Queer Comrades
In 1973 in East Berlin, Peter Tatchell staged the first ever lesbian and gay rights demonstration in a communist country.
LGBT Index
Equality is not Enough
Equal rights versus queer emancipation. Recalling the radical ideals of the Gay Liberation Front, more than mere legal equality is demanded-changing society is necessary.
Up Against The Stonewall
Stonewall’s focus on lobbying and law reform has its limitations. Direct action also has a vital role to play in the struggle for queer freedom.
Beyond Straight Sex
Society should accept sexual difference and diversity.
Queers are Doing it for Themselves
In the 25 years since the Stonewall Riots it is queer self-help, not law reform, which has improved the lives of lesbian and gay people.
Self-reliance: The X-Factor in Queer Politics
The bisexual American black nationalist leader, MALCOLM X, was a forceful advocate of self-help and community empowerment. Self-reliance is also the key to queer emancipation.
Selfish Activism Or Equal Rights For All?
The separatist agendas of women, gays, black and disabled activists are divisive, and undermine the campaign for equality.
Liberating Sexual Desire
Everyone is potentially bisexual; the struggle for lesbian and gay equality is about the right of all people to share the joy of same-sex relationships without guilt or anxiety, and without the fear of prejudice and discrimination.
Criminal Injustice
The Homophobic Bias Of The Criminal Justice System
Freud and the Liberation of Sexual Desire
Sigmund Freud challenged sexual ignorance and pioneered an emancipatory understanding of human sexuality.