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 |
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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...
Peter Tatchell on his life-long fight for gay rights
Peter Tatchell on his life-long fight for gay rights
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To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.Boxer Mike Tyson , Russian President Vladimir Putin , and a former Archbishop of Canterbury - just a few of The People Peter Tatchell has protested against during a lifetime of campaigning for Human Rights .
As The Activist turns 70, he tells Bbc News about The Fear he has felt as he faced violence and jail time for Standing Up to discrimination of all kinds.
Tatchell plans to keep campaigning well into his 90s, and says he hopes To Live to see " an end to the residual elements of homophobia, biphobia and transphobia in British society".
Reporting by Josh Parry , video by Lorna Acquah.
Source of news: bbc.com