Peter Tatchell: Human Rights, Global Justice, Democracy, LGBT Freedom, Environmentalism

25/06/2015

Pride march - Call to end gay bans in Northern Ireland
Peter Tatchell Foundation will highlight DUP discrimination at Pride

26/05/2015

Magnus Hirschfeld - The Einstein of Sex
1930’s sex researcher & LGBTI pioneer who defied the Nazis

15/04/2015 Petition to Debenhams urges: Drop D&G
44,000 people want action over “synthetic” IVF children insult

15/04/2015

Pornography is good for you?
We hear lots about the downsides of porn. What about the benefits?

01/04/2015

Pro-gay reggae singer defies Jamaican homophobia
Mista Majah P rebukes anti-gay singers with pro-LGBT songs

24/03/2015

Pratt & Smith - Last UK men hanged for sodomy
Father Frank Ryan casts new doubt on the 1835 convictions

19/03/2015

London protest against anti-IVF Dolce & Gabbana

Old Bond Street store picketed. Call for boycott of D&G

17/03/2015

Dolce & Gabbana protest in London, Thursday 1-2pm
Billionaire designers pander to Vatican, far right & homophobes

16/03/2015

New bid to end ban on straight civil partnerships
After failure in Europe, legal case launched in High Court in London

11/03/2015

A future beyond gay & straight?
Post-homophobia there may be more gay sex but less gay identity

09/03/2014

Dara: Fighting Islamism with art & culture
London play Dara dramatises historic Muslim struggle against fundamentalism

24/02/2015

European Court rules Equal Love case inadmissible

2011 application for UK marriage & partnership equality is formally closed

17/02/2015

Trans rights versus free speech?
Protest against anti-trans feminists but defend their right to speak

11/02/2015

Sharia law versus secular democracy
The rise of Islamism threatens equality & human rights

05/02/2015 Make sex education compulsory & LGBT-inclusive
Labour proposals are good but don’t go far enough

02/02/2015

Pardon all convicted gay men, not just Alan Turing
Overturn convictions under all anti-gay laws, not just gross indecency

27/01/2015

Holocaust Memorial Day 2015
The Nazi bid to exterminate gay people

22/01/2015

Iran escalates the persecution of Sunni Muslims

Sunnis arrested & jailed. Dozens on death row are at risk of execution

21/01/2015

Double whammy: Old age and homophobia
Anti-gay discrimination in health & care services

15/01/2015

Public figures come out as Tatchell patrons
Stars of politics, law & entertainment endorse human rights foundation

13/01/2015

Charlie Hebdo: Declaration against the Religious Right
Support heroes who defend free speech, secularism & victimised Muslims

07/01/2015 Despite much progress, homophobia isn’t over yet
LGBTI people have made gains, but more gains need to be won

18/12/2014

Happy New Year from the Peter Tatchell Foundation

For universal human rights & equality in 2015 - and beyond

17/12/2014

Happy Birthday Chelsea Manning
Whistleblower & political prisoner - 27 years old today

15/12/2014

Bring Shaker Aamer home from Guantanamo now
Open Letter to Prime Minister David Cameron urges his repatriation

03/12/2014

Pre-charge police bail: An assault on liberty
No time limit, no right of appeal, no independent oversight

01/12/2014

Cut gay blood ban to 3 months

12 month deferral period is medically unjustified

25/11/2014

London vigil for burned alive Shahzad & Shama

Pakistan: Faith & sexual minorities targeted by Islamist extremists

20/11/2014

My gay life in Nigeria - Isolation, danger & fear
Homophobia stirred by politicians, priests, papers & the public

14/11/2014

Alan Turing was pardoned. What about the others?
Homophobic prejudice still blights LGBT lives in 2014

4/11/2014

My journey from Christianity to Humanism

How I made the transition from dogma & superstition to rationalism

31/10/2014

This Saturday: Show your solidarity with Kobane

London rally against ISIS, in support of the heroic Kurdish resistance

27/10/2014

Peter Tatchell: A lifetime of campaigning

Interview about his motives, morality, methods - and campaigns

22/10/2014

Time to reduce 12 month gay blood ban

Michael Fabricant’s Bill highlights bias in blood donation rules

20/10/2014

Rally condemns Egypt anti-gay witch-hunt

International Day of Action in solidarity with Egyptian LGBTs

14/10/2014

Manifesto for Secularism - Against the Religious Right

Secularism is vital for the defence of democracy, equality & human rights

07/10/2014

Archbishop of York beset by gay protesters
Victimisation of gay married priest Jeremy Pemberton condemned

01/10/2014

Nigeria crackdown on foreign funded NGOs

LGBT & human rights organisations will be affected 

26/09/2014

ISIS must be stopped but not by the West. Arm the Kurds

Empower Kurdish secular democrats to defeat Islamic State

26/09/2014

Gambia anti-gay Bill: London embassy protest

New law increases sentence for homosexuality from 14 years to life

17/09/2014

Make gay sex education mandatory in all schools

LGBTI coalition urges education that addresses the needs of LGBTI pupils

12/09/2014

LGBTI petition delivered to Commonwealth HQ
Appeal for action on LGBTI equality in member states

11/09/2014

Tatchell dedicates Honorary Fellowship to Palestine

Goldsmiths College award for 47 years of LGBTI & human rights activism

10/09/2014

Bike ride for human rights this Sunday

A fundraiser for the Peter Tatchell Foundation

09/09/2014

Bollywood video supports same-sex love

Uplifting song & dance to advance queer freedom in India & worldwide

20/08/2014

Machismo underpins war and tyranny

A macho mindset is a psychological precondition for all oppression

13/08/2014

The battle for LGBTI equality isn’t over yet

UK has made great progress but more needs to be done

08/08/2014

International Day against Jamaica’s anti-gay law

LGBTI activists protest on Jamaica’s Independence Day

07/08/2014

Future sexuality: The end of LGBTI?

