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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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. -
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 76 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. -
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. -
20 May 2009Comment: Peter Tatchell on how Moscow’s ban on the gay parade led to massive media coverage of LGBT issues 64 Gay rights activist Peter Tatchell on how Russia's repression of last Saturday's gay parade inadvertently promoted LGBT rights -
11 May 2009Comment: Peter Tatchell on why he’ll still march at Moscow Pride 39 Despite threats to bash and arrest the marchers, human rights campaigner Peter Tatchell explains why he will still be attending this Saturday's Moscow Gay Pride parade. Authorities have said the parade is banned and threatened "tough measures" to those who try to march. In 2007, Mr Tatchell was arrested and assaulted during the parade. -
26 February 2009Comment: Iraq’s gays go underground to survive 5 In the bad old days of slavery in the United States, there was the "Underground Railroad" – a clandestine network of secret routes and safe houses – which spirited thousands of southern slaves to freedom. -
24 December 2008Comment: Channel 4 should pull the plug on Mahmoud Ahmadinejad not allow him to address the nation 15 Channel 4's decision to allow Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to deliver the Alternative Christmas message is aiding and abetting a homophobic tyrant says gay rights campaigner and Green Party Parliamentary Candidate Peter Tatchell. -
24 December 2008Comment: Pope is wrong about “gay threat”, gay sexuality is part of human ecology 17 By choosing to highlight homosexuality instead of hunger, war and homelessness, the Pope has lost his moral bearings and sense of priorities writes gay rights campaigner Peter Tatchell -
22 August 2008COMMENT: Stonewall FC to win Gay Football World Championship? + The British team Stonewall FC is strongly tipped to win the Gay Football World Championship which opens in London this Sunday, 24th August writes Peter Tatchell
