Politics 30-December-1999	Section 28 does NOT Apply to Schools Call for new legal duty on schools to educate about gay sexuality and gay safer sex, and to stamp out homophobic prejudice and bullying.
Religion 19-December-1999	Time to Apologise for 2000 Years of Christian Homophobia Over the last 2,000 years, church homophobia has led to hundreds of millions of homosexuals worldwide being rejected and reviled by their families, driven to depression and suicide, discriminated against by antigay laws, and condemned to death for the 'sin' of sodomy. The time has come for Christian contrition. An apology is long overdue for the suffering inflicted on queers by the church.
International 14-December-1999	Zimbabwe: Charges Dropped against Morris, Tatchell & Williams OutRage! is claiming a legal and moral victory after all charges against the 'Mugabe Three' were dropped, highlighting the double standards of the British Government.
Politics 1-December-1999	Letter from the Home Secretary in Reply to OutRage! Letter to Tony Blair Annotated reply from Jack Straw to OutRage!'s letter to the Prime Minister of 21st July on Government Action following the Soho Bomb.
Politics 29-November-1999	Portillo -- A (Temporary) Victory for Homophobia OutRage! is condemning Michael Portillo's victory in the Kensington & Chelsea by-election as a 'victory for homophobia': but is gratified that Portillo, who scuttled in and out of events by the back door, not having the guts to face his critics, received nearly 9,000 votes fewer that his predecessor Alan Clark in 1997.
Politics 25-November-1999	Portillo Security Lapse lets in OutRage! An extraordinary security gaffe by Tory party officials allowed Michael Portillo, left alone to canvass voters outside High Street Kensington, to be grilled this morning --Election Day-- over his opposition to gay equality by Peter Tatchell. Portillo confirmed unapologetically that he had 'no regrets' over voting against gay equality.
Politics 23-November-1999 20-December-1999	Portillo Flees over Rooftops to avoid Questioning Conservative Party leader William Hague cancelled a scheduled photo-call with Michael Portillo this afternoon, after receiving a warning that Peter Tatchell had again 'ambushed' Mr. Portillo. Portillo was then rushed into a neighbouring Fire Station to avoid further questions, and was spirited out of a back entrance over roof tops.
International 23-November-1999	Zimbabwe: Tatchell Death Threat Peter Tatchell has received a death threat in response to the attempted citizen's arrest of the Zimbabwean President, Robert Mugabe, on charges of torture and the abuse of gay human rights. The death threat appears to originate from Zimbabweans, as it is headed with the national colours of Zimbabwe.
International 22-November-1999	Tatchell will visit Zimbabwe in response to Mugabe Invitation Responding to President Mugabe's assurance that Peter Tatchell would be welcome to visit Zimbabwe, Mr. Tatchell says he hopes to take up the President's offer early next year.
Politics 22-November-1999	Repeal of Section 28 "Inadequate" Scrapping Section 28 is no guarantee that teachers will challenge anti-gay prejudice. The proposed Bill must be amended to place a legal obligation on schools to combat homophobic bullying, provide factual information about homosexual issues, and ensure the welfare of gay students.
Politics 21-November-1999	Age of Consent Bill Welcomed, but Criticised The Government's proposed Age of Consent Bill, announced at the time of the Queen's Speech, has been welcomed by OutRage! as the final round in the campaign to end discrimination in the consent laws: but is also criticised for failing to protect vulnerable teenagers adequately against sex abuse, and for its unjust and draconian 'abuse of trust' proposals.
International 15-November-1999 21-November-1999	Mugabe Arrest: GALZ Response to "Pink Paper" Article Following the Pink Paper's leading front page article, (Friday, 12th Nov.), GALZ, Gays and Lesbians in Zimbabwe, have written to remove any doubt about their position on the attempted arrest of President Mugabe on the 30th October and the resultant positive developments.
Community 14-November-1999	Applause for Queer Remembrance Marchers Crowds lining Whitehall for the official Remembrance Sunday Parade applauded as gay military veterans, OutRage!, and representatives from seven other queer organisations marched to the Cenotaph for a special Queer Remembrance ceremony today, Sunday, 14th November, just after 12 noon.
International 10-November-1999	Blair Government Condemned over "Regret" to Mugabe OutRage! has condemned as 'shameful appeasement' the British Government's expression of 'regret' to President Mugabe over his citizen's arrest by OutRage!. OutRage! has written to Tony Blair, calling on him to initiate moves to expel Zimbabwe from the Commonwealth and to suspend British aid to Zimbabwe until Mugabe's government ceases its abuses of human rights.
