Police arrest peaceful anti-monarchy protesters & have erected giant barriers to osbcure pro-republic banners. Right to freely protest suppressed. Shame!
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The definition of depravity: Homeless people queuing for food in London tonight - in the world’s 5th richest country with 177 billionaires who hide their wealth in tax havens & refuse to pay their fair share of tax!
The gap between rich & poor in UK is a national scandal!
I have been freed by #Qatar police after staging first LGBT+ protest in the homophobic Gulf state.
awarded the #WorldCup to Qatar where LGBTs can be jailed & executed. #QatarAntiGay
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Police broke their promise that our anti-monarchy protest could go ahead. They arrested Republic’s key organisers, confiscated Republic’s official placards, photographed us like we were criminals & erected barriers in front of our protest so the king would not see us
#NotMyKing
The idea that a would-be male rapist is going to dress as a woman for 3 months to get a GRC is laughable. That's why Rape Crisis Scotland, Women’s AID Scotland & Zero Tolerance Scotland support the gender reform bill. They reject fiction & scaremongering!
My Moscow protest was in solidarity with heroic Russian & Chechen LGBT people. I salute & support their struggle. The human rights abusing Putin regime must not be allowed to score a PR coup with the World Cup. There can be no normal sporting relations with an abnormal regime.
I've probably been violently assaulted more times than anyone else in Britain
Over 300 violent attacks since 1971 - 100 of them when I was the left-wing gay Labour candidate in 1983 Bermondsey by-election
But I'm still here & defiant. Still fighting for justice for EVERYONE!
Pakistani woman, Asia Bibi, was on death row for 8 yrs. I attended most UK solidarity meetings & rallies. No feminist group ever attended. When Iranian women were arrested & beaten on International Women's Day I cannot recall any western feminist groups joining UK protests. Why?
India: A new #Bollywood rom-com featuring a gay romance is hoping to win over older people, following the decriminalisation of homosexuality. Hurrah! ow.ly/mcQs50yro76
Just released from Kitay-Gorod police station in Moscow. Due to appear in court on 26 June, charged with violating Federal Law 54 & Presidential Decree 202, which prohibit all protests near the Kremlin & during World Cup. Glad to stand in solidarity with Russian & Chechen LGBTs
Some commentators have expressed more outrage over a hand wrongly placed on a woman's knee than about the mass sexual abuse of working-class girls in Rotherham & elsewhere. Both abusive but double standards & middle class bias.
I do not want to be a "subject" of the Crown. I am a citizen!
I owe neither deference nor allegiance to a king who was imposed on me without my consent - or the consent of the British people
Abolish the monarchy & all feudal titles!
Time to elect our head of state!
#NotMyKIng
THIS WILL CHEER YOU UP. It's the infamous Guinness 1995 TV ad that was pulled after a homophobic tabloid backlash. 24 years later and it IS still awesome, funny & sweet. #LoveIsLove
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I've pulled out of tonight's #OxfordUnion Pride debate over its hosting of Kathleen Stock, without a speaker to challenge her trans-exclusion policies
It's wrong to deny trans people a voice in favour of those who want to restrict their human rights
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We are not alone? Mysterious, powerful radio signal from deep in space is coming in a repeated ‘pattern’, say scientists. Proposed explanations have included everything from alien civilisations sending us messages to a star falling into a black hole ow.ly/qq8z50yiHMD
Would-be trans MP Jamie Wallis is no hero: sacked as local councillor for not attending council meetings, director of 10+ companies that had 800 complaints, voted against against climate action & crackdown on tax avoidance. Supports harsh laws on refugees
Job done. Goodbye Moscow. No problem at immigration despite my scheduled court appearance on 26 June. It was such a honour to support the heroic Russian LGBT+ activists of and
Claiming London terror attacks have nothing to do with Islam is like saying the Crusades had nothing to do with Christianity. Head in sand!
