Peter Tatchell
All people →
Bermuda Activists Rebuke Calls to Boycott Island
LGBT activists in Bermuda have rebuked calls to boycott the British island territory's tourism industry over a law that rescinds marriage rights for same-sex [...]Read more about Bermuda Activists Rebuke Calls to Boycott Island
UN General Assembly hears pro-gay statement
by Rex Wockner International News Sixty-six nations at the UN General Assembly supported a groundbreaking statement Dec. 18 confirming that international [...]Read more about UN General Assembly hears pro-gay statement
Half a million at London Pride
by Rex Wockner International News Around half a million people turned out for London's gay pride parade July 5, led by Mayor Boris Johnson, who wore a pink [...]Read more about Half a million at London Pride
Anti-gay-marriage registrar wins discrimination case
by Rex Wockner International News A marriage registrar in the London borough of Islington who refused to perform same-sex civil partnerships was bullied, [...]Read more about Anti-gay-marriage registrar wins discrimination case
Controversial Gay Director Focus of Upcoming Documentary
Peter Tatchell with Sir Ian McKellen. #tatchellmovie An interview with Chris Amos, director of the upcoming documentary "Hating Peter Tatchell." First of all, [...]Read more about Controversial Gay Director Focus of Upcoming Documentary
Controversy Over UMS Award To Russian Orchestra
BY AJ TRAGER ANN ARBOR – Internationally known Russian conductor Valery Gergiev returns to Ann Arbor for two performances with the Mariinsky Orchestra and to [...]Read more about Controversy Over UMS Award To Russian Orchestra
LGBTs picket Russian Embassy in London
LGBT people picketed the Russian Embassy in London on July 1, urging that Russia's voting rights at the Council of Europe be suspended. Despite a European [...]Read more about LGBTs picket Russian Embassy in London
32 arrests at Moscow Pride, city flouts Euro Court ruling
by Rex Wockner INTERNATIONAL NEWS Undeterred by the April ruling from the European Court of Human Rights that banning Moscow Pride is illegal in multiple [...]Read more about 32 arrests at Moscow Pride, city flouts Euro Court ruling
Gay activists rally for royal wedding
By Rex Wockner INTERNATIONAL NEWS Same-sex marriage activists presented a giant wedding card for Prince William and Kate Middleton outside the gates of [...]Read more about Gay activists rally for royal wedding
UK couples take marriage and partnership case to Euro court
by Rex Wockner INTERNATIONAL NEWS Eight couples from the United Kingdom mailed a case to the European Court of Human Rights on Feb. 2. Four of the couples [...]Read more about UK couples take marriage and partnership case to Euro court
Brit gay couple win hotel case, Christians must pay damages
By Rex Wockner A British gay couple, Martyn Hall and Steven Preddy, who are in a civil partnership, will receive $2,872 each in damages from Cornwall hotel [...]Read more about Brit gay couple win hotel case, Christians must pay damages
Straight couple denied civil partnership in London
A heterosexual couple was refused a civil partnership at London's Camden Register Office on Dec. 8. The registrar cited the legal ban on opposite-sex civil [...]Read more about Straight couple denied civil partnership in London
Lesbian couple denied marriage license in London
by Rex Wockner INTERNATIONAL NEWS A lesbian couple who tried to get a marriage license were turned away at the Greenwich registry office in southeast London [...]Read more about Lesbian couple denied marriage license in London
Euro court strikes down Russian ban on gay pride parades
by Rex Wockner INTERNATIONAL NEWS In a stinging rebuke to Russia's pervasive homophobia, the European Court of Human Rights on Oct. 21 ordered the nation to [...]Read more about Euro court strikes down Russian ban on gay pride parades
Tatchell gets a blue plaque
by Rex Wockner International News Briefs Longtime British gay activist Peter Tatchell was honored with a "blue plaque" Sept. 29. At an on-location ceremony, [...]Read more about Tatchell gets a blue plaque
Gays, others protest pope in London
by Rex Wockner International News Briefs As many as 20,000 LGBT people and others protested Pope Benedict XVI's state visit to Britain on Sept. 18 in [...]Read more about Gays, others protest pope in London
Scott Long leaves Human Rights Watch
by Rex Wockner Scott Long resigned Aug. 23 as director of Human Rights Watch's LGBT Rights Program. In a note to friends, Long wrote: "In mid-July I suffered a [...]Read more about Scott Long leaves Human Rights Watch
Court OKs Moscow mayor's calling gays 'faggots'
by Rex Wockner A libel suit filed by Moscow Pride against Mayor Yuri Luzhkov over his having called gays "faggots" ("gomiki") was dismissed by the Moscow City [...]Read more about Court OKs Moscow mayor's calling gays 'faggots'
Small pride marches staged in Moscow despite ban
by Rex Wockner International News Briefs LGBT people managed to stage two small, brief pride marches in Moscow on May 29 despite another ban from Mayor Yuri [...]Read more about Small pride marches staged in Moscow despite ban
British gays say pope must resign
by Rex Wockner International News Briefs About 50 protesters, including members of the gay group OutRage!, demonstrated outside London's Westminster Cathedral [...]Read more about British gays say pope must resign
Malawi gay couple to face full trial
by Rex Wockner International News Briefs The gay couple in Blantyre, Malawi, who were jailed in December after they staged a public engagement ceremony will [...]Read more about Malawi gay couple to face full trial
House of Lords OKs gay church weddings
by Rex Wockner International News Briefs Britain's House of Lords voted 95-21 on March 3 to allow religious authorities to conduct gay civil partnership [...]Read more about House of Lords OKs gay church weddings
