Month: October 1997

Call to suspend British aid to Zimbabwe

The Foreign Secretary, Robin Cook, is being urged to halt British aid to Zimbabwe, in protest at the country’s victimisation of lesbians and gay men. The call comes from the gay rights group OutRage! as Zimbabwe’s President, Robert Mugabe, arrives in Edinburgh to attend the Commonwealth summit. Gay protests against Mugabe are planned in Edinburgh Call to suspend British aid to Zimbabwe

Letter to Bundeskanzler Helmut Kohl

The Chancellor, Bundeskanzleramt, D-53106 Bonn, Germany. 20-October-1997 I am writing on behalf of OutRage! –the campaign for lesbian, gay and bisexual human rights– concerning the persecution of homosexuals during the Nazi era and the subsequent mistreatment of gay holocaust survivors by the German authorities. We are shocked that the German government still refuses to compensate Letter to Bundeskanzler Helmut Kohl

Robert Mugabe challenged to ‘take the test’

Research shows that most homophobes are repressed homosexuals The notoriously homophobic President of Zimbabwe, Robert Mugabe, is being invited to take an erotic arousal test, to dispel suggestions that his antigay attitudes could be evidence of repressed homosexuality. Mugabe is arriving in Britain to attend the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Edinburgh, from 24-27 Robert Mugabe challenged to ‘take the test’

Section 28 and sex education

Letter from the Department for Education and Employment Thank you for your letter … regarding sex education for young gay people in schools. Well planned and effectively presented sex education is vital. Young people need to gain the skills and understanding necessary to take responsible decisions about their personal and sexual behaviour. Although the responsibility Section 28 and sex education