Politics 3-November-1999	Gay protests twice disrupt Portillo's victory press conference Two members of OutRage! breeched security and slipped through a heavy police guard to disrupt Michael Portillo's first press conference as candidate, at Kensington Town Hall on Tuesday, 2nd November.
International 30-October-1999 31-October-1999	Zimbabwe's President Mugabe detained on charges of torture by gay rights protesters OutRage! members today attempted to make a citizen's arrest on the notoriously homophobic President of Zimbabwe, Robert Mugabe, in a bid to prevent him from committing further acts of torture.
Politics 26-October-1999	Portillo Protest at Tory Selection Meeting On arriving at the meeting of the Tory Kensington & Chelsea Selection Committee on the evening of Tuesday, 26th October, Michael Portillo was challenged by OutRage! protesters to defend his homophobic record whilst a member of the previous Government. Activists are invited to join a second protest at Kensington Town Hall on 2nd November.
Armed Forces 20-October-1999	Call for Action to combat Homophobia in the Military OutRage! exhorts the military to "educate its members in human rights and to challenge homophobic attitudes during recruitment and training programmes".
Politics 16-September-1999 20-October-1999	Portillo accused of hypocrisy and homophobia OutRage! has accused the former Conservative MP and ex-Defence Secretary, Michael Portillo, of "hypocrisy and homophobia". His dismissal of his past homosexual affairs as youthful experiences implies that he views gay relationships as an immature indiscretion. And how can we be certain that he is now telling the truth when he claims that he has not had gay sex since he entered public life?
Community 16-September-1999	London Mardi Gras agrees OutRage! Proposals for Community Control of the March/Parade London Mardi Gras has agreed that a newly-created forum of community groups will have exclusive decision-making powers concerning future Pride marches/parades, and has also agreed to fund the community-run march/parade.
Religion 29-August-1999	Art and the Church: who's afraid of upsetting whom? While Gloucester Cathedral displays a crypt full of erect penises in Simon Ryder's "The Words to Say It", London's Institute of Contemporary Arts cannot find the words to explain why they are unable to exhibit Elisabeth Ohlson's internationally acclaimed "Ecce Homo".
International 23-August-1999	Dr. Værnet -- British Military Collusion? What rôle did the British military authorities play in the escape from justice after WWII of Nazi war criminal Dr. Carl Peter Værnet, perpetrator of gruesome experiments on gay prisoners in the Buchenwald and Neuengamme concentration camps?
International 18-August-1999	Dr. Værnet -- Danish Correspondence Recent correspondence between the Danish authorities (Department of Justice and National Archives) and OutRage! on tracing the Nazi war criminal Dr. Carl Peter Vaernet.
Commercial 5-August-1999	U.S. Toy Giant ERTL Rethinks Links with Monckton Top U.S. toy maker ERTL is dropping British right-wing commentator Christopher Monckton, following revelations by OutRage! that he has advocated that everyone with HIV should be permanently quarantined. Mystery and confusion surround Christopher Monckton and his nonlisted company, 'Yearfarm'. Meanwhile the campaign with AIDS, gay and human rights groups is being extended across the United States.
Community 5-August-1999	The Future of Pride / Mardi Gras - OutRage!'s Proposals Initial proposals for Pride 2000 in London, to improve upon the 1999 event. Circulated to lesbian and gay community organisations and individuals for consultation and discussion.
Commercial 22-July-1999	Top Toy Maker ERTL Threatened by Boycott Top toy manufacturer, Ertl, is being condemned by the gay rights group OutRage! over its link up with British right-wing guru, Christopher Monckton, designer of its latest puzzle game, Eternity, shortly to be launched in the US. Monckton, a former adviser to Margaret Thatcher, has urged that the entire population of the United States and Britain should be compulsorily tested for HIV, and that everyone with the virus should be forcibly quarantined for life.
Politics 21-July-1999	OutRage! invites Blair to "kick ass" Following receipt of lacklustre replies from the Home Office and the Department of Education to letters sent in the wake of the Soho bombing, OutRage! has written to the Prime Minister, inviting him to effect coordination and instill a sense of urgency by assigning responsibility to a competent, dynamic and committed individual, who is empowered to 'kick ass' and get things moving.
