Protestors removed from Pride

Four protestors were removed from a Pride event for protesting against BAE System's sponsorship

by Rebecca Hardy 23rd August 2019

Quakers supported a group of LGBTQ+ people who were removed from a Pride event in Surrey this month for protesting against the event’s sponsors BAE Systems. The attenders carrying anti-BAE banners said they were thrown out of the event in Woking Park on 10 August. However, the organisers are reported in the SurreyLive online newspaper as denying the protestors entered the venue. Stephen Ireland, founder of Pride in Surrey, said the group ‘did not enter the venue’ and that none of his committee was approached or initially aware of the incident.