it's only now that we realise what a big impact they all made. and i paint the town black at a festival for goths. that is cool. i am not sure if i get past customs here. laughter. theme music plays. this week, i'm exploring whitby in the north—east of england. it's a pretty town, with a bit of a dark side. more than 120 years ago, this place inspired the creation of one of literature's most terrifying monsters. stay tuned to find out which one. but first... we are in new york as the city gears up to host 4 million visitors for world pride, perhaps the biggest event in the calendar for many in the community. this year will be especially pregnant though, this year will be especially poignant though, as it marks the 50th anniversary

of the stonewall riots, an event that marked the start of the struggle for recognition, rights and respect. we sent the bbc‘s lgbt correspondent, ben hunte, to find out more. new york, a city that has always held a special place in my heart. i love the pace, the energy, and the excitement. but more than anything it's a city that i found inclusive, where people like me can be themselves. when i was growing up, i didn't really think about what had happened before i was alive to enable me to live such a free and open lie. such a free and open life. it is something i think a lot of young people go through now. you just find yourself within a community that's really loving and accepting and you don't think about the history behind it. so it's so nice to come to new york and see that, actually, for the 50th anniversary of stonewall, we are celebrating the past, we looking into the people that really allowed us to be so free and open now.

in the us, the 1960s was an era of activism and protests. it was the end of the counter—culture. 1960s, women were fighting for their rights, blacks were fighting for their rights, latinos were fighting for their rights, and wejust said, what about us? why not us? why not me!? onjune 28, 1969, the riots at the stonewall inn, on christopher street, would mark the birth of the modern gay rights movement. so this is where it's at. yes. it's where it all happened. mark segal was 18 at the time and had arrived in the cityjust a few weeks earlier. now you're seeing ll the rainbow flags on it. what is like to be back here? what was it like that night? just like any other normal night. we were inside, we were having a great time. i was standing in the back, near the dance floor. lights flickered on, then they came on, full force. i looked over to someone and said,

"what's happening 7 " they said, very casually, "it's a raid". i had never been in a raid before so i was a little nervous. police barged in and just started pushing people around. and anybody looked like they were successful, they went up to them and said, "take out your wallet" and they took the money. it was, you know, it was out and out graft right in front of everybody‘s face and they did not care because that's the way you got to treat gay men and lesbian women in those days. you treated them like trash. so they cornered me, i went out and i stood about right over there. 0ut here, somewhere between 50 and 100. police tried to disperse us. we would not disperse. it was the first time the gay people said to police, "no, this is our neighbourhood, you're not going to tell us to get off our street." we picked up stones, we picked up cans, and threw them. and that was the first riot. the protests raged for several nights and led to the first pride march in 1970.

the stonewall inn has since become a historic landmark and attracts visitors from across the globe, keen to learn about the struggles. it was illegal to serve gay people alcohol? and it was awesome... it was not easy. many of us went to jail. many of us were beat. it has been a long 50 years but, guess what, we are further along than i would have ever expected. and at stonewall, a chance encounter with a group of students provides an emotional reminder ofjust how far the movement has come. i am proud of what happened there. it makes me proud to see you're all here today because it says the work that we did is filtering through. i think any of us who were there that night would have never expected we would have come as far as we have. i'm shocked. i never thought i would be able to get married, i never thought i'd be able to express that publicly. me saying that i have a husband...

sorry, i'm really emotional. it is something i really never thought i could do. wow. so thank you, guys. and to finish this week, i'm in whitby. a coastal town in the north—east of england that is also the spiritual home to one of literature's most terrifying monsters. legend has it that a holiday in whitby provided author bram stoker with the inspiration for his most famous creation, dracula. and both the town and its ruined abbey feature in the novel. twice a year, as many as 10,000 visitors come here for an event that pays tribute to the town's eerie reputation.

this is the whitby goth festival, and this year it's celebrating its 25th anniversary. wow, some of these costumes are just so impressive, they really make an effort. thatjacket looks incredible! tell me about the story behind this? well, this is what i call wearable sculpture. i took reference from sort of old mansion houses and cathedrals, and took the architecture, and thought about, you know, applying it to fabric. could you give us a little spin? of course, mate. oh, my days. look at the intricacy on the back! the stained glass panels actually are backlit, so at night—time we flick on and they actually illuminate. oh, wow, looking around here, i'm feeling really underdressed. i reckon i could sort you out

with a sort of nice jacket and a nice hat. think goth, and most people think of dark clothing, a gloomy attitude, and the post—punk music of the 1980s. is goth still a big thing, then? huge, it's getting bigger and bigger all the time. and what about all this stuff? this is really cool, isn't it? that's a clock! look at that. this is it, this is clever stuff. is that not cool? that is cool. not sure if i will get past customs with that. whoa, let's see this. yeah. is that not cool, or is that not cool? it is cool. a lot of people, including myself, are guilty of having a stereotypical view of the goth movement, but do you think you get recognised

for the quality of the art? because what i am seeing here is amazing. yeah, well, the craftsmanship in some cases is extraordinary, worthy of standing in any art gallery anywhere. the event has come a long way since it started “119911, when founderjo hampshire had the idea to bring together goths from all over the uk. i thought that whitby was quite central in the country, but i also made the mistake of thinking there must be lots of dracula conventions here, and they would see goths all the time. because of the bram stoker thing? yeah, but in fact that wasn't true. all these black—clad people turned up at the town was like, whoa, satanists visited the town! and so there was a bit of an uproar, the police came around and everything. seriously? yeah, totally, and then people

asked me if i would do it again, and then the town sort of got into it then. they kind of quite liked us to come. and how proud do you feel to have turned this tiny festival into this big event now? i think that for me, it's great, this is where all those people who are maybe alone, or kind of in little pockets in their own town, get to be the big fish in the pond forjust a weekend, and the group of punky alternative people have formed this little kind of allegiance and affinity with a little local community. the goth weekend also hosts other events that share its welcoming tone. so we're here today for the first audition in our 2019 model contest. so, this model contest aims to promote and celebrate diversity within the modelling industry. goths, punks, people with tattoos, piercings, body modifications.

so it really is a wide range of individuals. this competition really is sort of allowing people to say, this is who i am, i'm proud of who i am, i'm an individual and i stand out. it's making me look like a mugshot, like i'm in prison. take it away! some people might find the goth style a little intimidating but, i have to say, the whitby goth festival is a fun, inclusive event where everyone is made to feel welcome. their next weekend takes place from october 25—27.

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easterly breeze in scotland which means the rain will be piling and across aberdeen and the start of your monday morning commute. that could cause some issues as you go to the morning, making its way northward see the day. a dry start, some china times i'll make you feel hot and then a few sporadic thunderstorms are developed here and there, particularly across parts of england in eastern scotland. temperatures widely for england and wales, mid to high teens or scholars northern ireland, psalter today. wales, mid to high teens or scholars northern ireland, psaltertoday. but there will be some words thunderstorm and then the parts of england as we go to monday night and into tuesday. these probably will be the greatest impact storms, very humid nights go with it, especially for england and wales but it could be some flash flooding and frequent lighting and some hail as well. pinpoint the exact position is looking likely central and eastern parts of england, clearing the way to the morning, many parts of eastern scotland too. and then it is

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