The new Bill fails to protect teenagers against sex abuse The Government’s proposed Age of Consent Bill, announced at the time of the Queen’s Speech, has been welcomed by OutRage! as the final round in the 32-year campaign to end discrimination in the consent laws. “Over the last three decades, more than a thousand gay … Age of Consent Bill welcomed, but criticised
Gay and Lesbian Community in Zimbabwe Delighted at Developments Following the Pink Paper’s leading front page article, (Friday, 12th Nov.), GALZ, Gays and Lesbians in Zimbabwe, have written the following letter to remove any doubt about their position on the attempted arrest of President Mugabe on the 30th October and the resultant positive developments. Note, … Mugabe Arrest: GALZ Response to “Pink Paper” Article
Crowds lining Whitehall for the official Remembrance Sunday Parade applauded as gay military veterans, OutRage!, and representatives from seven other queer organisations marched to the Cenotaph for a special Queer Remembrance ceremony today, Sunday, 14th November 1999, just after 12 noon. The applause and cheers outnumbered a few isolated incidents of abuse, when some straight … Queer Remembrance Day 1999
Call for Zimbabwe’s Explusion from the Commonwealth OutRage! has condemned as “shameful appeasement” the British Government’s expression of “regret” to President Mugabe over his citizen’s arrest by OutRage! members during a visit to London on the 30th October. The words of regret were expressed to Zimbabwe’s Foreign Minister in a phone call by Peter Hain … Blair Government Condemned over “Regret” to Mugabe
The Prime Minister, 10, Downing Street. 9th November, 1999. Dear Tony Blair, COMMONWEALTH SUMMIT 1999 HOMOPHOBIC PERSECUTION & OTHER HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES IN ZIMBABWE I am writing on behalf of the gay human rights group OutRage! to request that, during the Commonwealth Summit in South Africa, you initiate moves to expel Zimbabwe from the Commonwealth … PM urged to expell Zimbabwe from Commonwealth
Tatchell gives TV interview, after result of ballot is announced , 2-November-1999. ©1999 John Hunt/OutRage! London OutRage! has condemned the selection of homophobe and hypocrite Michael Portillo as Tory candidate for Kensington and Chelsea. “Selecting a homophobe like Michael Portillo is the moral equivalent of choosing a racist”, said Peter Tatchell. “The Conservatives would … Gay protests twice disrupt Portillo’s victory press conference
Tatchell, accompanied by Williams, about to open the car door: just before the driver moves forward, forcing the photographer onto the bonnet. OutRage! members today attempted to make a citizen’s arrest on the notoriously homophobic President of Zimbabwe, Robert Mugabe, in a bid to prevent him from committing further acts of torture, (Saturday, 30th October). … Zimbabwe’s President Mugabe detained on charges of torture by gay rights protesters
Portillo confronted at Chelsea Old Town Hall On arriving at the meeting of the Tory Kensington & Chelsea Selection Committee on the evening of Tuesday, 26th October, Michael Portillo was challenged by OutRage! protesters to defend his homophobic stance whilst a member of the previous Government. Portillo, visibly unnerved by the verbal confrontation, hurried with … Portillo Protest at Tory Selection Meeting
OutRage! exhorts the military to “educate its members in human rights and to challenge homophobic attitudes during recruitment and training programmes”. The mere “suspension” of disciplinary action against gays in the military is “inadequate, cowardly and unprincipled”, since the ban on gay recruits remains intact and homophobia is still rampant in the ranks. The Armed … Call for Action to combat Homophobia in the Military
OutRage! is planning to intervene in the selection of the Conservative candidate for Kensington, and in the Kensington by-election, to highlight Michael Portillo’s “hypocrisy, homophobia and failure to tell the full truth about his homosexuality”. The gay rights group is making elaborate plans to embarrass Michael Portillo and the leadership of the Conservative Party. According … OutRage! to intervene in Portillo selection