Latest Articles and News Releases
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21/08/2017 John Wolfenden: Not so liberal after all
60th anniversary of Wolfenden recommending partial decriminalisation |
15/08/2017
Another gay murder. More police failings
Independent Police Complaints Commission must investigate |
11/08/2017 Notting Hill Carnival will commemorate Grenfell
London Mayor backs one minute’s silence 3pm Carnival Monday
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03/08/2017 Open Letter to Pride: Defend the Council of Ex-Muslims
East London mosque has history of hosting homophobic hate preachers
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25/07/2017
Theresa May urged to apologise & compensate gay men
100,000 men convicted of consenting gay sex 1885-2013 |
19/07/2017 Sexual Offences Act 1967: Reform and repression
Anti-gay laws remained on the statute book, arrests rocketed |
11/07/2017£50 for 50 years of Peter Tatchell’s activism
Help us fund Peter Tatchell’s human rights work |
06/07/2017 Has LGBT Pride lost its way?
Mayor, Westminster & Police restrict Pride numbers |
29/06/ 2017 Pakistan: Crimes against female humanity
Domestic violence, rape, ‘honour’ killing, forced & child marriages |
20/06/2017 Stories of illegal love & survival in Jamaica
Victims of homophobia speak out & find solace in global allies
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14/06/2017
Muslim campaigner exposes toleration of extremists
Sara Khan: Oppose far right Islamism & defend liberal Muslims |
07/06/2017 We’re helping of hundreds of people in need
Casework report of the Peter Tatchell Foundation |
24/05/2017 1967: The myth of gay decriminalisation
Anti-gay laws remained on the statute book, arrests rocketed |
10/06/2017 Balochistan: A road map for peace & self-determination
Six steps to halt the conflict, protect human rights & secure self-rule |
20/04/2017
Time to put SEX into sex education
Celebrate sexual pleasure. Combat sexual shame & abuse
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12/04/2017
The Nazi war on gay people: Survivors speak out
The film Paragraph 175 reveals the forgotten ‘Holocaust’
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05/04/2017
Jeremy Bamber: Police evidence withheld 32 years
Evidence not disclosed & destroyed, in defiance of three court orders |
03/04/2017
Pride Matters: Peter Tatchell’s activism 1967-2017
The ideas & events that have shaped his 50 years of campaigning
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29/03/2017
Human rights are animal rights
Speciesism is analogous to homophobia, racism & misogyny
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27/03/2017
Russia wages legal & cultural war on LGBTIs
The ‘enemy within’: Victims of Putin’s ‘gay propaganda’ law |
15/03/2017
A photograph that defines the best of Britain
Peter Tatchell chooses an image from V-E Day, 8 May 1945
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20/03/2017
Queer freedom is an unstoppable global trend
Despite backlash, LGBTI people make global gains |
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15/03/2017
Bianca Jagger leads Saudi petition hand-in to PM
159,000 sign petition to stop UK arms sales to Saudi Arabia |
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13/03/2017
Ecological disaster threatens Arab minority in Iran
Triple whammy of new dams, river diversion & industrial pollution |
09/03/2017
UK Supreme Court bid for gay pension equality
DWP opposes equal pensions, backs company that discriminates
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07/03/2017
How we survived the AIDS plague
Thanks to unlikely alliance of HIV activists, doctors & scientists |
01/03/2017
Dear Sylvia Pankhurst: Equality hero!
