In a beautiful act of support for the victims of Orlando’s recent mass shooting, thousands of Londoners held hands on Old Compton Street last night. The huge crowd of people, including a huge proportion of London’s LGBT community, gathered close, filling the street with rainbow-coloured flags and banners. After a two minutes silence at 7pm, a sea of colourful balloons was released into the sky and an evening of dancing, singing and candle-lighting commenced, in honour of the victims. Below are some pictures from the evening.
This falls in the same month as London Pride, so we can imagine that this year’s parade on the weekend of the 25th is going to be even more monumental and moving.
