Peter Tatchell
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Gender | Male |
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Age | 72 |
Web site | www.petertatchell.net |
Date of birth | January 25,1952 |
Zodiac sign | Aquarius |
Born | Footscray |
Australia | |
Books | The battle for Bermondsey |
AIDS: A Guide to Survival | |
Nationality | British |
Australian | |
Official site | petertatchell.net |
Education | University of North London |
Party | Green Party of England and Wales |
Founded | OutRage! |
Awards | Albert Medal |
Movies/Shows | Hating Peter Tatchell |
Date of Reg. | |
Date of Upd. | |
ID | 406658 |
Peter Tatchell Life story
Peter Gary Tatchell is a British human rights campaigner, originally from Australia, best known for his work with LGBT social movements. Tatchell was selected as the Labour Party's parliamentary candidate for Bermondsey in 1981.
LGBT+: Metropolitan Police chief apologises to Peter Tatchell over past failings
...By Rachel RussellBBC NewsThe Metropolitan Police Commissioner, Sir Mark Rowley, has apologised to LGBT+ campaigner Peter Tatchell for the force s homophobic failings...
Paul O'Grady: How Lily Savage defied police who raided a pub with rubber gloves
... " This is a time when HIV was rampant, and the police had the bigoted view that if you touched a gay man, you d get HIV, " campaigner Peter Tatchell told BBC Radio 4 on Wednesday...
King gives Commonwealth speech of 'tolerance and respect'
... Outside the Westminster Abbey service, Peter Tatchell held a protest criticising the lack of rights for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people in many Commonwealth countries, while anti-monarchy campaigners also demonstrated as the Royal Family arrived...
New year: Fireworks and street parties as UK celebrates start of 2023
... The show was designed to send a message of " love and unity" as it highlighted the Lionesses history-making Euro win at Wembley, marked 50 years of London s Pride with a message from Peter Tatchell from the Gay Liberation Front, and sent a message of support to Ukraine...
Qatar officials stop LGBT activist Peter Tatchell protest
...By Jasmine AnderssonBBC NewsQatari officials have stopped a protest staged by British LGBT rights campaigner Peter Tatchell...
Pride at 50: Rare photos of early marches
... " On the first march, Ted Brown - pictured above (left) with campaigner Peter Tatchell (right) - told BBC News, " there were men kissing men, men kissing what looked like men in drag and there were women kissing women and women kissing men in drag and vice versa...
George Montague: Tributes to 'oldest gay' campaigner after death at 98
... And human rights campaigner Peter Tatchell called him " inspirational and a " hero" he was " honoured to know"...
Queen praises Commonwealth at missed service
... Human rights campaigner Peter Tatchell said he would protest outside the service over what he claimed was a lack of LGBT+ rights in many Commonwealth countries...
George Montague: Tributes to 'oldest gay' campaigner after death at 98
Tributes have been paid to a " tireless" and " inspirational" gay rights campaigner who died at the Age Of 98.
George Montague from the government after his criminal conviction under the Sexual Offences Act was repealed.
Mr Montague regularly appeared at Brighton Pride on his rainbow-draped mobility scooter and called himself " the oldest gay in The Village ".
Pride director Paul Kemp said he was " a lovely spirit" who " died a Happy Man ".
Brighton Pride tweeted that he was an " important part of the parade" and a " tireless campaigner for equality".
The Bbc is not responsible for the content of external sites.Former Defence Minister and ex-Hove MP Ivor Caplin said it was a " sad day for The City ".
The Bbc is not responsible for the content of external sites.And Human Rights campaigner Peter Tatchell called him " inspirational and a " hero" he was " honoured to know".
The Bbc is not responsible for the content of external sites.In 2016, the government announced that gay and bisexual men convicted of abolished sexual offences would receive pardons.
Mr Montague in 1974.
However, he challenged the government for an apology, not just a pardon, and won.
He: " It really made My Day , I was over The Moon . "
'Nobody luckier or happier'Mr Montague said he " came out officially" in his 80s but the father-of-three and grandfather said he had No Regrets .
" There's nobody luckier or happier or has lived as long as I have so happy, " He Said .
He married his civil partner Somchai Phukkhlai at Brighton Town Hall in 2015.
Mr Kemp, of Brighton, Pride, told BBC Radio Sussex: " He found himself in his later years and was very Happily Married . He just loved the community he had become part of.
" He died a Happy Man and we can all celebrate that. Certainly at Pride this year, we will be remembering him. "
Source of news: bbc.com