Huge trans protest at Downing Street against Boris Johnson refusing to protect #trans people in #ConversionTherapy ban
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#NoLGBwithoutTheT #LGBwithTheT
My dearly beloved mother Mardi has died aged 94. She instilled in me the humanitarian values of love & kindness to others that inspired my LGBT & other human rights work. She taught me to stand up for what is right & never just follow the crowd. Thank you Mum x
Photo 1942 aged 15
Police arrested head of Republic & other protesters, confiscated Republic’s official placards, photographed us & erected huge barriers in front of protest so the king would not see us. It’s an outrageous abuse of police powers and an attack of freedom of expression
#NotMyKing
I disagree with trans critic #GrahamLineham but do not support him being cancelled at #Edinburgh
It looks like discrimination based on belief, which is unlawful under #EqualityAct
Best response to #Lineham is counter arguments & evidence, not by bans
BREAKING NEWS: I've received a tip off that Prince William's office pressured the #BAFTA's to disinvite journalist Christo #Grozev who exposed the plot to kill Alexei #Navalny. Source is insider
theguardian.com/world/2023/feb
Royal wealth is obscene
23 royal palaces & residences
700 servants
Private wealth of £2 billion (King Charles personally has £1.8 billion)
That's five times more than their known wealth at the time of the Diamond Jubilee in 2012
When the Yazidi were being murdered by ISIS Jeremy Corbyn stood up in Parliament to demand the British state do nothing to aid them. He did the same when Aleppo civilians were being massacred by Assad & Putin. Have you no shame Jeremy? Via
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Japanese women demand right to wear glasses at work. Public outcry after TV show exposes businesses imposing a ban on female staff wearing spectacles. Outrageous sexism!
The Queen's #PlatinumJubilee is 2-5 June. I was offered "national treasure" status in the grand finale at Buckingham Palace but refused because I oppose the elitism & privilege of monarchy. Gary Lineker, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Bill Bailey & Joan Collins accepted
Royal wealth is obscene
23 royal palaces & residences
700 servants
Private wealth of £2 billion (King Charles personally has £1.8 billion)
That's five times more than their known wealth at the time of the Diamond Jubilee in 2012
I oppose on many issues but it's outrageous that his bank accounts have been closed on ‘political grounds’
Banks are out of control & unaccountable
They are policing people's thoughts
Defend free speech & banking without discrimination
With a boost from Rihanna, #Barbados rejects homophobia & elects first female Prime Minister. Her party is committed to a referendum on LGBT+ issues & won every seat in parliament, despite anti-LGBT+ smears. READ 76crimes.com/2018/05/26/wit via .
Today, I celebrate my 70th birthday & 55 years of activism for LGBT+ and other human rights. 3,000 protests, 100 arrests & 300 violent assaults. But I'm still here & I plan to carry on another 25 years! Your support is valued. READ ow.ly/byW250HzuGQ
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Today I celebrate my 69th birthday & 54 years of LGBT/human rights activism. I feel about 40. Still doing 60-80 sit ups or push ups daily. I hope to continue my human rights work until I’m 97. So many injustices that need putting right! Liberation for all!
PHOTO Nunhead Sept 2020
If the #Wickes boss said racists were ‘not welcome' there would have been no backlash
Most people would have applauded him
So why the double standards over transphobia?
Prejudice is prejudice. It is always wrong & should be challenged
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Nearly 30,000 at London Trans+ Pride today. Bravo!
In this toxic anti-trans atmosphere, it’s vital that we stand in solidarity with our #trans friends
Trans critics want to split the LGBT+ community, turn LGBs against Ts and block trans inclusion
We say NO! United we stand!
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#Iran 1979: 100,000 women protest against FORCED hijab. Most Western left & feminists silent then & now. #InternationalWomensDay #IWD2017
I'm marching today for a #PeoplesVote on #Brexit deal. Join us! Take back control. Let the people decide! Thanks to EU we have clean beaches, no roaming charges, visa-free travel in 27 countries, consumer protection peoples-vote.uk/march Via
#PeoplesVoteMarch
Sir Rod Stewart snubs $1million offer to perform in #Qatar over its human rights abuses
Bravo !
It’s a pity #DavidBeckham & do not have your principles & integrity
They have sold their souls to Qatar tyranny
This trans rapist is monstrous but exceptional & rare. Her assaults are no excuse to oppose Scotland's gender reform bill. 99.9% of trans women are no threat to other women. We should never make law based on bad things that a tiny minority of trans do.
Huge thanks for the many kind wishes on my 71st birthday today
It's been a long journey since I first began campaigning 56 years ago, in 1967, aged 15
I do my bit. So do many others. Together, we make the change!
