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The Phelpses are odious, homophobic bigots. They give Christianity a bad name
Anti-gay protesters banned from Britain Feb 20, 2009
It is a tragedy that homophobic threats and abuse have forced this couple apart
Gay couple jailed in Malawi breaks up Jun 09, 2010
No restaurant would ever dare use a similar racial slur on their menu. Why the double standards? Homophobic and racial slurs have got no place in a civilized society
Pub says pie name not a slur, just silly Feb 07, 2007
Free speech does not include the right to encourage the criminal act of murder. Beenie Man does more than express his disapproval of homosexuality. He calls for all homosexuals to be killed and incites his listeners to go out and murder gays and lesbians
Police launch probe into homophobic lyrics Aug 17, 2004
To stop torture we have to send a signal that torture is everywhere and that, no matter how high their status, those responsible will be arrested and put on trial
British court refuses Mugabe warrant Jan 14, 2004
Peter Gary Tatchell (born 25 January 1952) is an Australian-born British Political campaigner, well known for his work with LGBT social movements, who attracted international notice for his attempted 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. In 2006, New Statesman readers voted him sixth on their list of "Heroes of our time".
In April 2007 he became the Green Party of England and Wales prospective parliamentary candidate in the constituency of Oxford East. However, in December 2009 Tatchell announced he was standing down from the post due to brain damage he says was sustained from injuries by President Mugabe's bodyguards when Tatchell was trying to arrest him and from neo-Nazis in Moscow, while campaigning for gay rights. The Green Party candidate who replaced him in the general election five months later secured 1,238 votes against the successful (Labour Party) candidate’s 21,938 votes.