British group to sue for same-sex marriage
by Rex Wockner International News Briefs The London LGBT group OutRage! on Feb. 1 announced a dual legal challenge to the British bans on same-sex marriage [...]Read more about British group to sue for same-sex marriage
S/he said: Peter Tatchell, Bangor Daily News, Dr. Torres
"LGBT people have made great progress in Britain, especially in the last decade. But in large parts of the world, homophobic and transphobic oppression [...]Read more about S/he said: Peter Tatchell, Bangor Daily News, Dr. Torres
Zimbabwean gay leader dies
by Rex Wockner International News Briefs Key Zimbabwean gay leader Keith Goddard, director of Gays and Lesbians of Zimbabwe, died Oct. 9 from pneumonia. He [...]Read more about Zimbabwean gay leader dies
British prime minister apologizes to Alan Turing
by Rex Wockner International News Briefs British Prime Minister Gordon Brown apologized to Alan Turing on Sept. 11 after 31,564 people signed a petition on [...]Read more about British prime minister apologizes to Alan Turing
Banton under fire
by Jessica Carreras Jamaican "murder music" Reggae singer Buju Banton is scheduled to perform at Detroit's Majestic Theater on Sept. 30 – despite a recent [...]Read more about Banton under fire
Petition seeks apology to Alan Turing
by Rex Wockner International News Briefs More than 28,000 people have signed an official petition urging British Prime Minister Gordon Brown "to apologize for [...]Read more about Petition seeks apology to Alan Turing
One million and prime minister's wife at London Pride
by Rex Wockner International News Briefs One million people and Sarah Brown, wife of Prime Minister Gordon Brown, took part in London's gay pride parade July [...]Read more about One million and prime minister's wife at London Pride
British gay newspaper shuts down
by Rex Wockner International News Briefs The venerable British gay newspaper Pink Paper ceased publication June 24 due to falling ad revenue. However, no one [...]Read more about British gay newspaper shuts down
Mayor Luzhkov lashes out at gays
by Rex Wockner International News Briefs Moscow Mayor Yuri Luzhkov has again lashed out at gays, calling them "homos" and calling gay pride parades [...]Read more about Mayor Luzhkov lashes out at gays
Police smash Moscow pride for fourth year
by Rex Wockner International News Briefs For the fourth year in a row, riot police broke up an attempt to stage a gay pride parade in Moscow on May 16, [...]Read more about Police smash Moscow pride for fourth year
Case of The Missing Cardinal
As Sherlock Holmes once said to his lifetime partner Dr. John Watson, "John Old Topper, there's a mystery afoot about the whereabouts of the body of our [...]Read more about Case of The Missing Cardinal
Capleton concert canceled in Basel
by Rex Wockner A concert by Jamaican reggae singer Capleton was canceled by organizers in Basel, Switzerland, on Nov. 6. The groups Homosexuelle [...]Read more about Capleton concert canceled in Basel
Iraqi gay leader assassinated
by Rex Wockner The Baghdad head of the international group Iraqi LGBT was assassinated in late September, activists in London reported. Bashar, 27, was gunned [...]Read more about Iraqi gay leader assassinated
120 rally in London against deportation of gay Iranian
by Rex Wockner International News London: Some 120 protesters picketed Prime Minister Gordon Brown's residence in London on March 22 demanding that Mehdi [...]Read more about 120 rally in London against deportation of gay Iranian
Iranian fears execution if sent home
by Rex Wockner Mehdi Kazemi fears he'll be executed if the United Kingdom forces him to return to Iran. Kazemi went to London to study in 2005 and Iranian [...]Read more about Iranian fears execution if sent home
International News Briefs
by Rex Wockner Colombia passes partnership law, then kills it Colombia's Congress passed then killed a same-sex partnership bill in June. President Alvaro [...]Read more about International News Briefs
Gay Pride and Putin's Soprano-state
by Wayne Besen Anything But Straight The first sign that Russia's march toward freedom was on a downward spiral came on June 16, 2001, when George W. Bush [...]Read more about Gay Pride and Putin's Soprano-state
Nigerian National Assembly advances antigay bill
by Rex Wockner The Women Affairs and Youth Committee of Nigeria's House of Representatives held a hearing Feb. 14 on an extreme antigay bill that some [...]Read more about Nigerian National Assembly advances antigay bill
Touched by an atheist
By R.J. Beaumia As a Catholic school boy in the 1960s, the mere mention of a name that could induce the fire of fear and panic in my little chest – even more [...]Read more about Touched by an atheist
Queen's composer denied civil partnership
The Queen of England's official composer, Sir Peter Maxwell Davies, has been denied the right to enter an official civil partnership with his longtime partner [...]Read more about Queen's composer denied civil partnership
Iranian teens were hanged for rape, not gay sex
by Rex Wockner The two male teenagers hanged in Mashad, Iran, July 19 were executed not for having sex with each other, as has been reported, but for raping a [...]Read more about Iranian teens were hanged for rape, not gay sex
Two teens hanged in Iran for gay sex
By BTL Staff IRAN – Two gay teenagers were publicly executed in Iran last week for the 'crime' of homosexuality. On July 19 Mahmoud Asgari, 16, and Ayaz [...]Read more about Two teens hanged in Iran for gay sex
International briefs
Key Al-Qaeda informant comes out, foils plots A man that U.S. officials have called one of the most credible and useful Al Qaeda informers in Europe came out [...]Read more about International briefs
