just because people are from the queer community, that doesn’t make them exempt from being bigots.” READ MORE ALAN CUMMING, STEPHEN FRY AND KATE NASH JOIN CALL ON GOVERNMENT TO SCRAP ‘HARMFUL’ RSHE SCHOOL GUIDANCE The open letter - launched by Pride in Education and signed by more than 200 people within its first five hours - now boasts close to 3,500 names, including high-profile actors, musicians, artists, teachers, parents and young people Alan Cumming, Stephen Fry and Kate Nash are among the growing list of public figures urging the UK government to reverse “harmful” changes to Relationships, Sex and Health Education (RSHE) guidance, warning it risks erasing trans and non-binary young people from the classroom. The open letter – launched by Pride in Education and signed by more than 200 people within its first five hours – now boasts close to 3,500 names, including high-profile actors, musicians, artists, teachers, parents and young people. READ MORE MARIAH CAREY AT BRIGHTON PRIDE 2025 REVIEW: ‘BEST FORM IN YEARS’ "She is genuinely here for Pride; and not just to perform, but to make a statement of solidarity," says Attitude editor-in-chief SUGABABES AT BRIGHTON PRIDE 2025 REVIEW The trio are "not a novelty heritage act clinging to the past, but a group in full control of their legacy - and they're not done with it yet,"  KAVANA ON LIFE  IN THE 90S: ‘I WAS TERRIFIED OF HAVING A ONE NIGHT STAND’ The 'Special Kind of Something' singer talks batting drug addiction and appearing on the cover of Attitude FAT HAM AT THE RSC: GRAB AN EXCLUSIVE DISCOUNT ON THE HOTTEST QUEER SHOW OF THE SUMMER Attitude readers can get £20 tickets for performances from 15 August to 13 September. MORE ON ATTITUDE ONLINE Copyright © 2025 Stream Publishing, All rights reserved.