BBC urged to scrap BNP broadcast , 21-May-1999 ©1999 John Hunt/OutRage! London OutRage! activists joined protests on Friday, 21st May against the BBC over its decision to give air-time to the neonazi British National Party. Just hours before the BNP’s European election manifesto was due to be transmitted on Friday, 21st May 1999, OutRage! picketed … BBC urged to scrap BNP broadcast
The Rt. Hon. Jack Straw, MP, Home Secretary. 14th May, 1999. I am writing on behalf of the lesbian and gay human rights group OutRage! to call for a public inquiry into the police failure to warn the lesbian and gay population that Old Compton Street and other gay districts were potential bomb targets. Some … Letter to Jack Straw – Call for Public Enquiry after Soho bombing
PETER TATCHELL of OutRage! says the police failure to warn the lesbian and gay public about the bomb threat was “complacent and irresponsible”. While the police deserve mostly praise for their liaison with the lesbian and gay community since the Soho bombing, their failure to forewarn the homosexual public that gay venues could be attacked … Police Failed to Warn Gay Public: OutRage! call for a Public Enquiry
Despite driving rain earlier in the afternoon, 1000 people of all races and sexualities thronged Old Compton Street at 6:30 on Friday, 7th May, for the Vigil commemorating the victims of the bomb one week earlier, and the victims of the two previous bombings in Brixton and Brick Lane. As well as an act of … April Bombings: Vigil of Remembrance
The Rt. Hon. Jack Straw, MP, Home Secretary. 3rd May, 1999. Dear Mr. Straw, Government Action following Friday’s Soho bombing Given your hospital visits to those injured by the bomb, it is plain that your weekend, like that of so many of us, has been disrupted by the blast, (albeit not in the devasting way … Letter to Jack Straw — Call for Government Action after Soho bombing
OutRage! is calling on the Home Secretary, Jack Straw, to respond to the Soho bombing by bringing in new laws to crack down on homophobic hate crimes. “We want the Crime & Disorder Act 1998 amended to impose tougher sentences for violence against lesbians and gay men. Such legislation would be a permanent, positive memorial … Call for Tough New Laws against Antigay Hate Crimes
Vigils and protest marches after Soho Bomb, May-July 1999
At least five people remain critically ill after a nail bomb exploded in a central London pub, killing two and injuring more than 70. Surgeons were operating on a further four people early on Saturday morning and several more are still said to be seriously ill. Forensic scientists and anti-terrorist squad officers spent the night … Update: Soho Bomb
Two people were killed and more than 80 injured in a nail bomb blast at a gay pub in Soho, central London. A third died in hospital 24 hours later. Police said the bomb had been placed next to the bar in the Admiral Duncan in Old Compton Street, exploding at around 1835 BST. One … Soho Bomb – 3 killed, scores injured
Review of “Advising Gay and Lesbian Clients – A Guide for Lawyers” David Allison reviews a new textbook which covers all the issues on which a client may need advice, including discrimination and employment issues, arranging financial affairs and making wills, the family home, custody disputes, adopting children or otherwise creating them, access to social … Advising Gay and Lesbian Clients – A Guide for Lawyers