Religion 1-December-1998	Tatchell Moral Victory for Easter Sunday Cathedral Protest Summary of the trial, and the verdict.
Media / Propaganda 9-November-1998	Outing of Nick Brown condemned The outing of Agriculture Minister Nick Brown by the threat of tabloid relevations has heen condemned by OutRage!.
Community 1-November-1998	Queer Remembrance Day Gay WWII veteran Dudley Cave addressed 100 lesbians and gay men at a moving Ceremony of Remembrance at London's Cenotaph to commemorate queers who died fighting Nazism and who perished in the concentration camps.
Religion 17-October-1998 29-November-1998	Tatchell stands trial over Easter Sunday cathedral protest Britain's top civil liberties lawyer, Mike Mansfield, QC, will represent Peter Tatchell at his trial in Canterbury on Monday, 30th November. Amnesty International is monitoring the case; and the National Secular Society has launched an Appeal for Signatures in support of the right to peaceful protest. The trial will be the first court case involving the privileged legal status of the church since the Gay News blasphemy trial in 1977.
Media / Propaganda 15-October-1998	Gay Protest at Sir David English's Memorial Service Gay rights campaigners breached the Prime Minister's security net to stage a silent protest during today's Memorial Service for the archhomophobe and former editor of the Daily Mail, Sir David English.
Community 8-October-1998	Tatchell Essay in Book on 20th Century Protest An essay by gay rights campaigner Peter Tatchell of OutRage! is featured in 'The Penguin Book of Twentieth Century Protest', to be launched on Monday, 12th October.
Community 4-October-1998 25-October-1998	Queer Remembrance Day -- Invitation OutRage! invite you to join us in commemorating QUEER REMEMBRANCE DAY on Sunday, 1st November, at London's Cenotaph.
Community 9-September-1998	Call for a Pride Human Rights Festival OutRage! is urging that next year's Euro-Pride celebrations in London include a Pride Human Rights Festival, where L/G/B/T and other gay-friendly civil-rights organisations explore legal and political issues in a European context.
International 3-September-1998	Zimbabwe: Trumped-up Prosecution of GALZ President on Sodomy Charges GALZ leader Keith Goddard has been arrested on charges of forced sodomy - despite the police possession of evidence that the alleged 'victim' had been attempting to blackmail and extort money from Goddard.
Community 16-August-1998	'Zone of Toleration' for Gay Sex in Russell Square? A gay sex "zone of toleration" in London's Russell Square is being proposed by OutRage! as a way of reducing public complaints and police harassment arising from gay cruising and sex in the Square at night, similar to schemes which operate in parks in Copenhagen and Amsterdam.
Politics 4-August-1998	DANGER! Labour Age of Consent Fudge OutRage! has condemned the Government's proposals for new legislation in the autumn on the age of consent as 'vague, minimalist, insulting and manipulative'. We deplore the Home Secretary's refusal to announce a moratorium on the prosecution of 16 and 17-year-old gay men and their partners. This means that thousands of young gay men will remain at risk of arrest until the new Bill is passed, which will probably take another two years.
Religion 28-July-1998	Boating Bishops picketed by Mitred Protesters Forty gay rights activists demonstrated, 28th July, as 800 Anglican bishops from the Lambeth Conference arrived to take a boat trip down the Thames. Some of the protesters were dressed as bishops, nuns and priests. Support was offered by several Conference delegates who smiled and waved approval.
Politics 26-July-1998	House of Lords besieged by Gay Rights Protesters Queer activists besieged the House of Lords blockading the exits after peers voted by 289 to 122 against an equal age of consent for gay men.
Religion 20-July-1998	Carey hides from Gay Rights Protesters The Archbishop of Canterbury has been accused of cowardice after he was smuggled by minders into the opening session of the Lambeth Conference by the back door, to avoid lesbian and gay rights protesters from OutRage! who were peacefully picketing the front entrance.
Politics 3-July-1998	Same-Sex Partners in the 2001 Census In the 1991 census, a significant number of lesbian and gay couples recorded that they were living together as partners: but the Census Division 'corrected' this, to erase any record of homosexual partners.
