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# Pride in London co-chairs resign
- URL: https://www.scenemag.co.uk/pride-in-london-co-chairs-resign/
- Published: 2021-03-22T08:30:31.000Z
- Updated: 2021-03-22T07:30:58.000Z
- Description: Alison Camps and Michael Salter-Church have resigned with immediate effect following accusations of racism.
- Author: Rachel Badham
- Tags: News, Pride, Queer Corner, Alison Camps, BLM, LGBTQ, London, Michael Salter Church, Pride in London, Rhammel Afflick, UK

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**Pride in London** co-chairs **Alison Camps** and **Michael Salter-Church** have resigned with immediate effect following accusations of racism and bullying within the organisation. Director of communications, **Rhammel Afflick**, [recently resigned](https://www.scenemag.co.uk/pride-in-london-member-resigns-over-racism-controversy/) from his position and released a statement where he said Pride in London leaders are reluctant to *“accept that the liberation of LGBTQ+ people must be coupled with the fight against sexism, ableism, racism and other forms of unacceptable discrimination.”*

![](https://www.scenemag.co.uk/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/rhammel-afflick-600-400.jpg)

Rhammel Afflick

Following Afflick’s departure, the entire Pride advisory board [resigned](https://www.scenemag.co.uk/entire-pride-in-london-advisory-board-quits/), saying leaders directly contributed to the *“hostile environment”* and failed to respond to complaints about *“racism and bullying”.* After the resignation of Camps and Salter-Church, Pride in London officials released a [statement](https://prideinlondon.org/news-and-views/a-statement-from-pride-in-london-on-significant-changes-to-structure-and/?ref=scenemag.co.uk) in response to the situation, which reads: “\[There is an\] *urgent need for Pride in London to create a more inclusive environment, which centres black volunteers, people of colour and other marginalised community groups.”*

![](https://www.scenemag.co.uk/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/pride-in-london-2018-600-400.jpg)

Pride in London 2018

It continued: *“Pride in London is committed to rebuilding the trust of minority communities which it knows is broken, but we hope not irreparably.”* The statement also praised Camps and Salter-Church for their work which it described as *“nothing short of extraordinary.”* This led Afflick to criticise the statement, [tweeting](https://twitter.com/Rhammified/status/1372986467757264896?ref=scenemag.co.uk): *“* *An apology, not just to me, but to all of the volunteers for letting them down would have been a start. Instead we’ve got gushing about people’s achievements. This isn’t about never having achieved anything — it’s about a failure of leadership.”*