Westminster City Council has been warned it could face legal action over its plans to display trans-inclusive Pride flags along Regent Street during Pride Month.

The Christian Legal Centre has warned it will pursue a judicial review if the Progress Pride flags are erected as planned.

The council's chief executive Stuart Love has embraced the nickname "Wokeminster", which appears on his laptop background screen.

In an interview with Management Today, he said: "We should all be woke, but particularly in local government, where we are directly delivering services to communities."

Westminster City Council is facing the threat of legal action over its plans to display trans-inclusive Pride flags along Regent Street during Pride Month

The Crown Estate, which owns most of the property on Regent Street, submitted proposals earlier this year to display the flags at 20 locations from mid-June to mid-July.

The Progress Pride flag features additional stripes beyond the traditional rainbow design, including black, brown, pink, pale blue and white colours.

The stripes represent people of colour within the LGBTQ community, transgender individuals and those living with HIV/Aids.

The proposed display comes ahead of Pride in London on July 5, when more than one million people are expected to gather in the capital.

The Progress Pride flag features additional stripes beyond the traditional rainbow design, including black, brown, pink, pale blue and white colours

Andrea Williams, chief executive of the Christian Legal Centre, told The Telegraph the flags were an "attack on historic, traditional beliefs about sex and gender".

She stated: "They send the message that people holding these views which are worthy of respect in a democratic society are not welcome."

Williams added: "The majority of the public do not know the highly controversial and harmful symbolism presented by the Progress Pride Flag."

Fiona McAnena, director of campaigns at Sex Matters, also called the council "out of touch".

The proposed display comes ahead of Pride in London on July 5

She claimed the flags have been "used to campaign for human rights abuses in the name of trans activism".

McAnena also stated that the flag co-opts intersex people, who she said "want nothing to do with Pride campaigns, which trivialise a serious medical condition as a matter of 'identity'".

However, Vicky Lee, founder of The WayOut Club and a prominent figure in London's trans community, urged the Christian Legal Centre to withdraw its legal threat.

Supporting the flag display, Lee told The Telegraph: "They would need to pursue legal action for every pair of hot pants, every T-shirt and every flag worn as a cape because Pride Month is here and the superheroes [trans community] are not going away anytime soon."

A Westminster city council spokesman said: "Pride is an annual and established fixture and has been supported by the council for many years."