Does LGBTI Pride have a future? Is gay identity just a phase?

05/08/2014

Challenges to the rights of sexual minorities in Africa

Pro-gay Ugandan Catholic priest analyses the rise of homophobia

01/08/2014

Uganda strikes down anti-gay law

Judges rule Anti-Homosexuality Act unlawful

01/08/2014

WW1: The hidden story of soldier's mutinies, strikes & riots

1918-19: Rebellion against mistreatment & slow demobilisation

31/07/2014

EHRC: Gender segregation is discrimination

So why does the EHRC agree to exemptions?

29/07/2014

Commonwealth Games - Alex Salmond speaks out again

One Scotland campaign launched with pledge of LGBTI equality

24/07/2014

Alex Salmond makes Commonwealth gay history

Pioneering statement in Glasgow on LGBTI rights

22/07/2014

Alex Salmond urged to condemn Commonwealth homophobia

Support non-discrimination clause, Article 7 of Commonwealth Games

14/07/2014

Commonwealth Games protest against homophobia

David Cameron urged: Condemn anti-LGBTI hate in member states

10/07/2014

Ballroom dance contests to ban same-sex couples?

British Dance Council proposal may be illegal discrimination

02/07/2014

Many Muslims oppose Islamist plot in schools

It is not Islamophobic to challenge Birmingham extremists

27/06/2014

Ban on equal civil partnerships is betrayal

Support heterosexual equality! Equal rights for all

27/06/2014

Commonwealth condemned at Pride London parade

African activists joint contingent with Peter Tatchell Foundation

26/06/2014

Cameron rejects straight civil partnerships

Same-sex couples now have legal advantage

26/06/2014

Queer retreat from radicalism

The rise of LGBT conservatism, conformism & consumerism

23/06/2014

LGBT rights - The work’s not over

We’ve made great gains in the UK but more gains need to won

19/06/2014

Conchita Wurst & Peter Tatchell win Berlin Award

Tatchell dedicates his award to “heroic Russian LGBTI activists"

18/06/2014

Pakistan: ISI terrorises journalists?

Wave of violent attacks subverts media freedom

17/06/2014

Dams: Iran's weapons of marsh destruction

Ecological & economic destruction provokes mass protests

13/06/2014

Biggest obstacle to tackling HIV is prejudice

Stigma makes LGBTs, drug users & sex workers extra vulnerable

11/06/2014

Commonwealth Games must not discriminate

Glasgow2014 urged to secure pledges from competing nations

10/06/2014

Open Letter: Glasgow2014 Commonwealth Games

Competing nations should be required to pledge non-discrimination

05/06/2014

The Commonwealth: A bastion of homophobia

Kaleidoscope Trust report reveals widespread anti-gay persecution

02/06/2014

Uganda’s Foreign Minister Kutesa to get top UN post

Accused of supporting anti-gay law, corruption & political repression

28/05/2014

Uganda's Foreign Minister to get top UN post

Help us stop him becoming President of UN General Assembly

23/05/2014

Ban Ki-moon urged: Oppose Ugandan for UN President

Sam Kutesa accused of corruption & human rights abuses

22/05/2014

Reform the EU - Power to the regions

A decentralised federation of regions, with economic democracy

21/05/2014

Fed up with the main parties? Vote Green, not UKIP

More than a protest vote, Greens offer a positive alternative

12/05/2014

Valery Gergiev concert disrupted in Ukraine protest

Russian conductor backs Putin’s stance on Ukraine

08/05/2014

Museveni’s hotel besieged by Ugandan LGBT activists

President speaks to background of noisy London protest

07/05/2014

Museveni hosted by Foreign Office despite anti-gay law

Uganda president picketed at Lancaster House summit

06/05/2014

Commonwealth urged to suspend Brunei

Planned Sharia law executions violate Commonwealth Charter

01/05/2014

Abolish the Lords, Elect the Senate

Lords reform: PR elections, regional lists & 50% women’s representation

29/04/2014

Islamist extremists blocked at East London university

Islamic Society promotes hate preachers & gender segregation

22/04/2014

David Cameron is wrong on Britain & Christianity

Privileging Christians insults other faiths & no faith majority

16/04/2014

Civil Partnerships: Letter to Helen Grant MP

Response to government consultation on civil partnerships

15/04/2014

Iran: Persecution of Arabs intensifies under Rouhani

Ahwazis commemorate 9th anniversary of uprising against Tehran

11/04/2014

Protest condemns Gergiev over Ukraine & gay rights

Maestro faces the music for supporting Putin regime

10/04/2014

Letter to London Symphony Orchestra: Axe Valery Gergiev

Russian conductor unfit for LSO. He supports Putin tyranny

07/04/2014

Murder Music: Free speech v hate speech

Homophobic hate music. Where to draw the line?

02/04/2014

Save Civil Partnerships. Extend them to straights

April 17 deadline for responses to government consultation

28/03/2014

Same-sex marriage - This is how we won it

It was a long fight for equal marriage – finally, it’s here

27/03/2014

1971 gay marriage ban is history. Rejoice!

