Ahead of Pride in London this Saturday, Gay Times and LGBTQ movement, All Out, have teamed up with celebrity stylist Gok Wan to campaign for a Global Pride Makeover, raising awareness of the prejudice and violence faced by the LGBTQ community around the world. In the exclusive film, created especially for this year???s Pride week, Gok dresses a group of people looking for their perfect pride outfit that they can wear anywhere in the world. However, in an unexpected twist, each must have item represents the persecution faced by members of the LGBTQ community globally. These must-have items featured in Gok???s Global Pride Makeover include: - A distressed leather jacket: An essential item as a protective layer for Pride in Istanbul last week and last year when police fired rubber bullets into the crowd - Make up wipes: An essential item at Pride in Uganda 2016 where anyone breaking gender boundaries was sexually assaulted by the Ugandan police. - A black woollen hat: An essential item for those in Indonesia where trans people with long hair were rounded up by police and had their hair forcibly cut. Despite much advocation for LGBTQ rights in the UK over recent years, the community still faces discrimination across the globe every day. According to All Out, in more than 70 countries, it is a crime to be gay. In 10, it can cost you your life. In no country in the world are LGBT+ people treated fully equally. Gok Wan says of the video, "We created the #GlobalPrideMakeover to raise awareness for equality around the globe, and just how fortunate we are here in the UK to take part in a Pride parade, have parties and march without a fear for our lives - unlike some of the countries that we mention in this film. This film does not hide away from the message: this is probably one of the most honest things I've ever done. I ask every single person to not only watch this video but also to share it among their communities and friends, school and colleagues at work.???
Gok Wan is raising awareness of the harsh realities that the LGBT community face (Picture: WENN)

While everyone is planning their outfits and getting excited for London’s Pride weekend, Gok Wan has shed some light on the realities that take place within the LGBTQ community.

The 43-year-old has teamed up with Gay Times and All Out for a new campaign where they hope to raise awareness of the persecution faced by the LGBTQ community around the world.

In a short film created exclusively for London’s Pride, Gok can be seen pulling out the ‘perfect Pride’ outfit for a group of people – which they should be able to wear anywhere in the world.

However there is a catch.

Each outfit worn will have an item that resembles the persecution faced by members of the LGBTQ community globally.

Ahead of Pride in London this Saturday, Gay Times and LGBTQ movement, All Out, have teamed up with celebrity stylist Gok Wan to campaign for a Global Pride Makeover, raising awareness of the prejudice and violence faced by the LGBTQ community around the world. In the exclusive film, created especially for this year???s Pride week, Gok dresses a group of people looking for their perfect pride outfit that they can wear anywhere in the world. However, in an unexpected twist, each must have item represents the persecution faced by members of the LGBTQ community globally. These must-have items featured in Gok???s Global Pride Makeover include: - A distressed leather jacket: An essential item as a protective layer for Pride in Istanbul last week and last year when police fired rubber bullets into the crowd - Make up wipes: An essential item at Pride in Uganda 2016 where anyone breaking gender boundaries was sexually assaulted by the Ugandan police. - A black woollen hat: An essential item for those in Indonesia where trans people with long hair were rounded up by police and had their hair forcibly cut. Despite much advocation for LGBTQ rights in the UK over recent years, the community still faces discrimination across the globe every day. According to All Out, in more than 70 countries, it is a crime to be gay. In 10, it can cost you your life. In no country in the world are LGBT+ people treated fully equally. Gok Wan says of the video, "We created the #GlobalPrideMakeover to raise awareness for equality around the globe, and just how fortunate we are here in the UK to take part in a Pride parade, have parties and march without a fear for our lives - unlike some of the countries that we mention in this film. This film does not hide away from the message: this is probably one of the most honest things I've ever done. I ask every single person to not only watch this video but also to share it among their communities and friends, school and colleagues at work.???
In a new campaign he pulls out the perfect pride outfit (Picture: WENN)

These include, a distressed leather jacket, which was a protective jacket for when police fired rubber bullets into the crowd at Pride in Istanbul last week.

Gok also chose makeup wipes for those who were arrested for breaking gender boundaries at Pride in Uganda in 2016.

And last but not least he picked out a black woollen hat to represent those who had their hair forcibly cut by police in Indonesia.

Gok explained: ‘We created the #GlobalPrideMakeover to raise awareness for equality around the globe, and just how fortunate we are here in the UK to take part in a Pride parade, have parties and march without a fear for our lives – unlike some of the countries that we mention in this film.’

Ahead of Pride in London this Saturday, Gay Times and LGBTQ movement, All Out, have teamed up with celebrity stylist Gok Wan to campaign for a Global Pride Makeover, raising awareness of the prejudice and violence faced by the LGBTQ community around the world. In the exclusive film, created especially for this year???s Pride week, Gok dresses a group of people looking for their perfect pride outfit that they can wear anywhere in the world. However, in an unexpected twist, each must have item represents the persecution faced by members of the LGBTQ community globally. These must-have items featured in Gok???s Global Pride Makeover include: - A distressed leather jacket: An essential item as a protective layer for Pride in Istanbul last week and last year when police fired rubber bullets into the crowd - Make up wipes: An essential item at Pride in Uganda 2016 where anyone breaking gender boundaries was sexually assaulted by the Ugandan police. - A black woollen hat: An essential item for those in Indonesia where trans people with long hair were rounded up by police and had their hair forcibly cut. Despite much advocation for LGBTQ rights in the UK over recent years, the community still faces discrimination across the globe every day. According to All Out, in more than 70 countries, it is a crime to be gay. In 10, it can cost you your life. In no country in the world are LGBT+ people treated fully equally. Gok Wan says of the video, "We created the #GlobalPrideMakeover to raise awareness for equality around the globe, and just how fortunate we are here in the UK to take part in a Pride parade, have parties and march without a fear for our lives - unlike some of the countries that we mention in this film. This film does not hide away from the message: this is probably one of the most honest things I've ever done. I ask every single person to not only watch this video but also to share it among their communities and friends, school and colleagues at work.???
However each outfit has an item that represents the prosecution faced by the community (Picture: WENN)

He added: ‘This film does not hide away from the message: this is probably one of the most honest things I’ve ever done. I ask every single person to not only watch this video, but also to share it among their communities and friends, school and colleagues at work.’

He also spoke on This Morning about the campaign and revealed his emotion behind the idea.

He said: ‘It’s hard because we live in this bubble and this world. But when Gay Times came to me with the idea I was blown away

‘I’m an emotional person already and I’m hardened to politics. But when I read the scripts and was like “this is happening to our community this is happening right now.”

He added: ‘This video is massively important because while pride is a celebration we also need to think what is happening globally to our communities.’

Matt Beard, Executive Director at All Out, also spoke out about the prejudice and violence faced by the LGBTQ community.

He said: ‘Every single day, people face violence, jail time, death threats, or worse, just because of who they are or who they love. As a global movement for love and equality our aim is to mobilise thousands of people around the world to stand up for LGBTQ+ rights.

‘Through our partnership with Gay Times we continue to fight for a world where no one has to sacrifice their family, freedom, safety, or dignity because of who they are or who they love.’

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