An Open Letter to President Barack Obama on the Occasion of his Inauguration, 20 January 2009, from Peter Tatchell, LGBTI Human Rights Campaigner

January 12, 2009 in Barack Obama, Gay, Gay Life, Gay Rights, GLBT, Homosexuality, LGBT, Peter Tatchell

An Open Letter to President Barack Obama on the occasion of his inauguration, 20 January 2009, from Peter Tatchell, LGBTI human rights campaigner Dear President Barack Obama, Congratulations on the occasion of your inauguration. On this special day, the hopes of billions of people across our precious planet are vested in your presidency. They look [...]

Iraq’s Underground Queer Railroad – Safe Houses and Escape Routes Save LGBT Lives by Peter Tatchell

January 12, 2009 in Ali Hili, Gay, Gay Life, Gay Rights, GLBT, GWB, Homophobia, Homosexuality, Irak, Iraq, Iraqi, Iraqi LGBT, LGBT, Peter Tatchell, Queer, Safe House

Iraq’s underground queer railroad Safe houses and escape routes save LGBT lives By Peter Tatchell Guide (USA) – January 2009 In the bad old days of slavery in the United States, there was the “Underground Railroad” – a clandestine network of secret routes and safe houses – which spirited thousands of southern slaves to freedom [...]

Gay Hate Preacher Complains About “No God” Adverts

January 10, 2009 in Atheism, Gay, Gay Life, Gay Rights, GLBT, Homophobia, Homosexuality, LGBT

By Tony Grew – Pink News • January 9, 2009 © Jon Worth / British Humanist Association The British Humanist Association has dismissed claims from a fundamentalist Christian preacher that a new ad campaign breaks industry codes of practice. It is the UK’s first ever atheist advertising campaign. Stephen Green, leader of Christian Voice, is [...]

Dutch Foreign Minister, Maxime Verhagen, Calls in Pope’s Representative for a Chat About Gay Rights

January 9, 2009 in Benedict XVI, Gay, Gay Life, Gay Rights, GLBT, Homophobia, Homosexuality, LGBT, Maxime Verhagen, Pope, Queer, Vatican

By Staff Writer, PinkNews.co.uk • January 9, 2009 The Dutch Minister of Foreign Affairs has summoned the Papal Nuncio to the Netherlands to the ministry and expressed objections to the approach the Holy See took at the UN over a statement on the human rights of gays. Maxime Verhagen, who is a Christian Democrat, told [...]

The Foundation of Friends of the Gay Krant (SVGK) Starts a Global Action Against the Gay Discriminatory Statements of Pope Benedict XVI

January 8, 2009 in Benedict XVI, Benoit XVI, Celestino Migliore, Christianity, Christo-Fascism, Clero-Fascism, Gay, Gay Krant, Gay Life, Gay Rights, GLBT, Henk Krol, Homophobia, Homosexuality, Inquisition, LGBT, Maxime Verhagen, Peter Tatchell, Pope, UN, Universal Decriminalisation of Homosexuality, Vatican

I was asked by the Dutch Foundation of Friends of the Gay Krant (SVGK) to distribute their appeal for an international campaign against the Pope. See their statement below – Peter Tatchell Gay’s furious at Pope BEST, NL – JANUARY 4th – The Foundation of Friends of the Gay Krant (SVGK) starts a global action [...]