Politics 28-June-1998	Labour vetoes Equality The newly-agreed equal age of consent will not apply to Jersey, Guernsey or the Isle of Man. Tony Blair is unwilling to press the local parliaments to equalise their ages of consent at 16, to bring them into line with the rest of the UK. Despite the equalisation of the age of consent, men of 20 or over convicted of consensual "buggery" and "gross indecency" with 16- and 17-year-olds in situations where more than two persons are present or where the sex takes place in parks, backrooms, toilets and other "public" places will still be branded as pædophiles and forced to sign the Sex Offenders' Register.
Politics 16-June-1998	Vigil for Equality -- 22nd June, 6-10 p.m., Westminster OutRage! is urging its friends and supporters to join the 'Vigil for Equality' on Monday, 22nd June, outside the House of Commons, from 6 - 10 p.m.. While MP's vote on equalising the gay age of consent, the Vigil, called by the Equality Alliance, will be calling for the repeal of all laws that discriminate against homosexual men and women.
Religion 13-June-1998	Court refuses witness summons for Dr. Carey Canterbury Magistrates Court have refused: to allow Peter Tatchell to summon the Archbishop of Canterbury as a witness; to allow him to secure evidence that is being withheld by the prosecution; and to relocate the trial from Canterbury, where one of the key prosecution witnesses is a magistrate.
Religion 5-June-1998 6-June-1998	Terrence McNally's new play, Corpus Christi, defended The Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights in New York has vowed to 'wage a war' against any attempt to stage a new play, Corpus Christi, by American playwright, Terrence McNally. A scheduled run at the Manhattan Theatre Club was cancelled, following threats by right-wing extremists and religious zealots to kill the staff, burn down the theatre and 'exterminate' McNally.
Religion 3-June-1998	Tatchell attacks prosecution as a waste of public money Gay rights campaigner Peter Tatchell has condemned his prosecution over OutRage!'s Canterbury Cathedral protest as 'a violation of the right to peaceful protest and an extravagant waste of police and court resources, which has already cost Canterbury taxpayers thousands of pounds'.
Politics 1-June-1998	Government excludes gays from Human Rights and Crime & Disorder Bills The Government has rejected proposals by OutRage! (1) to amend the Human Rights Bill to ensure the antidiscrimination clause is interpreted by the courts to ban discrimination against lesbians and gays and people with HIV; and (2) to amend the Crime and Disorder Bill to extend the tough new penalties for race-hate attacks to all prejudice-motivated violence, including assaults on homosexuals.
Politics 25-May-1998	OutRage! Amendment to the Human Rights Bill Tabled OutRage!'s amendment to the Human Rights Bill was tabled last Monday, 18th May, by top Liberal Democrat, Robert Maclennan, MP. Because the new amendment guarantees nondiscrimination to all, it will be much harder for MPs to oppose it. They will not be able to claim we are pleading for special rights or privileges.
Politics 20-May-1998	Homophobic Response at London Oratory School -- School Leafleted in Section 28 Protest Calling for an end to the censorship of gay issues in the classroom, members of OutRage! handed 'It's OK to be GAY!' leaflets to pupils arriving at the London Oratory School. OutRage! is calling for the repeal of Section 28, and new legislation requiring all schools to provide honest, nonjudgemental information about homosexuality.
Politics 12-May-1998	Tougher Penalties for Homophobic Hate Crimes -- Proposed Amendment to the Crime & Disorder Bill Richard Allan MP (Lib. Dem.) has tabled an OutRage!-sponsored amendment to the Crime and Disorder Bill to increase penalties for queer-bashing, to afford lesbian and gay people the same legal protection as ethnic minorities.
Religion 10-May-1998 15-May-1998	Tatchell fights to defend the right to peaceful protest Peter Tatchell plans to make his court hearing a 'civil liberties test case' when he appears at Canterbury Magistrates Court. He is calling for the repeal of the law under which he has been charged, arguing that it gives the Church privileged immunity from public protest and dissent.
