The lives of LGBT and disabled people were marked yesterday at Brighton Remembrance Day ceremony.
Billie Lewis, the elected chair of the Brighton and Hove LGBT Community Safety Forum laid a wreath at the annual Remembrance Day ceremony at the Old Steine yesterday, November 8 to mark the lives of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender people tortured and murdered during the Second World War.
The message on the wreath read: “In remembrance of the tens of thousands of LGBT men and women who were persecuted, tortured and murdered in concentration camps throughout Europe by Nazi Germany.
“In remembrance too of LGBT persons who have served and died for their country past and present.
“We will remember them.”
Brighton and Hove LGBT Community Safety Forum committee member, Joanna Rowland Stuart laid a wreath to remember disabled people who suffered the same fate at the hands of the Nazis.
The message on the wreath read: “In remembrance of the tens of thousands of disabled men, women and children who were persecuted and murdered in concentration camps throughout Europe by Nazi Germany.
“In remembrance too of disabled persons who have served and died for their country past and present.
“We will remember them.”
The event was attended by the Mayor of Brighton and Hove, Cllr Lynda Hyde and wreaths were laid by the Leader of the Council, Cllr Warren Morgan and Caroline Lucas MP for Brighton Pavilion among others.
The ceremony was interrupted for a moment when the bugler fainted, but someone from the Salvation Army band quickly took over and finished playing the last post.