Justice, peace, freedom & equality for all!
Police are defaming anti-monarchy group with false allegations in an apparent bid to excuse unjustified arrests of peaceful non-disruptive protesters
Police tactics on Saturday were similar to what I've witnessed in Moscow
We need independent inquiry
#NotMyKing
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'We're very disappointed and angry at police behaviour.'
Peter Tatchell calls for an investigation into why the police broke their assurances and promises to campaign group Republic.
The Met Police arrested 64 people during the coronation, amid criticism from protesters.
Ashers ‘gay cake’ verdict is victory for freedom of expression. The law should not compel businesses to aid political messages.
Solidarity with the people of #HongKong & ALL China against #Beijing tyranny. At Chinese Embassy in London today. Free all political prisoners. End censorship, secret prisons, corruption & social inequality in #China. Power to the people! #StandWithHK
Thanks to everyone for your kind wishes on my 66th birthday today. Sorry if I don't thank you all individually. Over the last 50 years, I've done 3,000 protests, been arrested 100+ times, bashed 300 times & had 50+ attacks on my flat. No regrets. I carry on, with your support :-)
BBC is acting like North Korea TV. The public has no choice. Queen's funeral is on both BBC1 & BBC2 from 8am to 5pm. 9 hours non-stop! Plus on nearly all BBC radio stations. I respect those who want to pay homage to the Queen but also those who do not
Pope Benedict was an evil homophobe. In 1992 he made it official Vatican policy that homosexuality is an "objective disorder" & "tendency ordered towards an intrinsic moral evil". He demanded that Catholics oppose LGBT equality & justified discrimination
I do not want to be a "subject" of the Crown. I am a citizen!
I owe neither deference nor allegiance to a king who was imposed on me without my consent - or the consent of the British people
Abolish the monarchy & all feudal titles!
Time to elect our head of state!
#NotMyKIng
Labour anti-Semitism row: As a left-wing socialist & green, and a supporter of Palestinian rights, I have no problem accepting full IHRA definition & examples. They do not prevent criticism of Israeli policy & if people try to use it for that purpose they are misinterpreting IHRA
I’m in Moscow laying low and evading Russian security services. It’s my sixth time here supporting fellow LGBTs. FIFA has awarded its world cup to a dangerous/homophobic environment. In the past I've been arrested & beaten. More in today's at ow.ly/vTnp30kttpT
Banned from tonight's #BAFTAs under pressure from Prince William's security
Christo #Grozev, who helped produce BAFTA-nominated documentary, #Navalny, has been disinvited. Police did not demand the ban. William has abused his power!
theguardian.com/world/2023/feb
Tragic to see some Labour MPs & local Labour parties defending the homophobic, anti-working class regime in Venezuela. The poor are starving & dying from lack of medicine, HIV organisations raided & activists arrested. Same-sex marriage banned & gay families denied food parcels
I'm 66 today. From the son of a factory worker to human rights defender. It's been quite a journey. HUGE thanks to everyone who has worked with & supported me. I could never have done it without you. TOGETHER, we made the change. Looking forward to another 30 years campaigning!
<80,000 people march for Scottish independence. #Scotland's laws are mostly more progressive than England's, so I understand why people want self-rule. The right to self-determination is a human right for Scotland & all nations, including Catalonia
.#KillTheBill London march. The Tories have no public mandate for the
anti-protest bill. In 2019 election, they won only 43% of votes but 56% of seats & 100% of power. 57% of voters opposed Tories. Lacking majority public support, the Tories want to criminalise our resistance!
Big thanks to everyone who wished me well today, as I celebrate my 69th birthday & 54 years of LGBT+ & other human rights campaigning. Your support means a lot & spurs me on to (hopefully) 30 more years of activism. Justice, peace, freedom & equality for all people everywhere!
British royal family costs the taxpayer 10 times more than the Spanish royal family
They get vastly more public money than any other European monarchy - despite having a vast property empire worth billions!
Make them pay!
