Speaking before his tragic death, Paul O’Grady commented on the notorious 1987 raid on the Royal Vauxhall Tavern:
“Police have apologised all around the world for their behaviour all those years ago. I think it is about time the British police did the same thing. It was homophobic.”
“Past injustices often cross my mind and this is one of them. The bloody cheek of them. It was disgusting, it was just offensive. We were being treated like animals.”
Paul O’Grady
A.K.A. Lily Savage