The Gay Liberation Front Manifesto, published in London in 1971, was a revolution in consciousness and it remains so today. It offers a radical critique of sexism and what we now call homophobia; as ...
Human rights campaigner Peter Tatchell was forcibly ejected from the Birmingham Pride parade and threatened with arrest today, for carrying a placard and using a loudhailer to criticise past police ...
Responding to today’s European Court of Human Rights ruling against Gareth Lee over the Ashers Bakery case, LGBT+ and human right campaigner, Peter Tatchell, said: “I strongly disagree with Asher’s ...
The PTF examines nature and the factors behind these threats, using real-world examples to illustrate the challenges faced by LGBTs in 2025. In 2025, LGBT+ rights are under significant threat globally ...
The kicking to death of Boothe 30 years ago provoked anger in the LGBT+ community, led to the formation of the queer rights direct action group OutRage! and forced a massive overhaul of police policy ...
“Thirty years ago, on 22 October 1990, Justin Fashanu became the world’s first professional footballer to come out as gay. To this day, he’s the UK’s only top-tier male football star to declare his ...
Just a short distance from where the football World Cup final will be played this Sunday is one of Qatar’s secret alleged gay conversion centres. “According to Qataris, LGBT+ people can be detained ...
Human rights campaigner Peter Tatchell has called on Stonewall to provide urgent clarification regarding reported engagement with Chick-fil-A. In a letter to Stonewall CEO Simon Blake, Tatchell ...
“The OneLove armband was the tiniest of gestures. It did not even specifically mention LGBT+ people. It was a weak campaign but even that was too much for FIFA, who have bullied the England team to ...
“The Government has done a double u-turn on conversion therapy. Initially, it ditched all plans to ban LGBT+ conversion practices and then, under pressure, it partially reversed its decision. Now the ...
Pride was born out of defiance and protest. The 1969 Stonewall uprising was a revolt against police harrassment. So was the UK’s first Pride in 1972. Both demanded the police off our backs and a wider ...
Way back in the early 1970s, I was a member of the newly-formed Gay Liberation Front. It was Britain’s first direct action human rights movement of openly lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people ...