Matthew Warchus

Members of LGSM take part in the Pride ‘85 march.

‘Prejudice can’t survive proximity:’ The four words at the heart of ‘Pride’

Culture

In 1980s Britain, where anti-gay prejudice was widespread and accepted, a group of gay and lesbian Britons reached out to support the UK’s striking miners. Their story, the subject of a film released last year, has much to teach today’s Internet-based activists, says the screenwriter of “Pride.”