Politics 8-May-1998	Protection for Sexual and Religious Minorities -- Proposed Amendment to the Crime & Disorder Bill An OutRage! amendment to Section 68 of the Crime and Disorder Bill to extend the tough new penalties for race hate crimes to crimes of prejudice against homosexuals and religious believers will be tabled by MP's in the Committee stage, with cross-party support.
Politics 6-May-1998	Call for Vigil for Equality at Westminster -- Demand for TOTAL Gay Rights OutRage! is proposing a mass Vigil for Equality outside the House of Commons on the night MP's vote on equalising the age of consent; and is proposing that the theme of the protest should be '16 is not enough! Scrap ALL antigay laws!'
Community 3-May-1998	Justin Fashanu The death of Justin Fashanu is a tragedy. He was a sincere, warm-hearted person who was destroyed by homophobia, Christian fundamentalism, and a lack of support from fellow football players and managers.
Politics 30-April-1998	Tony Blair -- the strength of my personal commitment to gay rights In a 'webcast' interview with Sir David Frost on 29th April, Tony Blair states in his own words how firmly his christian principles drive him to support L/G/B/T equality. -- NOT!
Religion 26-April-1998	Tatchell to summons Archbishop Carey as a witness Peter Tatchell has announced plans to issue a witness summons to require the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr. George Carey, to testify as a defence witness. This will be the first time in modern history that an Archbishop of Canterbury has been summonsed to court.
Religion 12-April-1998	Archbishop of Canterbury interrupted in Easter Sermon The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr. George Carey, was surrounded in his pulpit by gay rights protesters as he was delivering his Easter Sunday sermon in Canterbury Cathedral. Seven members of OutRage!, who had been seated in the congregation, climbed the stairs into the pulpit, and displayed placards deploring his support of antigay discrimination.
Religion 10-April-1998	The Rise of Islamic Fundamentalism in Britain Islamic fundamentalism is a growing religious and political force in Britain, "including a rabid homophobia that mirrors the bigotry of Christian and Jewish fundamentalists. Few British Muslims urge the execution of queers. But even moderate Islamic leaders denounce the "evil" of homosexuality. Members of the Muslim Parliament want to see gay sex outlawed and homosexuals imprisoned.
Religion 10-April-1998	The New Dark Ages -- the global threat of Islamic fundamentalism For hundreds of millions of people in parts of the Middle-East, Africa and South-East Asia, the fervour of modern Muslim extremism echoes the zealotry of the original Dark Ages in mediæval Europe. Fundamentalist clerics proclaim that there cannot be the slightest degree of mercy or compassion for many groups, including lesbians and gay men.
Community 6-April-1998	Equality Alliance launched In an unprecedented turning point in the history of gay politics this decade, over 70 national gay rights and international human rights organisations have voted unanimously to relaunch the 'Campaign for Equality Standing Forum' as the 'EQUALITY ALLIANCE' on Saturday 4th April at the Conway Hall, London.
Religion 5-April-1998	What do YOU know about Cardinal Ratzinger's Sexuality -- Information sought about Vatican Homophobe OutRage! needs information about Cardinal Ratzinger of the Vatican. What do you know about his sexuality? We need details that can be corroborated. If Ratzinger is gay, he deserves to be outed because he is arguably the most homophobic of all Vatican leaders, being responsible for two of the most virulently antigay declarations ever made by the Catholic leadership.
Religion 4-April-1998	Catholic Homophobia -- good catholics should discriminate against lesbians and gay men A letter to OutRage! from the Catholic Bishops' Conference of England and Wales, written on behalf of Cardinal Hume, declares the Catholic Church's support for discrimination against lesbians and gay men with regard to marriage and immigration rights, social housing, joint property, taxation, and welfare benefits. It turns down a request to endorse a reduction in the gay male age of consent to 16, to establish parity with heterosexuals. Indeed, there is no homosexual law reform which Cardinal Hume and his bishops feel able to support. They have given their official blessing to every key aspect of legal bias against lesbians and gay men.
