ACT UP for LOVE! Remember Orlando on the Stonewall Anniversary

Remember Orlando - ACT UP FOR LOVE - 2016 Trafalgar Square 6pm - June 28th 2016 Come to the LGBTQIA+ / HIV+ awareness Festival of Celebration on the 47th anniversary of the Stonewall Uprising for LGBTQIA+ freedom. 47 years ago today our community rose up against prejudice - today our journey for freedom shines brighter than ever. Remember Orlando and ACT UP FOR LOVE Everywhere. Come support performers and speakers celebrating our community. "No single issue-struggle" - Audre Lorde. Our Demands Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) free for all! Protect LGBT asylum seekers Decriminalise homosexuality all over the world ACT UP FOR LOVE is organised by African Rainbow Family (www.africanrainbowfamily.org) and ACT UP London (www.actuplondon.wordpress.com). It is Free! ACT UP FOR LOVE 2016 PERFORMERS Conrad Kira is a young POC, political queer with a large following through his excellent music. http://www.clashmusic.com/news/premiere-conrad-kira-baka Body Commissioners - Feminist artists and activists Vernal Scott - on challenging hate in all its forms (including legislation around the world) and more! In the mid-80s Vernal launched the People's (multi-cultural) Group at the London Lesbian & Gay Centre, and later founded the Black Communities AIDS Team and is currently working with the Terrence Higgins Trust. Ash Kotak - Filmmaker - ORLANDO OVERDETERMINED Ash Kotak is a writer / filmmaker. His plays include Hijra, Bush, West Yorkshire Playhouse, NCTC San Franscico, Theatre De Nord, Lille (in French) and films include Divided by Rape (Director) for Channel 4 and The jones's (co producer) Stuart Feather - Gay Liberation Front (GLF) activist / 'Pride is a Protest' presenter and author of 'Blowing the Lid: Gay Liberation, Sexual Revolution and Radical Queens' Jeremy Goldstein Founder and Director of London Artists Project (LAP) with a tribute to the victims of Orlando. LAP’s mission is to speak truth to power to audiences who hunger for live and authentic moments of joy, beauty and meaning. Their work has been described as ‘an evocative theatrical wonderland’ (Guardian). African Rainbow Family Support for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer (LGBTIQ) People of African Heritage http://africanrainbowfamily.org/. Please support the African Rainbow Family campaign at Repeal Nigeria Anti Gay Law Joseph from Movement for Justice By Any Means Necessary is an independent, integrated civil and immigrant rights organisation. We speak the truth about racism, sexism and oppression and we fight to win. Edwin Sesange - Coordinator of ‘Out and Proud Diamond Group - Fighting for global equality, and justice for LGBTI persons through campaigns, peaceful protests/demonstrations, lobbying and seminars. offer support to those facing persecution and integration of those who have fled persecution. Collette Brydon from ‘STAND UP FOR PrEP!’ / UNITED4PREP ‘STAND UP FOR PREP’ demands that the Health Secretary and the Department of Health use their influence on NHSE to make PrEP available NOW. 17 people are diagnosed with HIV every day in the UK and this will continue to happen until NHSE accept responsibility and stop creating delays. Join us to make these demands on 7th July outside the Department of Health – 18.30 (be there 18:00 if possible) – (Richmond House) 79 Whitehall, London. Please wear blue to represent the colour of this life saving drug. DENIM - Drag Supergroup! Drag supergroup DENIM invite the audience to revel in the liberation of their performances – a vibrant carousel of twisted pop classics and original songs interspersed with cyber-space sketch comedy. Ben Walters - RAZE COLLECTIVE / Royal Vauxhall Tavern Future A new charitable organisation supporting queer performance in the UK ensuring a thriving future for the UK's oldest LGBTQ pub and iconic performance space. Dani Singer - LGBTAI Against Islamophobia Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans people in solidarity with Muslim communities under attack. www.lgbtai.wordpress.com Jake Levi and Zenab Bintifada - Pharma Greed Kills On 1st April 2016, activists across the world protested against the greed that blocks access to essential medicines. The protest was coordinated by a coalition of over 25 health advocacy groups from 6 continents. WITH YOUR ACT UP FOR LOVE 2016 HOSTS! Patrick from ACT UP LONDON - ACT UP London is a diverse, non-partisan group of individuals united in anger and committed to direct action to end the HIV pandemic. www.actuplondon.wordpress.com Aderonke Apata is a Human Rights Activist, Feminist and LGBT Equality Advocate. Winner Positive Role Model for LGBT National Diversity Award 2014, where she was described as “an unstoppable force in fighting for justice”, she is number 41 & 67 on the RanbowList2014 & RainbowList2015 respectively as one of the most influential LGBT people in the UK. Aderonke was named LGBT Heroine of the year 2015 by DIVAMagazine in recognition of her achievements in the LGBT community. For more details, or to register your interest in speaking, mobilising and for all press enquiries at ACT UP FOR LOVE please contact actuplondonfighttilltheend@gmail.com or on Twitter @ACTUP_LDN ACT UP FOR LOVE! See you in Trafalgar Square