Author: Peter Tatchell
Queer freedom is an unstoppable global trend
The last few years have witnessed an unnerving backlash against lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) people in nearly 20 countries, including Russia, Morocco, Uganda, Iraq, Brunei, Syria, Nigeria and The Gambia.
UK Supreme Court bid for gay pension equality
Liberty client John Walker’s landmark legal battle to secure equal pension benefits for his husband will, if he wins, end the financial penalisation of thousands of same-sex couples in civil partnerships and civil marriages.
How we survived the AIDS plague ?
In January 1987, 30 years ago, I wrote a draft of what was to become soon afterwards the first comprehensive human rights charter for people with HIV.
Appeal Court rules against heterosexual civil partnerships
But judges say civil partnership discrimination is not sustainable.
Church Synod victory for LGBTI love & equality
“This vote to reject the Bishops’ report is a triumph for love and equality. It is the biggest defeat for the Anglican leadership in many decades. Synod rightly refused to endorse the anti-LGBTI exclusion and discrimination advocated by the Bishops,” said Peter Tatchell, Director of the Peter Tatchell Foundation.
Gay pardons for up to 100,000 men welcomed
The government has today confirmed the granting of pardons to men convicted under historic anti-gay laws, pre-2003, for consenting adult same-sex behaviour, where such behaviour is no longer a crime today.