Politics 28-March-1998	OutRage! proposes amendments to the Human Rights Bill OutRage! proposes amendments to the U.K. Human Rights Bill, to outlaw discrimination against gay people and people with HIV. If accepted, this would do more for gay equality than any other single legislative reform.
Religion 21-March-1998	Islamophobia conference ends in violent uproar -- fundamentalists threaten to kill gay activist Islamic fundamentalists tried to beat up a gay man and threatened to kill him at a London conference on "Islamophobia", designed to promote understanding and tolerance of Muslim values, and attended by Muslim, Jewish and Christian leaders.
International 21-March-1998	Letter to Prime Minister Rasmussen of Denmark OutRage! request the Danish government to investigate how the Nazi doctor, Carl Værnet, was allowed to escape to Argentina after the war, and not tried for the castration of and forced hormonal implants on gay concentration camp prisoners.
International 21-March-1998	Letter to President Menen of Argentina -- Barbaric 'Experiments' by Nazi Dr. Værnet OutRage! request the Argentine government to discover the fate of the Nazi doctor, Carl Værnet, a pro-Nazi Danish citizen who served in the SS, conducting barbaric medical experiments --including castration and forced hormonal implants-- on gay concentration camp prisoners at Buchenwald and Neuengamme, and then fled to Argentina after the war.
Politics 15-March-1998	Home Office Support for L/G/B/T Select Committee Home Office Minister Mike O'Brien, MP, has expressed support for the idea of a House of Commons Select Committee report on discrimination against lesbians and gay men, proposed by OutRage! earlier this month.
Community 9-March-1998 18-March-1998	Major Gay Rights Groups Unite in Campaign Forum Following a meeting on Saturday, 7th March, at the King Edward VI in London, ten of the nation's most important gay rights groups have joined forces in the fight for lesbian, gay and bisexual equality. We will demonstrate unequivocally to the Government, all political parties, and all Members of Parliament that the continuing denial of lesbian and gay human rights is intolerable, and that we are no longer prepared to be treated as second-class citizens.
Politics 5-March-1998	Home Affairs Select Committee -- Legal Discrimination against Lesbians and Gay Men A letter from OutRage! to the U.K. Home Affairs Select Committee proposes a six-point programme for lesbian and gay law reform to the New Labour administration.
Health 3-March-1998	Merck concedes Animal Research delayed Protease Inhibitors for HIV Merck now concedes that the development of protease inhibitors was halted in 1989 because the drugs killed laboratory dogs and rats. Merck's current protease inhibitor, crixivan, did not begin clinical trials until four years later, in 1993. Meanwhile, worldwide, tens of thousands of people with HIV had died.
Religion 27-February-1998	Was Jesus Gay? US Biblical scholar, Morton Smith, of Columbia University, a fragment of manuscript found near Jerusalem suggests that Jesus was gay.
Community 23-February-1998	Candlelit Protest at Westminster 100 demonstrators gathered outside the Palace of Westminster to protest at the prosecution of the 'Bolton 7', which has wantonly traumatised the defendants and wasted half a million pounds of taxpayers' money.
Community 23-February-1998	Bolton 7 -- Convicted but not jailed Although convicted of consenting gay sex in the privacy of their own homes, the 'Bolton 7' walked free from court. The case demonstrates that the gay community remains vulnerable to police witch-hunts based on antiquated laws from the 16th century.
Community 12-February-1998	Bolton 7 -- Protests grow louder Protests are escalating against the conviction of seven men in Bolton, Greater Manchester, for consenting sex in the privacy of their own homes. None would have been arrested if their partners had been women.
International 6-February-1998	German Embassy pursues redress for gay holocaust victims The German Embassy in London has sent Chancellor Helmut Kohl a list of OutRage! proposals to remedy the injustices suffered by gay holocaust victims.
Community 14-January-1998 22nd and 30th Jan.	Help save the Bolton 7 -- Gay men convicted of consenting sex Seven men were convicted on 12th January for consenting gay sex in the privacy of their own homes in Bolton. The offences came to light only after police seized videos of the men having sex. OutRage! is urging that letters of support be sent to the men's solicitor.