Year: 1997

OutRage! agenda for gay law reform

Letter to Tony Blair on assuming office The Rt. Hon. Tony Blair, MP, Prime Minister, 10, Downing Street, London SW1 Dear Mr. Blair, Greetings, and congratulations on Labour’s election victory and on your appointment as Prime Minister. While we appreciate that you have many important social problems to deal with, we hope your government will OutRage! agenda for gay law reform

Gays in Silent Protest at Southwark Cathedral

60 Bishops Challenged over Anglican Homophobia Seven members of the gay rights group OutRage! staged a silent protest “against Anglican support for antigay discrimination” during Morning Eucharist at Southwark Cathedral today at 11 a.m.. The protest was directed at 60 leading Anglican primates from around the world, who were attending the service whilst in London Gays in Silent Protest at Southwark Cathedral

Gays invade Lambeth Palace

Archbishop Carey and 16 Bishops Confronted Ten members of OutRage! scaled the walls of Lambeth Palace today at noon, confronting Archbishop George Carey and sixteen leading Anglican primates from around the world who were meeting at the Palace to plan the 1998 Lambeth Conference. Brandishing placards with the words “STOP CRUCIFYING QUEERS”, they were protesting Gays invade Lambeth Palace

Election Protest in Michael Portillo’s Constituency

“Portillo screws queer soldiers” banner in Parliament Square Image Copyright: Steve Mayes, 1997 There were lively exchanges between gay rights protesters, shoppers, and police when campaigners against the ban on homosexuals in the Armed Forces took their protest to the constituency of the Secretary of State for Defence, Michael Portillo, today in Southgate High Street. Election Protest in Michael Portillo’s Constituency