Feminist, socialist, anti-fascist and internationalist |
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28/02/2017
Under-age sex - A statement of clarification
Adults should not have sex with children. I do not advocate paedophilia |
21/02/2017
Another year of global progress on LGBTI rights
We salute brave, inspiring & successful activists in the global south
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16/02/2017
Synod victory for LGBTI love and equality
Bishops’ report endorsing discrimination is defeated |
10/02/2017
Join the vigil at Synod against Anglican homophobia
Bishops report defends straight superiority & opposes equal marriage |
06/02/2017
Netanyahu visit: Sanction Israel over settlements
Ban arms sales to Israel & Israeli products from the West Bank
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31/01/2017
Gay pardons for up to 100,000 men welcomed
But pardon has connotations of forgiveness for a wrong done |
31/01/2017
Here’s what Jeremy Corbyn could do, to win in 2020
Less oppositionism. More constructive, imaginative alternative polices
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24/01/2017 My 65th birthday & 50 years of human rights activism
Retirement? No thanks. I plan to carry on for another 30 years
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18/01/2017 Under Trump, the US can’t be the UK’s closest ally
President Trump is another reason to dump the special relationship with the US |
12/01/2017 Yemen & Badawi: Sign petition against Saudis
End UK arms sales to human rights abusing Saudi Arabia
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09/01/2017 Support LGBTI rights in Azerbaijan
Sign petition for protection against discrimination & hate crime |
31/12/2016 Honours system is discredited. I’ve said no
Nepotism and cronyism still blight the awards
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26/12/2016
George Michael: My personal recollections of his life
A brilliant composer & singer, with a social conscience and message |
20/12/2016 The truth about Syria, Corbyn and our protest
Both the Tories AND Labour failed to press for a vote on aid drops |
19/12/2016 Stop the War UK has betrayed the Syrian people
No solidarity with Syrian democratic, left & civil society activists
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14/12/2016 Here’s how the UK can help save Syrian civilians
Aid drops, human rights monitors, peacekeepers & war crimes charges
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10/12/2016
Labour urged: Actions not words on Syria
Human Rights Day protest by Syria Solidarity UK |
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08/12/2016
Happy Christmans & Thank You
Wishing you & your loved ones a joyful festive season |
30/11/2016 Peter Tatchell awarded Albert Medal 2016
Awarded for “tireless campaigning on human rights & social equality” |
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28/11/2016
Equality Ball 2016
Gala fundrasing dinner |
23/11/2016 Stephen Port gay serial killings: Police failings exposed
Officers failed to warn & liaise with the LGBT community
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10/11/2016 Iran: Free Dr Taheri, jailed for his spiritual teachings
Held incommunicado. Six years solitary confinement in Evin prison
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08/11/2016 Age of consent: Too high? Too low? Just right
Uk law criminalises more than half of all ypung people |
01/11/2016 Legal bid to overturn ban on different-sex civil partnerships
Appeal Court to hear case for equal civil partnerships for straight couples |
31/10/ 2016 Peter Tatchell receives Gandhi International Peace Award 2016
For his 50 years of human rights work in the UK and worldwide |
28/10/2016 Syria: UN General Assembly should mandate a no-bomb zone
Russia’s veto can be overridden using UN 377A, Uniting for Peace
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27/10/2016
INVITATION: Peter Tatchell Foundation Equality Ball 26 November
With Andy Bell of Erasure, La Voix, Ronan Parke & Michelle McIntyre |
24/10/2016 Ashers ‘gay cake’ verdict is defeat for freedom of expression
The law should not compel businesses to aid political messages
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20/10/2016 Bid to pardon gay men convicted under anti-gay laws
MP John Nicolson’s Sexual Offences (Pardons etc) Bill to be debated on Friday
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18/10/2016 Peter Tatchell Foundation celebrates 5 years of human rights work
Huge thanks to all our supporters & donors – You make it possible |
06/10/2016 Call to ban Islamist cleric who endorses killing of gays
Home Secretary should revoke his visa |
05/10/2016 Why does gay sex scare modern Muslims?
Homosexuality didn’t frighten Muslims in Islam’s Golden Age |
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21/09/2016
Peter Tatchell wins James Joyce Award 2016
Granted an Honorary Fellowship by University College Dublin |
19/09/2016 West must stop aiding Pakistan’s war crimes in Balochistan
Send UN fact-finding mission to Balochistan & appoint UN Special Rapporteur |
12/09/2016 Bhupen Khakhar – Pioneering gay Indian painter
A new retrospective of his work at Tate Modern, London |
05/09/2016 Keith Vaz, drugs, the sex trade & conflicts of interest
No contradiction between Vaz’s public stance & private behaviour |
05/09/2016 Keith Vaz MP: Did Sunday Mirror pay £30,000 for male escort’s story?
Did it have a contract with the escorts & assist their secret recording? |
25/08/2016 Call to end US arms sales to Pakistan
Urgent action is vital to halt Islamabad’s war crimes in Balochistan |