Ban imposed only 43 years ago. Now repealed

26/03/2014

Invitation to the first same-sex marriage in the UK

Islington Town Hall this Friday, March 28, from 11pm

19/03/2014

Tatchell becomes Patron of Muslim campaign, Tell Mama

Tell Mama does vital work countering anti-Muslim hate crime

18/03/2014

Up against the Stonewall on equal marriage

Latecomer to campaign, Ben Summerskill smears Lib Dems

13/03/2014

Protest Uganda anti-gay laws - 19 March

Uganda! Respect human rights & the constitution

03/03/2014

Ugandan Civil Society Coalition: Campaign Guidelines

Advice on how to respond to the Anti-Homosexuality Act

25/02/2014

Uganda: Anti-Homosexuality Act

This is the final transcript of the anti-gay bill in Uganda

25/02/2014

Uganda: Sanctions urged against homophobic leaders

Travel ban & assets freeze. Switch aid but don’t cut it

24/02/2014

Top ten US aid recipients practice torture

Assistance to torture regimes violates US & international law

21/02/2014

London rally against Nigeria anti-gay law

President Goodluck is bad luck for Nigerian LGBTIs

19/02/2014

Derek Jarman, 20 years on

Artist and activist, Pioneer and rebel

17/02/2014

Legal equality is important, but not enough

We also need to overcome prejudiced attitudes

14/02/2014

Valentine’s Day Carnival: For Russia With Love

Valentine’s card of Putin & Medvedev kissing: Homophobes united

13/02/2014

Alan Turing & the medical abuse of gay men

The hidden homophobic shame of the NHS

11/02/2014

Valentine’s Day Carnival: For Russia With Love

Equality, love and human rights for all Russians

10/02/2014

Russian teen project charged with “gay propaganda"

Affirmative advice to LGBT youth results in prosecution

07/02/2014

IOC allows anti-gay discrimination at Sochi

Pride House banned. Russian gay athletes barred?

06/02/2014

TV star Paul O’Grady speaks out at Russia protest

All Out petition with 131,447 signatures handed to McDonalds

30/01/2014

Sochi: The Winter (Olympics) of our Discontent

Jonny Woo interviews Peter Tatchell on homophobia in Russia

30/01/2014

London rally against Russia’s anti-gay Olympics

Urge Olympic sponsors to speak out against Russian homophobia

29/01/2014

TEDx - Imagining economic democracy

We expect political democracy. Why not economic democracy? 

27/01/2014

Tatchell dedicates award to Balochistan

Honorary Doctorate of Laws from De Montfort University

20/01/2014

The ethics of LGBT tourism - Israel et al

Boycott countries that abuse human rights

19/01/2014

Sochi will be remembered as the anti-gay Olympics

Olympic bosses collude with Putin's homophobia

16/01/2014

Nigerian anti-gay law is one of world’s harshest

LGBTI groups, events, advocacy & public expression banned

14/01/2014

India: Londoners support LGBT decriminalisation

Protesters urge repeal of Section 377 & life imprisonment

09/01/2014

London rally against Uganda anti-gay Bill

President Museveni urged: Don’t sign new law

08/01/2014

Lords seek to amend threat to free expression

New ASBO-style Bill penalises "nuisance" & "annoyance"

08/01/2014

Rally against India’s criminalisation of gay sex

Urge repeal of Section 377 & life imprisonment

06/01/2014

Urge Ugandan leader: don’t sign anti-gay Bill

Respect human rights & the Ugandan constitution

24/12/2013

Alan Turing: Was he murdered by the security services?

Call for full inquiry into the scientist’s death

23/12/2013

Coca Cola ambushed over Sochi Olympics sponsorship

London Xmas party hijacked. Collusion with Putin condemned

20/12/2013

Uganda anti-gay bill violates constitution

Symptomatic of Museveni repression & wider attack on civil rights

06/12/2013

Nelson Mandela supported LGBT rights but failed on HIV & Mugabe

Liberation hero. Pioneer of forgiveness and reconciliation

06/12/2013

Mandela: Heroic but failed on HIV, poverty & Mugabe

Liberation hero, architect of forgiveness and reconciliation

02/12/2013

Tom Daley comes out. Bravo!

A good role model. He will inspire others

02/12/2013

Clare Balding & Russia: Don’t boycott, condemn

BBC commentator urged to speak out against homophobia

27/11/2013

New ASBO-style Bill menaces free expression

Putting up with a degree of annoyance is the price we pay for liberty

22/11/2013

Mayor Boris & police endorse event with extremist clerics

Speakers say blasphemers, adulterers & apostates should be killed

19/11/2013

World Toilet Day: Time to kick up a stink about sanitation

2.5 billion people don’t have safe sanitation. 1.2 million dead

18/11/2013

London protest against gay ‘show trials’ in Uganda

Release Samuel Ganafa, Bernard Randall, Albert Cheptoyek & others

13/11/2013

London protest against Commonwealth homophobia

80% of Commonwealth countries criminalise homosexuality

08/11/2013

London protest against pro-Putin Valery Gergiev

Gergiev’s statement is flawed: He defends & misrepresents anti-gay law

01/111/2013

Valery Gergiev LSO concert disrupted

Gergiev defends Putin & anti-gay law, condemns Pussy Riot

28/10/2013

Sharley McLean - In Remembrance

Feminist, lesbian and survivor of Nazi fascism

21/10/2013

Urge President Obama to pardon Chelsea Manning

Sign the petition, Tweet @BarackObama

17/10/2013

Islamist hate preacher axed by Palestine aid group

Extremist cleric Uthman Lateef dropped after protests

07/10/2013

Protesters condemn anti-gay President of Gambia

Homophobic UN speech is latest of many anti-gay rants

23/09/2013

Protest sex abuse in asylum detention centres

LGBT & straight detainees at risk from abusive staff

19/09/2013

Russian LGBT teachers sacked because of sexuality

Homophobic repression spreads to workplace victimisation

09/09/2013

Anti-EDL demo: LGBT & Muslim solidarity

Opposition to the hate of the EDL and Islamist extremists

06/09/2013

Gays & Muslims unite. Stop all extremists

Anti-fascists must challenge Islamists to undermine the EDL

04/09/2013

David Cameron will question Putin on anti-gay law

Foreign Office Minister meets Tatchell and Campbell

29/08/2013

London protest against LGBT murders in Jamaica

Outrage over brutal killing of Dwayne Jones & Dean Moriah

21/08/2013

Bradley Manning gets 35 years

Perpetrators of the war crimes never been brought to justice

20/08/2013

Love Russia, Hate Homophobia: Day of Action

Protest 3 September, two days before the G20 summit in Russia

14/08/2013

What is it with football and homophobia?

