Peter Tatchell - Revision history

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	== Gay Liberation Front ==		== Gay Liberation Front ==
	He moved to London in 1971. He had accepted being gay in 1969 and four days after arriving he spotted a sticker on a lamp-post in Oxford Street advertising a meeting of the London [[Gay Liberation Front]] (GLF). He quickly became a leading member of the group until it disintegrated in 1974. During his time in GLF Tatchell was prominent in organising sit-ins at pubs that refused to serve "poofs" and protests against police harassment and the medical classification of homosexuality as an illness. He was a member of GLF's Youth and Action Groups. With others he helped organise the first [[~~Gay~~ Pride]] march in Britain, in London in 1972<ref>[[Lisa Power]] (1995).<cite>[[No Bath But Plenty Of Bubbles]]</cite>: An Oral History Of The Gay Liberation Front 1970-7. Cassell. ISBN 0-304-33205-4.</ref>.		He moved to London in 1971. He had accepted being gay in 1969 and four days after arriving he spotted a sticker on a lamp-post in Oxford Street advertising a meeting of the London [[Gay Liberation Front]] (GLF). He quickly became a leading member of the group until it disintegrated in 1974. During his time in GLF Tatchell was prominent in organising sit-ins at pubs that refused to serve "poofs" and protests against police harassment and the medical classification of homosexuality as an illness. He was a member of GLF's Youth and Action Groups. With others he helped organise the first Gay [[Pride]] march in Britain, in London in 1972<ref>[[Lisa Power]] (1995).<cite>[[No Bath But Plenty Of Bubbles]]</cite>: An Oral History Of The Gay Liberation Front 1970-7. Cassell. ISBN 0-304-33205-4.</ref>.

	In 1973 under the aegis of the GLF he attended the 10th World Youth Festival in East Berlin. His interventions brought out considerable opposition to gay rights within and between different groups of national delegates including the British Communist Party and National Union of Students, which manifested itself in Tatchell being banned from conferences, having his gay rights leaflets confiscated and burned, interrogation by the secret police (the Stasi) and him being threatened and violently attacked by fellow delegates—mostly communists. Tatchell later claimed that this was the first time gay liberation politics were publicly disseminated and discussed in a communist country, although he noted that legally, in terms of decriminalisation and the age of consent, gay men had greater rights in East Germany at the time than in Britain and much of the West. At the GLF disruption of the "Christian fundamentalist" [[Festival of Light]] rally at Methodist Central Hall he was part of GLF's Youth Group, which staged a kiss-in in the upper balcony in response to a statement from keynote speaker Malcolm Muggeridge, that he did not like homosexuals.		In 1973 under the aegis of the GLF he attended the 10th World Youth Festival in East Berlin. His interventions brought out considerable opposition to gay rights within and between different groups of national delegates including the British Communist Party and National Union of Students, which manifested itself in Tatchell being banned from conferences, having his gay rights leaflets confiscated and burned, interrogation by the secret police (the Stasi) and him being threatened and violently attacked by fellow delegates—mostly communists. Tatchell later claimed that this was the first time gay liberation politics were publicly disseminated and discussed in a communist country, although he noted that legally, in terms of decriminalisation and the age of consent, gay men had greater rights in East Germany at the time than in Britain and much of the West. At the GLF disruption of the "Christian fundamentalist" [[Festival of Light]] rally at Methodist Central Hall he was part of GLF's Youth Group, which staged a kiss-in in the upper balcony in response to a statement from keynote speaker Malcolm Muggeridge, that he did not like homosexuals.

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	== Gay Liberation Front ==		== Gay Liberation Front ==
	He moved to London in 1971. He had accepted being gay in 1969 and four days after arriving he spotted a sticker on a lamp-post in Oxford Street advertising a meeting of the London [[Gay Liberation Front]] (GLF). He quickly became a leading member of the group until it disintegrated in 1974. During his time in GLF Tatchell was prominent in organising sit-ins at pubs that refused to serve "poofs" and protests against police harassment and the medical classification of homosexuality as an illness. He was a member of GLF's Youth and Action Groups. With others he helped organise the first [[Gay Pride ~~march~~]] in Britain, in London in 1972<ref>[[Lisa Power]] (1995).<cite>[[No Bath But Plenty Of Bubbles]]</cite>: An Oral History Of The Gay Liberation Front 1970-7. Cassell. ISBN 0-304-33205-4.</ref>.		He moved to London in 1971. He had accepted being gay in 1969 and four days after arriving he spotted a sticker on a lamp-post in Oxford Street advertising a meeting of the London [[Gay Liberation Front]] (GLF). He quickly became a leading member of the group until it disintegrated in 1974. During his time in GLF Tatchell was prominent in organising sit-ins at pubs that refused to serve "poofs" and protests against police harassment and the medical classification of homosexuality as an illness. He was a member of GLF's Youth and Action Groups. With others he helped organise the first [[Gay Pride]] march in Britain, in London in 1972<ref>[[Lisa Power]] (1995).<cite>[[No Bath But Plenty Of Bubbles]]</cite>: An Oral History Of The Gay Liberation Front 1970-7. Cassell. ISBN 0-304-33205-4.</ref>.

