London Mayor: I Almost Wore This To Pride Last Year

Gay Star News reports:

Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has joked he almost wore this ‘Masc’ He-Man t-shirt to his first Pride march last year. Khan is looking forward to Pride in London on Saturday – the second since he became mayor. He told guests at City Hall: “One of the great things when you become mayor, is you get advice.”

“And last year somebody said to me: ‘Sadiq, it’s your first Pride in London march, you’re at the front. And you’re just an innocent Muslim boy from South London. You’re going to see things that are going to shock you. You are going to see costumes being worn that are going to shock you. And you are going to be offered things’.”

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He also used the City Hall reception for more serious reflection. Sadiq Khan told the gathering of LGBT activists: ‘I don’t want to be tolerated. Nobody should be tolerated for their sexuality, or their ethnicity, or their faith, or because of who they are. You should be celebrated and respected and embraced.”

Reflecting on recent terrorist attacks to London, he added: “This has been the toughest time for our city in many years. You, we, on Saturday are the antidote to that hatred. You, we, on Saturday, are the antidote to the sadness, the sorrow, the grief, the tears, and so long as I am Mayor of London, you will be celebrated and embraced.”