Still no openly gay players in the UK

09/08/2013

Protest against Russian homophobia this Saturday

Sign the All Out petition for the repeal of anti-gay laws

08/08/2013

Gay Liberation Front Manifesto, London 1971

A radical agenda for personal & social transformation

06/08/2013

Solidarity with LGBT Africans

Stop the homophobic witch-hunts in Commonwealth nations

31/07/2013

Bradley Manning found guilty of exposing war crimes

Trial a “travesty of justice” says Amnesty International

30/07/2013

Mugabe rigs Zimbabwe elections again

African Union, SADC & South Africa mostly ignore electoral fraud

29/07/2013

Pope Francis: Change of tone, not of substance
Vatican anti-gay & anti-women policies remain intact

24/07/2013

Tatchell invite vetoed by Downing Street - Again

Cameron's LGBT & marriage equality reception excludes pioneer

24/07/2013

London protest against gay activist murder in Cameroon

Call for action over torture and killing of Eric Lembembe

22/07/2013

Protest: Eric Lembembe murdered in Cameroon

Call for Cameroon’s suspension from the Commonwealth

17/07/2013

Same-sex marriage law is not full equality

Six aspects of discrimination are enshrined in legislation

08/07/13

Rally for Lord’s vote on equal marriage
Monday 15 July from 3pm outside the House of Lords

03/07/2013

President Putin: The Czar of Homophobia

Russian anti-gay repression condemned

25/06/2013

Defend right to privacy, defend Edward Snowden

Sign petition against US attempts to prosecute whistle-blower

19/06/2013

Pakistan terror campaign in Balochistan

War on Baloch doctors: 32 missing, 28 murdered

17/06/2013

Fundraising Gala for Peter Tatchell Foundation 23 June

Starring Marc Almond, Heather Peace & Christopher Biggins

13/06/2013

Iran election not free. 2,600 political prisoners

Detention without trial, floggings, torture & public executions

12/06/2013

Russian anti-gay law condemned

Violation of Russian constitution & European human rights law

10/06/2013

Bradley Manning: Whistle-blowing human rights hero

On trial for exposing US war crimes, while killers walk free

06/06/2013

Kenya compensation: Other colonial victims also have claims

Widespread abuses by UK forces in Malaya, Aden & Cyprus

03/06/2013

Rally for marriage equality Monday 3 June

As the House of Lords debates the Bill

24/05/2013

Same-sex marriage Bill worst homophobia for years

MPs and faith leaders have incited prejudice & given comfort to bigots

21/05/2013

Gay marriage bill is not full equality

Some homophobic discrimination will remain

20/05/2013

Straight civil partnerships defeated

Deplorable government scare tactics & veiled threats

20/05/2013

MPs should vote for heterosexual civil partnerships

Dutch prove civil partnerships are popular with heterosexuals

16/05/2013

Break up the banks - Too big, too powerful, too risky

For bank stability: Cap their size & borrowing ratio, mutualise ownership

16/05/2013

Equalities Minister opposes equality for straight couples

Minister defies public consultation, which backed straight equality

14/05/2013

Israel row: Threat to defund Toronto Pride

Bid to ban pro-Palestine group & slogan “Israeli apartheid”

09/05/2013

Furore over sex abuse & consent at 13

Reform the prosecution of child abuse allegations?

07/05/2013

UK to compensate Kenyan victims of sexual sadism

Barack Obama’s grandfather was British torture victim

02/05/2013

Fundraising Gala for Peter Tatchell Foundation

Starring Marc Almond & Heather Peace - 23 June Norwich

30/04/2013

Pride organisers ban Bradley Manning

Political vetting of Grand Marshal is anti-democratic

24/04/2013

Commonwealth progress but more reform is needed

Secretary General is speaking out against homophobia

22/04/2013

Lobby the Lords for marriage equality

Vote uncertain. Don’t assume victory. Email today

18/04/2013

Archbishop Welby struggles to support gay equality

Dialogue urged with other LGBT campaigners in the UK & Africa

16/04/2013

Archbishop Welby to meet Peter Tatchell

Historic compromise with the gay community urged

10/04/2013

Thatcher talked freedom but often supported tyrants

She put anti-communism & business deals before human rights

08/04/2013

Margaret Thatcher: Extraordinary but heartless

Free market policies paved the way for current economic crisis

08/04/2013

Balochistan: A road map for peace & self-determination

Six steps to halt the conflict, protect human rights & secure self-rule

02/04/2013

Peter Tatchell Foundation fundraiser - A Night for Equality & Variety

You're invited to enjoy Marc Almond & Heather Peace

25/03/2013

Gay US veteran who fought military ban still on trial

Federal prosecutors pursue "Don't Ask Don't Tell" campaigner

22/03/2013

Bus adverts: free speech trumps offensiveness

Homophobic opinions should be challenged not banned

21/03/2013

Archbishop Welby offers to meet Tatchell

Invitation follows campaigner’s Open Letter

20/03/2013

An Open Letter to Justin Welby

On the occasion of his enthronement as Archbishop of Canterbury

19/03/2013

Pope wrong to meet Mugabe

Mistake to invite and greet Zimbabwean tyrant

18/03/2013

Islamist haters blocked at East London University

University & student union fail to publicly condemn preachers

11/03/2013

Queen supports gay rights in the Commonwealth?

