Peter Tatchell is a human rights activist who campaigns with OutRage! He is a regular contributor to PinkNews.co.uk and The Guardian. To help the work of his foundation please visit petertatchellfoundation.org
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22 August 2011Comment: East London needs a show of Pride 51 An open letter from Peter Tatchell, encouraging a public display of gay solidarity to show that the East End of London is not a 'gay-free zone'. -
5 July 2011Peter Tatchell: ‘David Cameron should come out in support of gay marriage’ 30 Peter Tatchell says same-sex marriage "reeks of assimilationism" - but prime minister David Cameron should support it. -
27 June 2011Peter Tatchell: Holding LGBT conference in Israel will inflame homophobia 78 Gay rights campaigner Peter Tatchell says that holding the International LGBTQ Youth and Student Organisation general assembly in Israel will inflame homophobia, cause divisions and stop delegates from the Muslim world attending. -
13 June 2011Peter Tatchell: Gay rights groups need to stand up to Islamist homophobia 127 Why did a few anti-gay stickers in East London provoke an outcry by gay groups, while far worse homophobia passed without protest? -
28 May 2011Peter Tatchell: Police colluded with Neo-Nazis at Moscow Pride protests 196 The human rights campaigner Peter Tatchell reports from Moscow after another year of conflicts between police, Neo-Nazis and gay rights campaigners at Moscow Pride. -
17 May 2011Peter Tatchell: The Commonwealth is a bastion of homophobia 108 Gay rights campaigner Peter Tatchell says the Commonwealth is a "bastion of global homophobia" and has failed to condemn abuses of LGBT people.
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13 April 2011Peter Tatchell: Ten-year gay blood ban is unjustified 40 Gay rights campaigner Peter Tatchell says that replacing the blanket ban on gay and bisexual men donating blood with a ten-year ban is unjustified and most can safely become donors. -
12 January 2011Peter Tatchell: Don’t criminalise homophobic Christians 181 Where do we draw the line between religious freedom and free speech on the one hand, and public order and the protection of minorities on the other hand? Should people of faith have the right to express views that others find offensive and bigoted?
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13 October 2010Comment: The Gay Liberation Front’s social revolution 13 On October 13th 1970, the Gay Liberation Front was founded in Britain. It was a modest beginning, with 19 people meeting in a basement in the London School of Economics. But it grew rapidly and proved to be a defining, watershed moment in British queer history. -
3 October 2010Peter Tatchell: David Cameron’s position on gay marriage looks increasingly isolated 60 On the eve of the Conservative Party conference, David Cameron’s refusal to support same-sex civil marriage looks increasingly isolated and out of step, argues human rights campaigner Peter Tatchell. -
23 September 2010Peter Tatchell: Tide is turning on gay marriage 29 Same-sex marriage is an idea whose time has come. It is the growing trend all over the world, from Canada to South Africa and Argentina. Why can't we have marriage equality in Britain too? -
26 July 2010‘Be sceptical and daring’: Peter Tatchell’s honorary doctorate acceptance speech 22 Gay rights campaigner Peter Tatchell was awarded an honorary doctorate for his human rights work by Sussex University last week. This is his acceptance speech.
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6 July 2010Comment: Beyond gay and straight 10 Saturday's gay pride parade in London celebrated 40 years since the formation of the Gay Liberation Front in Britain. This was a watershed moment in British queer history. For the first time, thousands of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people stopped hiding in the closet and suffering in silence. -
5 May 2010Comment: Peter Tatchell pays tribute to Antony Grey a giant of the gay movement 5 As secretary of the Homosexual Law Reform Society in the 1960s, Antony Grey was one of the founding fathers of the gay law reform struggle in Britain. Although a true pioneer, he sadly remains a largely unsung hero of the movement for LGBT equality. -
11 April 2010Peter Tatchell: What George Osborne promised me on gay rights and what he left out 79 Peter Tatchell reports for PinkNews.co.uk on his meeting with George Osborne today and explains why he thinks the Conservatives need more commitments and policies to further gay equality. -
10 April 2010Comment- Peter Tatchell: Cameron has gay policies at last, but not enough 7 Gay rights campaigner and Green Party activist Peter Tatchell welcomes David Cameron's new gay rights policies but argues that he needs more to convince the LGBT community to vote for him -
4 April 2010Comment: Chris Grayling’s comments create serious doubts about the Tory party’s commitment to gay rights 25 Gay rights campaigner Peter Tatchell argues that the comments made by shadow home secretary Chris Grayling where he argues for bed and breakfast owners to be entitled to turn away gay couples call into question the Conservative party's commitment to LGBT rights -
28 December 2009Comment: Quentin Crisp was no gay rights hero 77 Ahead of ITV's broadcast of 'An Englishman in New York', a drama based on the life of gay writer Quentin Crisp, Peter Tatchell argues that he was a homophobe and reactionary -
10 December 2009Comment : Peter Tatchell calls for a global human rights index 22 On Human Rights Day 2009 we see a world where LGBT rights and freedoms are violated everywhere. Only a tiny minority of countries have anything close to legal equality and protection against homophobic and transphobic harassment, discrimination and hate crimes.
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3 December 2009Peter Tatchell: The Equality Bill is less than equal 16 Way back in 1983, when I stood as the Labour candidate in the Bermondsey by-election, I proposed the idea of a single, comprehensive anti-discrimination law, to guarantee equal treatment and protection for everyone. At the time, this proposal was dismissed as "ultra left," as too radical and daring. Three decades later, however, it is close to reality.
