Top U.S. toy maker, the IIlinois-based ERTL company, is dropping British right-wing commentator Christopher Monckton, following revelations by OutRage! that he has advocated that everyone with HIV should be quarantined “compulsorily, immediately and permanently” (American Spectator, January 1987). Monckton is the designer of ERTL’s new puzzle game, Eternity, which is expected to net the company … U.S. Toy Giant ERTL Rethinks Links with Monckton
FOR DISCUSSION WITHIN THE L/G/B/T COMMUNITY Presented to Pride (London) Committee and London Mardi Gras on 30 July 1999, and circulated to lesbian and gay community organisations and individuals for consultation and discussion. MAIN PROPOSALS – A SUMMARY reverse the march route to hold a post-march festival in Hyde Park on Saturday, and switch the … The Future of Pride / Mardi Gras – OutRage!’s Proposals
Top toy manufacturer, Ertl, is being condemned by the gay rights group OutRage! over its link up with British right-wing guru, Christopher Monckton, designer of its latest puzzle game, Eternity. The new game, which could net the company over £10 million in world-wide sales, is being launched shortly in the US. Monckton has urged that … Top Toy Maker ERTL Threatened by Boycott
“The Labour Party is concerned with grave realities, not with picturesque fairy tales. … Practical men and women will consider, not fables regarding tomorrow, but the facts of today. … They will judge the present Government, as governments should be judged, not by its words, but by its deeds — by its achievements, its … Pride March: Pinocchio Blair – Labour’s broken promises
“Under Jack Straw’s flawed legislation, the Government and police will have discretionary power to withhold information on human rights abuses,” said OutRage! spokesman Peter Tatchell. “The bungled police investigation into the still unsolved queer-bashing murder of gay actor Michael Boothe in 1990 will probably remain shrouded in official secrecy; as will the recent homophobic harassment … OutRage! supports the Guardian’s ‘Freedom of Information’ Campaign
Anti-fascist, soldier, prisoner of war, advocate of peace and reconciliation, and gay rights pioneer. Dudley Cave was many things, but one word sums up his life: humanitarian. Cave’s early career with Odeon cinemas was interrupted by World War Two. Initially inclined to register as a conscientious objector, revelations aboot the horrors of Hitlerism changed his … In Memoriam: Dudley Cave
Lesbian and gay electors are being urged to “Queer The Vote” in the European elections, on Thursday, 10th June 1999. The call comes from OutRage!, who are urging gay people to vote against parties that support homophobic discrimination, and in favour of those that promote equality. “The parties should judged by their actions, not their … Queer the Vote for Europe – Elections on 10th June
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
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