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The first ever #LGBT+ protest is underway in #Qatar. is outside The National Museum in #Doha. The World Cup hosts are homophobic #QatarAntiGay. QatarAntiGay.com
A fair #PR voting system would have resulted in only 288 Tory MPs. But 216 Labour, 70 Lib Dem, 28 SNP, 12 Green, 4 Plaid = 330 MPs (a majority+ of MPs). UK needs a fair democratic voting system of #PR. READ ow.ly/Vv6X50xFQzu FOLLOW and
Iran sentences woman to 20 years jail for removing headscarf = abuse of human rights. Shame on western liberals & feminists for not supporting their counterparts in Iran. I stand with them. They are heroes of the global human & gender rights struggle. SEE
LGBT+ Pride: remember the price of queer freedom is eternal vigilance! LGBTs in UK have made great progress. But gains won can be removed. Berlin was the queer capital of the world in 1930. Three years later gay men were in concentration camps & worked to death. Never forget!
Hong Kong democracy activists back in court amid more legislative chaos. Lawmakers expelled from meeting as 15 pro-democracy campaigners are bailed. Solidarity with #HongKong freedom struggle ow.ly/8ZkA50zJqaU FOLLOW & SUPPORT
Trans woman guilty of raping two women is a threat to women. She should be held in a female prison but in a segregation unit & not allowed to mix with other women prisoners without strict & constant supervision by prison staff. Protect women from rapists!
Uganda: President #Museveni is the new Mugabe!
Opposition leader Bobi Wine warns all forms of political opposition are punished with shootings, beatings, torture & jailing.
The #Commonwealth must suspend #Uganda!
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Gay candidate #AdrianTam makes history by beating right-wing pro-Trump #ProudBoys boss in #Hawaii legislature election, proving once and for all that love trumps hate. Bravo!
No socialist or trade union banners at today’s London march in solidarity with #Ukraine. Just a handful of left activists. Much of British Left has abandoned anti-fascism & anti- imperialism, unless it’s against US
The culture war on trans people is toxic. There is no place for violence, threats, intimidation, abuse or false allegations by anyone on any side in this debate. Bigoted ideas are most effectively defeated by good ideas & protest. That is how we won most people for LGB rights
Hundreds of thousands join New Year’s Day democracy rally in #HongKong. Police fire teargas, pepper spray & water cannon at peaceful protesters. SHAME! ow.ly/nZdv50xL4sR #StandWithHongHong FOLLOW
I'm at #PaulOGrady's funeral today. He was a great entertainer & humanitarian who stood up for the rights of LGBTs & animals. He wanted a fair & equal society for everyone
Paul backed our campaign for a police apology for past homophobia. We'll do it in June in his memory
I'll be 65 on 25 Jan. I've survived 300 violent assaults, 200 arrests, 3 arson attempts & 50 bricks through my windows. Still fighting!
Exposed! The royals had the power to censor BBC coronation coverage
BBC submitted material to Buckingham Palace for approval but it won't say what footage was vetoed by royals
Also, BBC is not allowed to discuss royal tax affairs & tax avoidance
I back proposal for #AlanTuring statue on fourth plinth in Trafalgar Square
Turing is the father of computer science
He played a key role in deciphering coded messages used by Nazi Germany, helping shorten the war & save possibly millions of lives
HERO
UK head of state should be elected & based on merit - not inherited & imposed on the British people without their consent
Royals have 23 palaces, castles & luxury residences, with 700 servants. Their private wealth totals £2 billion. £1 billion was inherited by Charles tax-free
#Spain treats #Catalan independence leaders like terrorists. A nation that jails democratically elected politicians who are carrying out their electoral mandate forfeits the right to call itself a democracy aje.io/a5egd @MollyMEP
The trashing of Philip Schofield has a whiff of homophobia
There was never such an outcry over relationships with much younger women by Leonardo di Caprio, Al Pacino & Peter Stringfellow. Or Cheryl, who met Liam Payne when he was 14
Double standards!
The cost of my 51 yrs of human rights activism: 300+ far right violent assaults, 50 attacks on my flat, including arson & a bullet through my front door. It was like living through a civil war. My 'Ways to change the world' interview. WATCH:
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Aged 17, I had a relationship with an older man who was my senior at work
I was not groomed or abused. We remain life-long best friends
Such power imbalance relationships are not automatically abusive. Some might be & that is wrong. Others are not
At the #KillTheBill London march now.
Anti-protest bill will give UK police draconian powers similar to Russian & Hong Kong police. The Home Secretary will be able to criminalise peaceful protests without parliamentary approval. We say NO! NEVER!