Politics 13-July-1999	Low-key DfEE encouragement for teachers to come out Response from DfEE to OutRage!'s letter to David Blunkett after the Soho bombing, pregnant with promise, but with unstated gestation.
Community 9-July-1999	Martin Corbett Obituary of veteran gay-rights activist Martin Corbett, one of the great unsung heroes of the struggle for gay liberation, on the third anniversary of his death. Canonised 'Saint Martin of the Million Meetings' by the Sisters of Perpertual Indulgence, his legendary behind-the-scenes organisational skills played a crucial role in almost every gay rights campaign for quarter of a century.
Community 7-July-1999	Exhibition at the Museum of London The Museum of London is staging a small exhibition entitled 'Pride & Prejudice: lesbian and gay London' until 22nd August, 1999.
Community 7-July-1999	Pride March: Pictures Pictures of this year's Pride March in London.
Community 30-June-1999	Pride March: Pinocchio Blair -- Labour's broken promises A giant photo of Tony Blair with a long Pinocchio nose will be carried by OutRage! on this Saturday's 28th annual Lesbian & Gay Pride March, to highlight Labour's broken promises on lesbian and gay human rights.
Politics 28-June-1999	OutRage! supports the Guardian's 'Freedom of Information' Campaign Under Jack Straw's flawed legislation, the Government and police will have discretionary power to withhold information on human rights abuses.
Politics 28-June-1999	Letter from Home Office on Government Action after Soho bombing Annotated reply from the Home Office to OutRage!'s letter to the Home Secretary, Jack Straw, following the bombing of the 'Admiral Duncan' pub.
International 6-June-1999	Yugoslavia -- Homophobia as a Weapon of War Peter Tatchell looks at the effect of the Balkan bloodbath on the lives of queers in Serbia and Kosovo, where male prisoners are raped and forced at gunpoint to fuck each other, where boys are made to fellate their fathers, and where picking up the wrong guy can have deadly consequences.
Community 1-June-1999	Dudley Cave Anti-fascist, soldier, prisoner of war, advocate of peace and reconciliation, and gay rights pioneer. Dudley Cave was many things, but one word sums up his life: humanitarian.
Politics 31-May-1999	Queer the Vote for Europe -- Elections on 10th June OutRage! is urging lesbian and gay electors to 'Queer The Vote' in the European elections, on Thursday, 10th June 1999. Queer votes could influence the outcome of the European elections and secure the election of gay-friendly MEPs. Voters should be aware that, eight times since its election in May 1997, Labour has torpedoed measures against homophobic discrimination.
Politics 28-May-1999	Letter to David Blunkett -- Call to encourage L/G/B/T teachers to come out OutRage! urge the Secretary of State for Education and Employment to call on schools to take firm action to halt all forms of homophobic bullying; to confirm that being lesbian or gay is no bar to being a teacher; and to encourage lesbians and gay men throughout the teaching profession to come out.
Politics 24-May-1999 26-May-1999	BBC urged to scrap BNP broadcast OutRage! activists joined protests on Friday, 21st May against the BBC over its decision to give air-time to the neonazi British National Party.
Politics 9-May-1999 16-May-1999	Police Failed to Warn Gay Public: OutRage! call for a Public Enquiry The police failure to warn the lesbian and gay public about the bomb threat was "complacent and irresponsible". The alert was badly executed: by second-class post instead of on national television, and after ignoring for six years suggestions to create a database to enable swift communication with L/G/B/T community groups in emergencies such as this.
Community 8-May-1999	April Bombings: Vigil of Remembrance Speakers from the Gay, Black, and Asian communities attended a Vigil on Friday, 7th May, in remembrance of the victims of the Soho + Brick Lane + Brixton bombs. The 1000-strong crowd also heard Tom Robinson sing a specially updated version of 'Glad to be Gay', and an urgent call by Ken Livingstone, MP for Government action.
Politics 7-May-1999	Letter to Jack Straw -- Call for Government Action after Soho bombing Following the nail bomb attack on Friday, 30-April-1999 at the 'Admiral Duncan', OutRage! wrote to the Home Secretary, Jack Straw, listing 'immediate' measures to be taken to promote integration and eradicate homophobia.