Charter not binding & includes no explicit pledge of LGBT equality

04/03/2013

Cardinal should apologise to gay community

Keith O’Brien urged: Repent for your homophobia

04/03/2013

Nigerian Primate accused of stirring homophobia

Anglican Church of Nigeria backs harsh new anti-gay law

01/03/2013

Reading University ignores Islamist fanaticism

Muslim Society worse than BNP, hosts “kill gays” preacher

28/02/2013

Reading University cancels "kill gays" Islamist preacher

Cleric’s incitement to murder ignored in cancellation decision

25/02/2013

Cardinal O'Brien - Just the tip of Catholic hypocrisy

Catholic church is hotbed of homosexuality & homophobia

20/02/2013

Liberal dirty tricks: Bermondsey by-election 30th anniversary

Top Liberal accused of illegal anonymous 1983 election leaflets 

18/02/2013

Pro-gay marriage Muslim MPs get threats

Most Muslim MPs voted for marriage equality. Bravo! 

15/02/2013

A Day in the Life of Peter Tatchell

Death threats, hate mail - and some success too

12/02/2013

Change of Pope must bring change of policies

Opportunity to reform Catholic doctrine on human rights issues

06/02/2013

Gay marriage vote: “A victory for love & equality”

The culmination of a five-decade struggle for LGBT equality

04/02/2013

Gay marriage: Tory opponents are a minority

Conservative rebels make the party look intolerant 

25/01/2013

Equal Marriage Bill: Straight couples refused equality

Ban on heterosexual civil partnerships to remain

23/01/2013

Police issue new advice on gay DNA sampling

Chief Constables urged to review samples already taken

21/01/2013

Should the age of consent be reduced to 14?

BBC Woman’s Hour debate: Peter Tatchell & Jules Hillier

16/01/2013

Police demand DNA samples from gay men

Men convicted of repealed offences threatened with arrest

09/01/2013

Ugandan PM pulls back on ‘Kill the Gays’ bill?

But may support law against the 'promotion' of homosexuality

07/01/2013

Simon Hughes wavering on equal marriage?

MP urges religious agreement before proceeding

02/01/2013

Pakistani army massacre in Balochistan

Vain bid to suppress Baloch freedom struggle

30/12/12

New Year Honours system needs reform

Most top honours go to Establishment elite

20/12/2012

Send New Year Greetings to Bradley Manning

Jailed without trial for exposing US war crimes

17/12/2012

Ugandan PM pulls back on anti-gay law?

London protesters urge: Drop the Anti-Homosexuality Bill

12/12/2012

House of Lords debates Section 5 reform 

Cross-party, legal & police support for free speech

11/12/2012

Gay Marriage: Anglican exemption open to challenge

Bad news: ban on heterosexual civil partnerships to remain

07/12/2012

Cameron praised for religious gay marriage

Condemned for backing anti-heterosexual discrimination

06/12/2012

Straight couples refused equality

Ban on hetero civil partnerships to remain

05/12/2012

Nigeria pushes “Jail the Gays” bill

House of Representatives approves draconian law

03/12/2012

Should hate speech be a crime?
Debate: Joyce Arthur v Peter Tatchell

01/12/2012

UK government is failing gay men on HIV

3,000+ new diagnoses, no big anti-HIV campaigns 

30/11/2012

Leveson Report: The press has nothing to fear

A fair press is compatible with a free press

29/11/2012

Ian Buist: humanitarian, 1930-2012

Advocate of African empowerment & LGBT human rights

27/11/2012

Routledge apologises, Scott Long exposed 

22/11/2012

Justice for Palestine is the key to Gaza peace

Both sides must stop killing civilians & respect human rights

19/11/2012

Does Africa need our outrage?