	In 1973 under the aegis of the GLF he attended the 10th World Youth Festival in East Berlin. His interventions brought out considerable opposition to gay rights within and between different groups of national delegates including the British Communist Party and National Union of Students, which manifested itself in Tatchell being banned from conferences, having his gay rights leaflets confiscated and burned, interrogation by the secret police (the Stasi) and him being threatened and violently attacked by fellow delegates—mostly communists. Tatchell later claimed that this was the first time gay liberation politics were publicly disseminated and discussed in a communist country, although he noted that legally, in terms of decriminalisation and the age of consent, gay men had greater rights in East Germany at the time than in Britain and much of the West. At the GLF disruption of the "Christian fundamentalist" [[Festival of Light]] rally at Methodist Central Hall he was part of GLF's Youth Group, which staged a kiss-in in the upper balcony in response to a statement from keynote speaker Malcolm Muggeridge, that he did not like homosexuals.		In 1973 under the aegis of the GLF he attended the 10th World Youth Festival in East Berlin. His interventions brought out considerable opposition to gay rights within and between different groups of national delegates including the British Communist Party and National Union of Students, which manifested itself in Tatchell being banned from conferences, having his gay rights leaflets confiscated and burned, interrogation by the secret police (the Stasi) and him being threatened and violently attacked by fellow delegates—mostly communists. Tatchell later claimed that this was the first time gay liberation politics were publicly disseminated and discussed in a communist country, although he noted that legally, in terms of decriminalisation and the age of consent, gay men had greater rights in East Germany at the time than in Britain and much of the West. At the GLF disruption of the "Christian fundamentalist" [[Festival of Light]] rally at Methodist Central Hall he was part of GLF's Youth Group, which staged a kiss-in in the upper balcony in response to a statement from keynote speaker Malcolm Muggeridge, that he did not like homosexuals.

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	He was ranked 25 in the [[Pride Power List 2011]], 17 in the [[World Pride Power List 2012]] and 11 in the [[World Pride Power List 2013]]. He was surprisingly omitted from the [[Pink List 2011]], apparently because "the Post-it note with his name was shuffled into an incorrect pile and nobody noticed until it was too late".<ref>http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2011/oct/26/hugh-muir-diary-peter-tatchell</ref>		He was ranked 25 in the [[Pride Power List 2011]], 17 in the [[World Pride Power List 2012]] and 11 in the [[World Pride Power List 2013]]. He was surprisingly omitted from the [[Pink List 2011]], apparently because "the Post-it note with his name was shuffled into an incorrect pile and nobody noticed until it was too late".<ref>http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2011/oct/26/hugh-muir-diary-peter-tatchell</ref>

			Peter Tatchell has defended the right to free speech and himself was a victim of the cancel culture when at Canterbury Christ Church Kent in 2016 a NUS LGBT Officer called Fran Cowling called him a racist and transphobe and refused to share a platform with him <ref> 'The new ‘left-wing’ McCarthyism? Sectarian smears & fabrications have no place in progressive politics' https://www.petertatchellfoundation.org/the-new-left-wing-mccarthyism/ </ref>.

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	From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia		From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

	[[File:Peter ~~- Joins Green Party 2004~~.jpg\|thumb\|~~right\|alt=~~Peter Tatchell ~~signing a paper\|Peter - Joins Green Party 2004~~]]'''Peter Gary Tatchell''' (born 25 January 1952) is an Australian-born British political campaigner best known for his work with LGBT social movements. He attracted international attention when he attempted a citizen's arrest of Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe in 1999 and again in 2001.		[[File:Nottingham Pride MMB A3 Peter Tatchell (cropped).jpg\|thumb\|Peter Tatchell at [[Nottingham Pride]] 2010]]'''Peter Gary Tatchell''' (born 25 January 1952) is an Australian-born British political campaigner best known for his work with LGBT social movements. He attracted international attention when he attempted a citizen's arrest of Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe in 1999 and again in 2001.

	Tatchell was selected as [[Labour Party]] Parliamentary candidate for [[Bermondsey]] in 1981, and was then denounced by party leader Michael Foot for supporting extra-parliamentary action against the Thatcher government; though the Labour Party subsequently allowed his selection, when he ran in the Bermondsey by-election in February 1983. In the 1990s, he became a prominent LGBT campaigner through the direct action group [[OutRage!]], which he co-founded. He has worked on a wide variety of issues, such as [[Stop Murder Music]], which campaigns against music lyrics that incite violence against LGBT people, and is a frequent contributor on human rights and social justice issues in print and through broadcast media, authoring many articles and six books.		Tatchell was selected as [[Labour Party]] Parliamentary candidate for [[Bermondsey]] in 1981, and was then denounced by party leader Michael Foot for supporting extra-parliamentary action against the Thatcher government; though the Labour Party subsequently allowed his selection, when he ran in the Bermondsey by-election in February 1983. In the 1990s, he became a prominent LGBT campaigner through the direct action group [[OutRage!]], which he co-founded. He has worked on a wide variety of issues, such as [[Stop Murder Music]], which campaigns against music lyrics that incite violence against LGBT people, and is a frequent contributor on human rights and social justice issues in print and through broadcast media, authoring many articles and six books.

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