Lords oppose equality again
Lords oppose equality again , 13-April-1999 ©1999 John Hunt/OutRage! London This picture may be copied in the cause of furthering our aims, provided that the source is acknowledged.
Year: 1999
Lords oppose equality again
The evil Baroness Young of Farnworth was successful in getting the House of Lords to kill the Sexual Offences (Amendment) Bill, which would have equalised the age of consent for heterosexual and homosexual activity. At the end of a debate which started at tea-time on Tuesday, 13th April, peers divided at 11:55, voting on Lady … Lords oppose equality again
Decima Exhibition: Art or Blasphemy?
The Catholic Media Office and Evangelical Alliance have written to complain about the exhibition “Was Jesus a Homosexual?” currently on show at London’s Decima Gallery. Although the Catholic Media Office declined to send anyone to view the exhibition, the Evangelical Alliance sent a Free Presbyterian priest (the same extremist sect as the notorious Rev. Dr. … Decima Exhibition: Art or Blasphemy?
Bank of Scotland stand zapped at Ideal Home Exhibition
N.B. The Bank of Scotland should not be confused with the Royal Bank of Scotland. At 2:50 today, Saturday, 10th April, 8 gay activists from OutRage! descended upon the Bank of Scotland stand at London’s Daily Mail Ideal Home Exhibition, challenging staff to explain the massive joint business venture with the notorious US right-wing fundamentalist … Bank of Scotland stand zapped at Ideal Home Exhibition
Submission to the Home Office Sex Offences Review Team
Su McLean-Tooke, Sex Offence Review Team, Room 253, Home Office, 50, Queen Anne’s Gate, LONDON. SW1H 9AT 19th March 1999 Dear Ms. McLean-Tooke, Herewith our contribution to the Home Office Review of Sex Offences. Please do not hesitate to contact us via any of the addresses above if we can be of further assistance. We … Submission to the Home Office Sex Offences Review Team
Virgin Insurance – Letter to Richard Branson
Is ‘gay-friendly’ company loading insurance premiums? Richard Branson Virgin Communications Ltd 186 Campden Hill Road London W8 7CH 23 February 1999 Dear Sir, Some weeks ago I applied for Virgin life insurance. During a telephone conversation I was asked questions about my sexuality that I feel were intrusive and discriminatory. Your agent conducted the interview … Virgin Insurance – Letter to Richard Branson
Grotesque Violation of Human Rights
Terry Connell and supporters, defiant after the appeal. ©1999 John Hunt/OutRage! London Bolton 7 – Terry Connell to appeal to Europe Today, Friday, 5th March, the Court of Appeal dismissed Terry Connell’s appeal against sentence for consensual gay sex in private: behaviour that would be legal elsewhere in Europe. If he were heterosexual, he would … Grotesque Violation of Human Rights
Bolton 7 – Support Terry Connell’s Appeal
Call for support outside the Court of Appeal The Bolton 7 have appealed against the verdicts and sentences handed out in February 1998. Five of the sentences were reduced on 11th February 1999: but the appeal of Terry Connell has been postponed until 10:30 Friday, 5th March, [Court 8, Court of Appeal, The Strand, London … Bolton 7 – Support Terry Connell’s Appeal
Vigil for Equality outside the Lords
OutRage! plans “Vigil for Equality” outside the Lords A huge candlelight “VIGIL FOR EQUALITY” is being organised by OutRage! outside Parliament from 6-10 p.m. on Tuesday, 13th April, when the House of Lords votes on the age of consent. With placards emblazoned with the words “Equalise Consent! Abolish the Lords!” and “Let Young Gays Love … Vigil for Equality outside the Lords
OutRage!: An Oral History
Review of Ian Lucas’s book on the history of OutRage! from 1990 to 1996 “The world looks different from this end of the telescope and this is what it looks like.” (Steve Mayes) Ian Lucas’s “OutRage! An Oral History” chronicles the rise of queer direct action in nineties Britain in the words of the activists … OutRage!: An Oral History