Support for African LGBT activists is better than outrage

16/11/2012

Adrian Smith: Victory for free speech & fair play

Housing manager should have never been demoted

15/11/2012

Lobby Equalities Minister for full equality

Help us secure equal civil marriage & civil partnership for all

09/11/2012

Cameron was trying to defend gays, not smear them

PM’s inadvertent mix up over gay people & paedophilia

08/11/2012

The global struggle for queer freedom

Despite repression, LGBT people are making progress worldwide

07/11/2012

1980s: A decade of state-sanctioned homophobia

Open season on queers by state, church, tabloids & police

05/11/2012

Peter Tatchell interview: On love and freedom

My motto: Don’t accept the world as it is

01/11/2012

Tatchell arrested at Indonesian President protest

West Papuan flag unfurled - Arrest for breach of the peace

31/10/2012

Deportation of LGBT refugees continues

Government breaks its pledge of safe haven

25/10/2012

Mass executions in Iran under investigation

20,000 political prisoners shot & hanged in 1980s

19/10/2012

Nick Griffin and BNP smear critics

False allegations re child sex abuse

18/10/2012

Tatchell dedicates award to Nepal LGBT activists

Attitude Icon Award for Outstanding Achievement

15/10/2012

Allan Horsfall - LGBT pioneer 1927-2012

Campaigner for gay law reform & equality

11/10/2012

Barry Thew: 4 months jail for anti-police t-shirt

Sentence excessive  Insults should not be a crime

11/10/2012

100 million girls abused worldwide

Harassment, genital mutilation, child brides & sexual violence

10/10/2012

Commonwealth success - Thank you

Next challenge: turn pledge into action on human rights

08/10/2012

Conservatives rally against gay marriage

Hardliners urge discrimination in marriage law

25/09/2012

One-off 20% wealth tax raises £800 billion

Fund the Green New Deal for economic recovery

24/09/2012

Tatchell dedicates award to African campaigners

Lifetime Achiever Award, National Diversity Awards 2012

17/09/2012

Commonwealth must repeal punitive laws

Sign the petition to Commonwealth Foreign Ministers

13/09/2012

March against religious attacks on human rights

Defend religious freedom, oppose religious privilege

10/09/2012

Guardian Q&A: Peter Tatchell

Personal & political quick-fire interview

04/09/2012

Allan Horsfall 1927-2012: In remembrance

Pioneer of LGBT law reform & equality

03/09/2012

Anti-cuts queers harassed at Brighton Pride

Civil liberties & freedom of expression threatened

30/08/2012

Cameron urged to repeal insults ban

A majority of MPs back law change 

29/08/2012

Honours system reform is overdue
Abolish all imperial & feudal titles, reward sacrifice & bravery

23/08/2012

Non-aligned nations urged to press Iran to end tyranny

Appeal from Iranian democrats ahead of Tehran summit

15/08/2012

Direct Action for Social Justice

The ethical case for ‘people power’

09/08/2012

Russia urged: Drop Winter Olympics gay ban

Protesters picket Sochi 2014 exhibition in London

07/08/2012

Syria’s war is a crime against children

1,000+ killed, tens of thousands wounded & made refugees

03/08/2012

Olympics: 880 people sign appeal for gender equality

Tatchell presents signatures to Jacques Rogge & IOC

02/08/2012

Unequal Olympics: An Open Letter to Jacques Rogge

An appeal to the International Olympic Committee President

30/07/2012

Sign petition for women’s equality at Olympics

IOC President must present gold medal to women's marathon winner

26/07/2012

Dictators to attend Olympic Opening Ceremony

Issue arrest warrants, not VIP invitations

25/07/2012

Women demand: End gender bias at Olympics

Delegation presents women’s equality demands to IOC

24/07/2012

Women demand Olympic equality

Sexist discrimination remains, must be remedied by IOC

23/07/2012

London Olympic protesters urge: No discrimination

Lobby of IOC bosses at their London HQ, Hilton Hotel

20/07/2012

Protest at IOC Executive this Sunday, Hilton Hotel

Call for IOC to ban countries that discriminate in sport 

18/07/2012

Olympics: Open Letter to Lord Coe & IOC

Call for all nations to sign equality pledge - or face ban  

16/07/2012

French hunger-strike called off after 20 days

Demand for decriminalisation of homosexuality worldwide

12/07/2012

Olympic chiefs urged: Ban anti-gay countries

150+ nations permit discrimination against LGBT athletes

09/07/2012

London Mayor sabotaged World Pride numbers?

Parade start-time changed to reduce attendance

09/07/2012

World Pride London urges global LGBT equality

Nearly 80 countries still criminalise homosexuality

06/07/2012

Forty years of LGBT Pride, 1972-2012

Recollections from the first UK Pride, 1972

05/07/2012

London Mayor accused over World Pride fiasco

Boris Johnson snubs Pride, declines to attend

02/07/2012

London Mayor urged to save World Pride

Banning floats & vehicles will prevent elderly & disabled participation

29/06/2012

World Pride shambles, London events slashed 

Mayor, police & Westminster urged to re-open negotiations 

20/06/2012

First national conference on ‘end of life care’ for LGBT people

Fear of homophobic prejudice & isolation, lack of dignity & respect

14/06/2012

Government consultation on marriage equality

Peter Tatchell Foundation submission to Equalities Minister

11/06/2012

Gay marriage consultation: Three days to go

Urgent need to counter opponents of marriage equality

08/06/2012

Diamond Jubilee: A bad few days for journalism

Lack of balance & objectivity, dissenting voices excluded 

07/06/2012

British identity doesn't need monarchy

There are more worthy things to celebrate than aristocratic privilege

01/06/2012

Is the Queen homophobic?

She has never acknowledged the existence of LGBT people 

31/05/2012

Diamond Jubilee: Sunday protest at Queen’s flotilla

Time for elected head of state - Let Queen stand for election

24/05/2012

Azerbaijan fails human rights test for Eurovision

Song contest organisers collude with regime & boost it’s image

17/05/2012

Queen hosts royal tyrants at Diamond Jubilee

Celebrations tarnished by invites to dictator monarchs

16/05/2012

Reform the Public Order Act

Section 5 threatens free speech & the right to protest

14/05/2012

Gay marriage consultation: One month to go

65% of the public support same-sex marriage, says Populus poll

11/05/2012

Obama boosts global campaign for marriage equality

Added pressure on David Cameron to deliver same-sex marriage

11/05/2012

LGBT Iranians Speak Out

Hear the voices of LGBT activists and (extra) ordinary LGBT Iranians

09/05/2012

Out4Marriage video campaign launched

Support full equality, not just gay equality

05/05/2012

Economic democracy – The next big Left idea?