Politics 2-May-1999	Call for Tough New Laws against Antigay Hate Crimes Following the nail bomb attack on Friday, 30-April-1999 at the 'Admiral Duncan', OutRage! is calling on the Home Secretary, Jack Straw, to respond to the Soho bombing by bringing in new laws to crack down on homophobic hate crimes.
Community 30-April-1999 7-May-1999	Soho Bomb -- 3 killed, scores injured Nail bomb attack on Friday, 30-April-1999 at the 'Admiral Duncan' -- 3 killed. Protest march from Brixton, (scene of the first nail bomb two weeks earlier), to Downing Street, on Saturday, 1st May.
Community 24-April-1999	Advising Gay and Lesbian Clients - A Guide for Lawyers David Allison reviews a new textbook which covers all the issues on which a client may need advice, including discrimination and employment issues, arranging financial affairs and making wills, the family home, custody disputes, adopting children or otherwise creating them, access to social services such as housing and welfare benefits and the criminal law as it affects gay men.
Politics 13-April-1999 24-April-1999	Lords oppose equality again The evil Baroness Young of Farnworth was successful in getting the House of Lords to kill the Sexual Offences (Amendment) Bill, which would have equalised the age of consent for heterosexual and homosexual activity.
Religion 11-April-1999	Decima Exhibition: Art or Blasphemy? London's Decima Gallery has received complaints from the Catholic Media Office and the Evangelical Alliance about their current exhibition "Was Jesus a Homosexual?".
Commercial 10-April-1999 6-June-1999	Bank of Scotland stand zapped at Ideal Home Exhibition Eight gay activists descended upon the Bank of Scotland stand at London's Daily Mail Ideal Home Exhibition, challenging staff to explain the massive joint business venture with the notorious US right-wing fundamentalist Pat Robertson.
Politics 19-March-1999	Submission to the Home Office Sex Offences Review Team OutRage!'s submission to the Home Office Sex Offence Review Team seeks to legitimise consensual sex, sweeping away laws based on medieval concepts of Christianity which have no place in a pluralistic democratic society.
Commercial 14-March-1999 16-April-1999	Virgin Insurance -- Is 'gay-friendly' company loading gay insurance premiums? Virgin has a long record of support for gay community events: yet applicants for life insurance are asked intrusive and discriminatory questions about their sexuality.
Politics 5-March-1999	Grotesque Violation of Human Rights Bolton 7 -- Terry Connell to appeal to Europe The Court of Appeal dismissed Terry Connell's appeal against sentence for consensual gay sex in private. His barrister, Terry Munyard, described this as grotesque. Terry is planning to appeal to the European Court of Human Rights.
Politics 20-February-1999	Bolton 7 -- Support Terry Connell's Appeal The appeal of Terry Connell of the Bolton 7 will be heard on the 5th March in London against his 9-month (suspended) sentence last year under Britain's discriminatory laws for consensual sex. Supporters are invited to join a peaceful protest outside the court from 10 a.m..
Politics 12-February-1999 2-April-1999	Vigil for Equality outside the Lords A huge candlelight "VIGIL FOR EQUALITY" is being organised outside Parliament from 6-10 p.m. on 13th April, when the House of Lords votes on the age of consent. OutRage! also wants the Bill amended to require all schools to provide earlier, better quality sex education.
Community 6-February-1999	OutRage!: An Oral History Gordon Lee reviews Ian Lucas's history of OutRage! from 1990 to 1996. Lucas chronicles the rise of queer direct action in nineties Britain, paying homage to its short-lived predecessors and sketching the hostile atmosphere. Individual accounts do not flinch from articulating the disputes over priorities and tactics, aims and methods, which produced the most original and highest profile gay rights organisation ever.
Politics 30-January-1999	Abuse of Trust Proposals don't go far enough The Government's abuse of trust clause in the new Sexual Offences (Amendment) Bill is 'inadequate, misguided and oppressive'. OutRage! is calling on the Government to amend the Bill to require all schools to provide earlier, better quality sex education to combat sex abuse.
Politics 9-January-1999 17-January-1999	OutRage! Backs Equality at 16 -- Join the Age of Consent Lobby OutRage! supports equality and is backing the campaign for an equal age of consent of 16 for everyone: gay, straight, and bisexual. Our continuing review of the consent laws includes looking at the experiences of other European countries. The best way to protect young people against sexual abuse is by sex education lessons challenging the notion that sex is something sordid which should be kept hidden, and by empowering young people to stand up for their sexual rights.