Press Releases from previous years

2000

Community 10-November-2000	GLF Memorial Plaque to be Unveiled On Saturday, 25th November a memorial plaque will be unveiled at Highbury Fields, to commemorate the first protest in Britain by lesbians and gay men for queer rights.
Politics 7-August-2000	Home Office Sex Offences Review Inadequate All consenting, victimless sexual offences should be abolished; and gay sex with a consenting 17-year-old should cease to be prosecuted as pædophilia.
Community 30-July-2000	Leicester Unity overcomes neonazis Leicester's first ever Pride March was a jubilant affair, despite the presence of 30 neonazis who attempted to intimidate marchers.
Media 23-July-2000	BBC Sponsor Singer who says: Kill Gays! The BBC is being condemned for promoting reggae star, Buju Banton, who advocates the murder of homosexuals, by sponsoring Banton�s performance at the 'Peace & Love' Festival in London today.
Community 1-July-2000	Pride March: Pictures Pictures of this year's L/G/B/T Pride March in London.
Community 24-April-2000	Outcast's Printers Intimidated The latest edition of Outcast has had to be cancelled because the printers' staff have been intimidated and fear reprisal attacks.
Community 4-April-2000	Terry Connell -- A tribute A tribute to Terry Connell of the Bolton Seven, who died on 25th March.
Politics 17-March-2000	DfEE Sex Education Guidelines The new DfEE guidelines on teaching sex education set out in an amendment to the Learning and Skills Bill give prominence to marriage and permanent relationships and are being criticised by OutRage! as weak and insufficiently inclusive.
Religion 12-March-2000	Gay Protest Disrupts Cardinal Winning Lecture Gay campaigners protesting against Section 28 interrupted a lecture by Cardinal Winning in Croydon, south London, on 7th March, drawing attention to the Cardinal's support for laws that discriminate against lesbians and gay men.
International 7-March-2000	Zimbabwe: Keith Goddard of Gays and Lesbians of Zimbabwe (GALZ) says last October's OutRage! protest against President Mugabe has had huge positive benefits.
Politics 3-March-2000	Age of Consent Bill Flawed Teachers could be jailed for up to five years for consenting relationships with pupils, under the "abuse of trust" clause in the age of consent Sexual Offences (Amendment) Bill.
Politics 26-January-2000	OutRage! sends Section 28 Proposals to Scotland's Donald Dewar OutRage! proposes to Scotland�s First Minister, Donald Dewar, legally-binding guidelines on the teaching of sexuality issues in schools.
Politics 26-January-2000	Reply to Jack Straw 270 days after the April Bomb, and after 1000 days of inaction by New Labour, OutRage! publishes a 10-point reply sent to the Home Secretary, demanding progress.
Armed Forces 12-January-2000	Government Lifts Military Ban -- Call for Action to Combat Homophobia in the Military Government's decision to lift the military ban on lesbians and gays is a welcome first step towards eradicating homophobia from the Armed Forces: but deeply entrenched homophobic attitudes will continue to force many gay people out of the services, unless the military authorities take tough new action to combat the victimisation of homosexual personnel.
Religion 2-January-2000	Gay Millennium Protest at St. Paul's Cathedral As the Queen arrived for the National Millennium Service at St. Paul's Cathedral this afternoon, OutRage! protesters unfurled a huge banner with the words: '2000 Years of Church Homophobia!', protesting that church teaching has led to the persecution of hundreds of millions of homosexuals worldwide.