Seven ideas to make the economy democratic & accountable

01/05/2012

Iran uses intimidation to deter Arab protests

Martial law, arrests, imprisonment, torture & killings

24/04/2012

Medical charities exposed: World Day for Laboratory Animals

Public donations finance abusive animal experiments

21/04/2012

London protest against Bahrain Grand Prix

Bahrain protesters urge cancellation at Formula One HQ

16/04/2012

Balochistan: Time for a ceasefire and political settlement

Proposals for military de-escalation & a referendum on self-determination

02/04/2012

Submission to the Australian Senate inquiry on marriage equality

Australia should legislate equal marriage, not UK-style civil partnerships

19/03/2012

Secularist of the Year 2012 - Peter Tatchell

Irwin Prize for defending the separation of religion and the state

15/03/2012

Same-sex marriage proposals welcome but flawed

Ban on heterosexual civil partnerships will remain

14/03/2012

Catholic Archbishops have misled people on gay marriage

Government proposals apply to register offices, not churches

12/03/2012

Draft Commonwealth Charter - Call for submissions

LGBTI rights omitted, no mechanism for human rights enforcement

12/03/2012

Balochistan ceasefire & political settlement proposed at UN

Balochistan conflict is causing huge damage to Pakistan’s reputation

11/03/2012

Catholic Archbishops urge discrimination against gay couples

Focus on opposing gay marriage shows perverse moral priorities

06/03/2012

Pakistan opposes UN discussion of anti-gay violence

Supported by all 57 nations of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation

29/02/2012

At the UN, Commonwealth chief condemns homophobia

Defence of gay rights at the Human Rights Council in Geneva

27/02/2012

Elton John & David Furnish interview Peter Tatchell

Celebration of 60th birthday & 45 years of human rights campaigning

20/02/2012

Football Association anti-homophobia plan is welcome but vague

Anti-homophobia messages on tickets, match programmes & stadium screens

20/02/2012

‘Coalition for Marriage’ bids to block gay marriage

Opposition to marriage equality is “intolerant and out of touch”

19/02/2012

Whitney Houston: Did homophobia help kill her?

Pressure to end relationship with Robyn Crawford contributed to her demise

14/02/2012

Valentine’s wish: Equal love rights for gay & straight couples

First anniversary of Equal Love appeal to European Court of Human Rights

13/02/2012

Imagine economic democracy. It's possible

How to improve economic accountability - and efficiency

09/02/2012

Ken Livingstone is not homophobic

Lots of Tories were closeted anti-gay hypocrites

06/02/2012

Local clergy urged: Defy Anglican civil partnership ban

Opposition and delay to women bishops reveals “ugly sexism”

05/02/2012

UK should expel the Syrian Ambassador

ICC must issue arrest warrant for President Assad

02/02/2012

Equal love rights for gay and straight

First anniversary of Equal Love appeal to European Court

01/02/2012

Sir Fred Goodwin - Make corporate recklessness a crime

Threat of legal penalties would ensure greater economic responsibility

29/01/2012

Archbishop Sentamu condemns same-sex marriage

Churches have no right to block civil marriages for LGBT people

17/01/2012

Public Order Act: repeal Section 5

Ban on insult and distress threatens free speech & right to protest

10/01/2012

Future sex: Beyond gay and straight

Less homophobia, more homosexuality

09/01/2012

Campaign Report 2012 – Peter Tatchell Foundation

Making an impact, helping defend human rights

07/01/2012

Prince Edward & Sophie should apologise for Bahrain visit

William Hague was wrong to sanction collusion with bloody regime

21/12/2011

Three ideas for economic democracy and economic success

Industrial democracy, union pension funds & staff share bonuses

19/12/2011

Labour MEPs praised for supporting Equal Love campaign

Westminster Labour MPs urged to back marriage & partnership equality

16/12/2011

Tatchell urges: Reinstate Adrian Smith. Offers to testify in his defence

Christian housing manager doesn't deserve demotion and £14,000 pay cut

12/12/2011

Financial Times - Profile of Peter Tatchell

Huge thanks to my supporters and to fellow campaigners

08/12/2011

Lib Dem Equality Minister opposes equality

Featherstone backs discrimination against heterosexuals & pro-gay religions

07/12/2011

Britain is an economic dictatorship

It’s time to democratise the economy

06/12/2011

Three practical, achievable ideas for economic democracy

Criminalise, democratise and decentralise

05/12/2011

Local churches should defy Anglican leaders over gay ban

Total ban on civil partnerships is “autocratic and homophobic”

01/12/2011

World AIDS Day - Government is failing on HIV

Inadequate HIV education, Rising HIV infections

30/11/2011

Nigerian Senate votes for draconian anti-gay law

Sweeping criminalisation contravenes Article 42 of the Nigerian constitution

29/11/2011

Britain is an economic dictatorship. Time for economic democracy

We expect political democracy. Why not economic democracy too?

22/11/2011

Save the economy with a 20% wealth tax on the mega rich

The richest 10% have wealth totalling £4 million million

22/11/2011

UK won’t cut aid over human rights abuses

International Development Minister says policy has been misrepresented

21/11/2011

Economic democracy – The next big idea?

