Laurence Fox posts image of ‘LGBTQ+’ flag ‘superglued to pavement outside his home’ – after he was cleared of hate crime over Father’s Day bunting burning video
- The activist claimed his family home was ‘marked by the child mutilation cult’
- Last month the actor was cleared by the Met Police after burning a LGBTQ+ flag
Laurence Fox has claimed his family home has been ‘marked by the child mutilation cult’ after posting an image of a LGBTQ+ flag stuck to the pavement.
The actor-turned-political activist shared the image on his social media this morning, claiming it had been ‘varnished/superglued’ outside his front door.
The 45-year-old, who has been outspoken on gender issues in recent months, then appeared to suggest it was a ‘threat’ against him and he wasn’t ‘intimidated’.
It comes a month after Mr Fox was cleared by the Metropolitan Police of a hate crime after he filmed himself burning copies of the same type of flag on Father’s Day.
In the furore that followed he was reported to the police by trans rights activists, but after an investigation the force determined no criminal offence had been committed.
Laurence Fox posted an image appearing to show the Progress Pride flag stuck to the pavement outside his house
The actor-turned-political activist claimed his home had been ‘marked by the child mutilation cult’
Posting on image of the flag on Twitter on Thursday morning, the father-of-two said his home had been ‘marked by the child mutilation cult’ – a term that refers to people who support gender affirming healthcare in trans children.
What is the Progress Pride flag and why has it caused controversy?
The flag being burned by Laurence Fox was the Progress Pride flag, designed by artist Daniel Quasar in 2018.
It is a variation on the original Pride flag designed by Gilbert Baker in 1978, which had coloured strips to evoke a rainbow – this being a symbol of hope.
Quasar, who is a non-binary American designer, has previously said his version has an arrow pointing to the right ‘to show forward movement’ and illustrate that progress towards inclusivity ‘still needs to be made’.
Progress Pride flag by artist Daniel Quasar
The Progress Pride flag has black, brown, pink, pale blue and white stripes pointing right. The flag aims to represent marginalised LGBTQ+ people of colour, as well as trans people and those living with HIV/AIDS.
But the flag has caused division within LGBTQ+ communities – with some arguing Baker’s original Pride flag did not need to be changed, while others say that it was necessary to represent marginalised communities.
Concerns have also been raised from LGBTQ+ people of colour that there was insufficient community consultation before the flag was created, but Quasar has denied this.
Much of the debate also dates back to the addition of the ‘T’ in ‘LGBT’ in the 1990s, with some claiming that the LGB community should be restricted to sexual identity only, and not inclusive of gender identity. The Q was then added for Queer in 2016, with the ‘+’ to represent those not identifying with any of the letters in the acronym.
A new version of the Progress Pride flag was made by Valentino Vecchietti of Intersex Equality Rights UK in 2021 which had a yellow triangle and purple circle to represent intersex people.
He added: ‘I hope a dog doesn’t lick whatever it is in curiosity and get sick, or an old lady fall and break something.
‘Because that wouldn’t be BE KIND would it? Beats human faeces through the post box I suppose.
‘Just so we are clear. Nothing you little homophobic deviants do intimidates me at all. You make me stronger and more determined with every threat you make.
‘Have a nice day.’
The flag in the image was the Pride Progress flag – a variation on the traditional gay pride flag that includes has black, brown, pink, pale blue and white stripes which aim to represent marginalised LGBTQ+ people of colour, as well as trans people and those living with HIV/AIDS.
It has become associated with promoting gender identity theory in the culture wars currently engulfing Britain.
The flag has caused division within LGBTQ+ communities – with some saying Baker’s original Pride flag did not need to be changed, but others including the flag’s designer Daniel Quasar argue that it was necessary to represent marginalised communities.
An updated version of the Progress Pride flag was created by Valentino Vecchietti of Intersex Equality Rights UK in 2021 which had a yellow triangle and purple circle to represent intersex people.
It is the same type of pride flag that Mr Fox burned on Father’s Day last month – in a video posted online the political activist set a number of flags on fire at his London home using a lighter.
In the days following the incident, which took place during Pride Month, he claimed to have received thousands of messages of support.
He was wearing a T-shirt with an image of a rainbow above the phrase ‘Comes Before A Fall’ – hinting that the message being giving was ‘Pride Comes Before A Fall’.
And Fox said in the video: ‘The most holy month of child mutilation. This is what I think of your disgusting, vile, child sacrificial flag.
‘Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye, goodbye, goodbye, goodbye, goodbye Pride, which isn’t Pride. It’s just a celebration of the mutilation of children. And you can shove it.’
The video sparked uproar on Twitter, including user Matthew who wrote: ‘I have submitted this video to the police as a hate crime. This man has got away with far too much for far too long.’
Fox hit back, saying he was hopeful that police would ‘pay me a visit’.
Several weeks later the actor was cleared by the Metropolitan Police, which said in a statement: ‘ [We were] made aware of a video uploaded onto social media that showed the burning of a number of progress pride flags.
‘The footage was reviewed in full in conjunction with the Crown Prosecution Service. No criminal offences were identified as having been committed.
‘The Metropolitan Police recognises that this incident has caused community concern and we take any allegation of hate crime seriously. We will continue to work alongside our partners to support and protect all our communities in London.’
Actor turned political pundit Laurence Fox arrives in support of Turning Point UK on March 10
Fox says in the video posted last month that the progress flag is a ‘disgusting, vile, child sacrificial flag’
Fox posed on Twitter with the original gay pride flag, which does not include the additions for Black Lives Matter and Transgenderism
He later posed with the original gay pride flag and said he ‘had no problem with it’.
He tweeted: ‘Originating from a time when gay and lesbian people were persecuted and not accepted as they are today, I understand why [the flag] was created.
‘It is a testament to how genuinely progressive society is (despite what those who wish to divide us down identity lines would have us believe) that discrimination against gay and lesbian people is condemned by the overwhelming majority of people. Myself included.
‘This simple flag, with its simple message, and the movement it represents has been hijacked by the modern and ever more “progressive” iterations of it.’
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