Gay rights campaigner Peter Tatchell will stand trial at Canterbury Magistrates’ Court on Monday, 30th November 1998, at 10:00 a.m.. He is being tried on a charge of “indecent behaviour in a church” contrary to Section 2 of the Ecclesiastical Courts Jurisdiction Act 1860, (formerly part of the Brawling Act 1551). Tatchell’s trial will be … Tatchell stands trial over Easter Sunday cathedral protest
Gay rights campaigners breached the Prime Minister’s security net to stage a silent protest during the Memorial Service for the former editor of the Daily Mail, Sir David English, today, Thursday, 15th October, 1998. The 12 noon service was held in St. Martin-in-the-Fields Church, Trafalgar Square, London, to pay homage to Sir David who died … Gay Protest at Sir David English’s Memorial Service
An essay by gay rights campaigner Peter Tatchell of OutRage! is featured in ‘The Penguin Book of Twentieth Century Protest’, ISBN = 0-67087052-8. The new book is edited by Brian MacArthur, Associate Editor of ‘The Times’. It is described by its publisher, Penguin, as an anthology of some of the “most striking and effective” protest … Tatchell Essay in Book on 20th Century Protest
OutRage! is urging that next year’s Euro-Pride celebrations in London include a Pride Human Rights Festival. For several years, London’s Pride events have incorporated the Pride Arts Festival. Why not have a Pride Human Rights Festival too? Next year London hosts Euro-Pride. How about a Pride Human Rights Festival with a European theme? OutRage! has … Call for a Pride Human Rights Festival
A gay sex “zone of toleration” in London’s Russell Square is being proposed by OutRage! as a way of reducing public complaints and police harassment arising from gay cruising and sex in the Square at night. The idea is modelled on the “tolerance zone for gay sex” that operates in parks in Copenhagen and Amsterdam … ‘Zone of Toleration’ for Gay Sex in Russell Square?
OutRage! has condemned the Government’s proposals for new legislation in the autumn on the age of consent as “vague, minimalist, insulting and manipulative”. It is accusing Labour of “actively undermining attempts to broaden the scope of law reform beyond the age of consent, and of blatantly refusing to negotiate with gay rights organisations and MPs … DANGER! Labour Age of Consent Fudge
Forty gay rights activists demonstrated tonight, Tuesday, 28th July, between 6 and 7 p.m., as 800 Anglican bishops from the Lambeth Conference arrived at Festival Pier on London’s South Bank to take a boat trip down the Thames. The demonstrators from OutRage! and other queer rights groups, including the NUS, castigated the bishops over their … Boating Bishops picketed by Mitred Protesters
OutRage! and other queer activists besieged the House of Lords tonight (22nd July), blockading the exits and forcing peers to abandon their attempts to leave the building. There were scuffles with police as protesters jumped barricades and ran through the gates in a bid get inside the Lords and confront those who had just voted … House of Lords besieged by Gay Rights Protesters
The Archbishop of Canterbury has been accused of cowardice after he was smuggled by minders this morning (Monday, 20th July) into the opening session of the Lambeth Conference at the University of Kent by the back door, to avoid lesbian and gay rights protesters from OutRage! who were peacefully picketing the front entrance. “Carey was … Carey hides from Gay Rights Protesters
16 is just a start! Scrap all antigay laws! “Vigil for Equality” as MP’s vote on age of consent As MP’s vote on equalising the gay age of consent next Monday, 22nd June, lesbian and gay rights supporters will hold a mass “Vigil for Equality” outside the House of Commons, from 6 – 10 p.m., … Vigil for Equality — 22nd June, 6-10 p.m., Westminster