Peter Tatchell: Human Rights, Global Justice, Democracy, LGBT Freedom, Environmentalism

12/10/2009

Obama's gay rights policy: Yes, we can. But no, we won't
No explanation for delay in lifting the marriage and military bans

18/08/2009

Royal Navy spurns hometown gay festival
Sailors march at London Pride but not at Plymouth Pride

• 23/10/1997 When the Army Welcomed Gays

  The armed forces haven't always excluded gays. They were often accepted during WW2. Here is the story of gay private, Dudley Cave.

Against the gay establishment's flag-waving, assimilationist campaign for queers in the military.

The armed forces is an oppressive institution. That is why the campaign against military homophobia must include a commitment to democratic reform.

Lesbian and gay support for the armed forces is evidence of queer collusion with straight culture.

The armed forces help sustain homophobia and injustice. Lesbians and gay men should refuse to serve in an oppressive straight institution that tramples on human rights.

• 10/03/1996 Casting a Critical Queer Eye over the Military

  Instead of enthusiastically embracing oppressive straight institutions like the military, gay people should adopt a more sceptical, discerning attitude.

The armed forces symbolise the worst aspects of straight male machismo and are incompatible with gay liberation.