The notoriously homophobic President of Zimbabwe, Robert Mugabe, shook hands with and thanked British gay rights activist, Peter Tatchell, today, (Tuesday, 28th October, at 12 noon). Masquerading as a TV cameraman, Tatchell slipped through a Special Branch security net, and got into the VIP area at London’s Westminster Central Hall, where President Mugabe was enjoying … Zimbabwe President meets British gay rights leader
The Foreign Secretary, Robin Cook, is being urged to halt British aid to Zimbabwe, in protest at the country’s victimisation of lesbians and gay men. The call comes from the gay rights group OutRage! as Zimbabwe’s President, Robert Mugabe, arrives in Edinburgh to attend the Commonwealth summit. Gay protests against Mugabe are planned in Edinburgh … Call to suspend British aid to Zimbabwe
Peter Tatchell argues for the strengthening and expansion of the sex and race discrimination laws, through the legislation of a comprehensive Equal Rights Act, to ensure equality for everyone. There are at least a dozen different aspects of antigay discrimination which require law reform to ensure homosexual equality. These include: the equalisation of the age … Equal Rights Act – Protection for everyone
Peter Tatchell says gay marriage and registered partnerships offer false hope. An Unmarried Partners Act, giving automatic legal rights to all unwed couples, –gay and straight– would be far more beneficial. Much recent debate about the legal recognition of same-sex relationships has been dominated by Dutch proposals to permit gay civil marriage, and by the … Unmarried Partners Act – New Rights for the Unwed
OutRage! invite you to join us in commemorating QUEER REMEMBRANCE DAY on Sunday, 2-November-1997, London (the Sunday before official Remembrance Sunday). QUEER REMEMBRANCE DAY is organised by OutRage! in conjunction with other lesbian and gay groups, including Rank Outsiders. 2:00 p.m., at the Cenotaph, Whitehall, SW1 Ceremony of Remembrance to commemorate the lesbians, gays, and … Queer Remembrance Day – Invitation
United Airlines Refuses Gay Partnership Benefits The main corporate sponsor of London’s 1997 Gay Pride Festival, United Airlines, has been exposed as pursuing antigay employment policies. The gay rights group OutRage! is calling for a Europe-wide “Boycott United” campaign, in protest at United Airlines’ refusal to give spousal benefits to the partners of its gay … Call for Europe-wide “Boycott United” campaign
Peter Tatchell argues that animal experimentation is undermining the fight against AIDS and jeopardising the lives of people with HIV. The development of live-saving protease inhibitors was delayed for four years by the pharmaceutical company Merck because the drugs killed laboratory dogs and rats, according to the Washington Post Magazine, (1-May-1997). During those four years, … Animal research delayed protease inhibitors for four years
A giant 8′ x 4′ invoice, demanding payment by the New Labour Government, was carried in Saturday’s Gay Pride Parade by members of the gay rights group OutRage!. The invoice demanded that Labour should “Pay Up Now!” for gay rights legislation promised by the party during the recent election campaign: an equal age of consent; … Invoice to New Labour government for gay law reform
Government defends discrimination in sexual offences law OutRage! has warned that the newly-agreed equal age of consent will not apply to Jersey, Guernsey or the Isle of Man, and that Tony Blair is unwilling to press the local parliaments to equalise their ages of consent at 16, to bring them into line with the rest … Labour vetoes Equality
Antigay mps challenged to ‘take the test’ Research shows that most homophobes are gay New research by U.S. psychologists suggests that 80 percent of men who are homophobic have secret homosexual feelings. These findings have prompted the gay rights group OutRage! to invite 20 prominent homophobic MPs to have their sexuality tested. In tests by … Most Homophobes are Gay – 20 MPs challenged