I oppose #NigelFarage but he has new evidence that #Coutts closed his bank account because his views “do not align with our values”
This is an attack on free speech. WRONG!
No one should be refused a bank account because of their lawful opinions
I'm going to protest the King’s coronation on Sat 6 May
The unelected monarchy symbolises elitism, privilege & deference
It is incompatible with democracy.
Will you protest too? If yes, sign up here
republic.org.uk/protestpledge?
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Thanks for your kind wishes on my 71st birthday today. It has been a long journey since I first began campaigning 56 years ago, in 1967, aged 15
I plan to carry on for another 24+ years. So many wrongs still need putting right!
Justice, peace, freedom & equality for all!
Dorchester Hotel barriers breached. Front doors under siege. People very angry at Sultan’s barbaric Sharia laws - the same as ISIS in Syria: Stoning to death for homosexuality & adultery. Rainbow coloured stones dumped outside the main lobby.
WATCH trailer for my #Netflix movie 'Hating Peter Tatchell'
For 54 years I've confronted bigots: 3,000 protests, 100 arrests, 300 violent assaults, 50 attacks on my flat & thousands of death threats. But I'm STILL campaigning!
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Tomorrow, 25 Jan, is my 68th birthday & 53 years of human rights activism. It's been such an honour to have supported so many deserving, successful causes. Thanks to everyone who supported me through the tough times when I was demonised & subjected to many violent assaults x
I have been seized by #Qatar police after staging the first LGBT+ protest in the homophobic Gulf state.
awarded the #WorldCup to Qatar where LGBTs can be jailed & executed.#FreePeter #QatarAntiGay
Info: QatarAntiGay.com
When Yazidis were besieged by IS, Jeremy Corbyn refused to push for UK or UN humanitarian aid. Same inaction when Aleppo civilians were being bombed by Assad & Putin. He has shown no solidarity with peaceful Syrian democrats who oppose fascist Assad. Sad!
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.#JulianAssange should NOT be extradited to US for exposing American war crimes in Iraq. He published the TRUTH & that should NEVER be a crime. The US extradition bid is a dangerous attack on freedom of expression & right to publish
The Beatles album cover for Abbey Road was shot by Scottish photographer Iain MacMillan 50 years ago today. Iain & I were good friends. We shared a flat in Notting Hill Gate in the early 1970s. A great photographer. He sadly died in 2006. RIP dailyrecord.co.uk/entertainment/
. is standing down in many seats to help Labour win them. Not a word of thanks from . Instead Labour is trying to unseat the UK's sole Green MP in Brighton. So selfish & sectarian!
76% of Labour Party members want #ProportionalRepresentation.
Will & listen to the members & back #PR?
Fair votes & a representative parliament are a human right.
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The queer activists who threw soup at Van Gogh’s “Sunflowers” painting are unrepentant. They never harmed the painting but exposed the hypocrisy of those who care more about a painting than saving the planet. Bravo!
thepinknews.com/2022/12/29/jus
Marching in London now with to demand a PEOPLE's VOTE on the terms of the final Brexit deal. Not the PM, not MPs. Let the people decide. Democracy demands that the public have the final say. Take back control. Power to the people. #PeoplesVote #EU
Solidarity with Hong Kong. Sun 19 Jan 1-3pm, Chinese Embassy, Portland Place London W1. Show your support for the heroic democracy & human rights defenders in #HongKong
Jeremy Corbyn demands 100% proof that Assad used chemical weapons in Syria & Russia used them in Salisbury. But he never demanded 100% proof when US bombed Vietnam, Iraq or Afghanistan, when Saudi bombed Yemen or when Israel bombed Gaza. Double standards undermine him & the left
Sickening to see some Labour supporters scapegoating for them losing seats. Labour REFUSED to cooperate with the Greens, never thanked them for standing down in dozens of seats to help Labour win & even tried to unseat the only Green MP, SO SECTARIAN
Today is my 68th birthday & 53 years of human rights activism. It's been such an honour to have supported so many deserving, successful causes. Thanks to everyone who supported me through the tough times when I was demonised & subjected to many violent assaults x
Confirmed. Peter has been detained by Moscow Police and taken to Tverskaya Police Station. #RainbowRussians and #WorldCup2018 Pls RT support for Peter and call for and the to act now.
