5 Decades of Pride
is a series of five public artworks created to mark UK Pride’s 50th anniversary year.
The artist invited LGBT+ networks and their allies to contribute what they felt were the most important issues facing the LGBT+ community in the 1970s, the 1980s, the 1990s, the 2000s and the 2010s.
Participating networks included Sky’s LGBT+@Sky, Channel 4’s 4Pride, the Peter Tatchell Foundation plus LGBT+ staff members and allies at Clear Channel UK, Alight Media, JCDecaux, and Mass Media.
The 2010s were characterised by greater and greater transphobia, and hate speech, particularly on social media. It still seems difficult for society to discuss questions of gender in a reasoned and balanced way. Call it a work in progress.
5 Decades of Pride
highlights what has mattered, and continues to matter, to LGBT+ people and their allies over 5 decades of protest and progress.
Supported by
Clear Channel UK, Sky UK Ltd, Channel 4, Alight Media, JCDecaux, and Mass Media