Democratising economic decision-making is key to a fairer, more stable economy

17/11/2011

Honorary Doctorate of Laws from London South Bank University

Tatchell dedicates award to Ugandan human rights campaigners

11/11/2011

Kiss-in against Nigeria's bid to criminalise same-sex marriage - Tues 15 Nov

Marriage partners face three years jail, witnesses five years jail

08/11/2011

Needless restrictions remain on gay blood donors

Blanket 12 month gay blood ban is unjustified

07/11/2011

Commonwealth summit failed LGBTI people

No agreement on decriminalisation by government leaders

01/11/2011

UK: Don’t cut aid over human rights abuses, switch it

World’s poorest should not suffer for their government’s tyranny & corruption

31/10/2011

Axel Axgil 1915-2011 - A great LGBT Pioneer

He encouraged the exposure of the Nazi war criminal, SS Dr Carl Vaernet

28/10/2011

Obituary - Rose Robertson: 1916-2011

Founder of Britain’s first helpline for parents and their gay children

26/10/2011

Christian manager wrongly demoted over ‘homophobic’ facebook comments

Adrian Smith opposed churches being forced to conduct gay marriages

25/10/2011

Breakthrough: Commonwealth chief backs LGBT rights

A first by the Secretary General at the Commonwealth People’s Forum

20/10/2011

Australia to urge decriminalisation at Commonwealth summit

Eminent Persons Group is also recommending gay law reform

17/10/2011

FINAL APPEAL: Lobby the Commonwealth on LGBTI rights

Sign the petition to put LGBTI rights on Commonwealth agenda

13/10/2011

How the Tories were won to marriage equality

Same-sex marriage is a Conservative value

10/10/2011

Sign letter to Commonwealth leaders: Stop HIV

End the criminalisation of same-sex relations and sex work

07/10/2011

I'm anti-war, but the Taliban must not triumph in Afghanistan

Anti-imperialism cannot be allowed to trump human rights

03/10/2011

URGENT ACTION: Lobby Commonwealth Secretary General

Commonwealth leaders must address LGBT human rights

28/09/2011

Labour evades gay marriage vote

Still no official Labour policy on marriage equality

28/09/2011

Growing opposition to giant industrial pig farm at Foston

Adverse impact on human health, animal welfare & the environment

23/09/2011

Obama’s intransigence on Palestine risks a new intifada - and war

Statehood recognition is vital to break log-jam in the peace process

21/09/2011

Support East London LGBT Pride - No Gay-Free Zone

Gay and Muslim solidarity. Unite! Fight all hate

19/09/2011

Gay marriage plan sustains discrimination

Ban on gay religious marriages and straight civil partnerships

16/09/2011

Why has Labour failed to vote for marriage equality?

Ed Miliband has endorsed same-sex marriage but the party conference hasn’t

15/09/2011

Gay USA TV – Peter Tatchell interview

44 years of LGBT and human rights campaigning

13/09/2011

Terror and Talibanisation in Balochistan

Pakistan tolerates the Taliban as a proxy force to crush the Baloch people

12/09/2011

Commonwealth summit must address LGBT human rights

Call for CHOGM to support decriminalisation of homosexuality

12/09/2011

March for a Secular Europe - 17 September

Oppose special privileges for religion & people of faith

08/09/2011

Blanket 12 month gay blood ban is unjustified

Safe gay and bisexual blood donors are still excluded

05/09/2011

Tatchell gets Muslim hostility & support at anti-EDL demo

Ordered to remove gay placard, Gays not permitted here

02/09/2011

Protest against the EDL. Defend the Muslim community

Anti-fascists must challenge the Islamist right to undermine the EDL

30/08/2011

Bid to put LGBT rights on Commonwealth agenda

UK Foreign Secretary urged to lobby host government, Australia

26/08/2011

World’s first pro-gay reggae album

Jamaican singer bids to challenge homophobia

22/08/2011

East London LGBT Pride – An Open Letter to Pride London

Challenge homophobia. Show that E London is not a gay-free zone

15/08/2011

Pakistan’s neo-colonial rule in Balochistan

Military, economic and cultural oppression escalate

25/07/2011

Public Order Act: repeal bans on insult and distress

Sections 4A and 5 threaten free speech and right to protest

20/07/2011

World Pride 2012 theme: Decriminalise homosexuality

An opportunity to highlight global homophobic oppression

15/07/2011

Equality body supports “compromises” on equality laws

“Reasonable accommodations” should be made for people of faith says EHRC

14/07/2011

Sign the Equal Love petition for marriage equality

Help us win gay marriage & straight civil partnerships

12/07/2011

Julian Assange is innocent until proven guilty

Why are Swedish prosecutors refusing to interview Assange in London?

12/07/2011

FIFA must condemn Nigerian anti-lesbian witch-hunt

Flashmob protest planned for Wednesday 13 July in Frankfurt

08/07/2011

Commonwealth must put gay rights on law minister's agenda

Call to reconsider proposal for the decriminalisation of homosexuality

07/07/2011

Pakistan's secret, dirty killings in Balochistan

New wave of abductions, disappearances and murders

06/07/2011

Protest against Hizb ut-Tahrir conference in East London

Islamist group seeks to establish a global religious dictatorship

01/07/2011

Same-sex marriage is conformist but it is also a human right

Gay marriage is an issue of equality. It also signifies rising LGBT conservatism

01/07/2011

London protest against Russia ban on Moscow Gay Pride

Council of Europe urged to sanction Russia over its defiance of European Court

01/07/2011

Nick Griffin mocked at Gay Pride - Queen of Fascism

Call for LGBTs to oppose the bigotry of the BNP and EDL

20/06/2011

No LGBTI conference in Israel - Gay rights don't trump other rights

Some Palestinian and Arab delegates may not be able to attend

17/06/2011

SOAS hosts Musharraf, despite arrest warrant for Bhutto’s murder

University of London’s collusion with ex-dictator & alleged war criminal

16/06/2011

Ex-dictator of Pakistan, Pervez Musharraf, feted at London university

His regime accused of war crimes, torture and killings in Balochistan

15/06/2011

Balochistan Freedom Charter (Draft)

A programme for freedom, democracy, justice and secularism in Balochistan

13/06/2011

East London - Gay Free Zone conviction is troublesome

Threat to free speech, Worse homophobia provoked no outcry.

07/06/2011

Peter Tatchell Appeal: Can you help fund my human rights work?

Are you able to donate £5 or more a month by standing order?