A joint campaign for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender human rights Over 40 lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered organisations are now pledged to join the new Equality Standing Forum in the fight for human rights. The groups are deeply concerned that the campaign for equality is being stalled by recent set-backs in the British and … National offensive for LGBT rights gains momentum
by Peter Tatchell In November 1992, after 359 years, the Catholic Church finally admitted it was wrong to condemn Galileo as a heretic for arguing that the Earth was not the centre of the universe. How many centuries will it take before the Vatican acknowledges the equally historic wrong it has perpetrated against lesbians and … Catholic Homophobia
Amendments to outlaw discrimination against gay people and people with HIV are being proposed by OutRage! The proposed amendments are to the Human Rights Bill, which is currently going through Parliament. “If amended to include an explicit ban on discrimination based on sexual orientation, this Bill would do more for gay equality than any other … OutRage! proposes amendments to the Human Rights Bill
Barbaric ‘Experiments’ by Nazi Dr. Værnet, War Criminal The President, Republic of Argentina, Balcarce 50, 1064 Buenos Aires, Argentina. 12th March, 1998 Dear President Carlos Menen, We are writing to request the help of your government to discover the fate of the Nazi doctor, Carl Værnet, who fled to Argentina after the war and was … Letter to President Menen of Argentina
Barbaric ‘Experiments’ by Nazi Dr. Værnet, War Criminal The Prime Minister, Statsministeriet, Christinsborg, Prins Jorgens Gaard 11, Copenhagen 1218, Denmark. 16th March, 1998 Dear Prime Minister Poul Nyrup Rasmussen, We are writing to request the help of your government to discover the fate of the Nazi doctor, Carl Værnet, who fled to Argentina after the … Letter to Prime Minister Rasmussen of Denmark
Islamophobia conference ends in violent uproar Islamic fundamentalists tried to beat up a gay man and threatened to kill him at a London conference on “Islamophobia”, designed to promote understanding and tolerance of Muslim values, and attended by Muslim, Jewish and Christian leaders. The conference declaration claimed that “Islam is wrongly and unjustly portrayed as … Muslim fundamentalists threaten to kill gay activist
Home Office Minister Mike O’Brien, MP, has expressed support for the idea of a House of Commons Select Committee report on discrimination against lesbians and gay men. He said it would be a helpful way forward, setting out proposals for law reform, which the government would then consider. Mr. O’Brien made his comments during a … Home Office Support for LGBT Select Committee
Ten of the nation’s most important gay rights groups have joined forces in the fight for lesbian, gay and bisexual equality. 27 members from major organisations met on Saturday, 7th March, at the King Edward VI in Islington, and voted unanimously to work together to launch a new national offensive for human rights. The groups … Major Gay Rights Groups Unite in Campaign Forum
The pharmaceutical giant Merck has conceded that development of a potent protease inhibitor drug for the treatment of HIV was halted in 1989, after the company tested the drug on rats and dogs and they all died. There is, however, no evidence that the drug would necessarily have had the same damaging effect on people … Merck concedes Animal Research delayed Protease Inhibitors for HIV
Chris Mullin, MP, Chair, Home Affairs Select Committee, House of Commons, London. SW1A 0AA 2-March-1998 Dear Chris, I am writing on behalf of OutRage! to formally request the Home Affairs Select Committee to prioritise a report on legal discrimination against lesbian, gay, and bisexual people. This is the fourth request we have made to the … Report on Legal Discrimination against Lesbians and Gay Men