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3 August 2026

Seattle football World Cup 2026 – Campaign report

We raised global awareness about the ban on gay footballers
3 August 2026
20 July 2026

West Midlands Police apologise for past homophobic persecution

This is the 23rd police force in the UK to say sorry to LGBTs
20 July 2026
27 June 2026

Peter Tatchell stages LGBT+ protest at Iran v Egypt World Cup “Pride Match”

FIFA fail to act against 11 World Cup teams that ban gay players
27 June 2026
24 June 2026

FIFA letter fails to protect gay footballers

11 World Cup countries ban gay players, against FIFA rules
24 June 2026
15 June 2026

FIFA urged to suspend World Cup teams that ban gay players

11 countries criminalise & discriminate against gay footballers
15 June 2026
1 June 2026

Ian McKellen leads protest against anti-LGBT+ laws in Commonwealth

‘Commonwealth Walk of Shame’ pickets High Commissions in London
1 June 2026
30 May 2026

Why is King Charles silent about Commonwealth homophobia?

British monarchs exported anti-gay laws to 50+ Commonwealth countries
30 May 2026
29 April 2026

Police drop “intifada” case against Peter Tatchell

“Arrest was part of escalating police repression of peaceful protest”
29 April 2026
15 April 2026

Fake LGBT+ asylum claims condemned

Scams must be exposed but not undermine genuine refugees
15 April 2026
13 April 2026

Staffordshire Police apologise for past homophobic persecution

This is the 22nd police force in the UK to say sorry to LGBTs
13 April 2026
9 April 2026

Pride London urged to explain £631,950 expenditure

Call for financial transparency & accountability
9 April 2026
5 March 2026

Protest as Chick-fil-A opens first London restaurant

Boycott Chick-fil-A! It has funded anti-LGBT+ campaigns
5 March 2026
11 February 2026

Met Police Commissioner urged: remedy flawed investigation into death of Ed Cornes

Bungled police investigation has echoes of failings in Stephen Port murders
11 February 2026
3 February 2026

Tatchell arrest: Police abused their powers

Falsely accused of racially aggravated public order offence
3 February 2026
23 December 2025

Andy Burnham apologises for Manchester police homophobia

But the Chief Constable, Stephen Watson, refuses to say sorry
23 December 2025
22 September 2025

Manchester Mayor urged to apologise for police witch-hunts

LGBTs were insulted, harassed, assaulted & outed by Manchester police
22 September 2025
17 September 2025

Manchester Mayor urged to apologise for police witch-hunts

Manchester police insulted, harassed, bashed & outed LGBTs for decades
17 September 2025
3 September 2025

Secret London office of homophobic Chick-fil-A exposed

Protest over its funding of anti-LGBT+ groups & campaigns
3 September 2025
8 August 2025

Bid to block US fast food chain launching in UK

Chick-fil-A has history of funding anti-LGBT+ campaigns
8 August 2025
4 August 2025

Brighton Pride: Solidarity with Palestinian LGBTs

Hamas bans LGBT+ organisations & arrests & tortures queers
4 August 2025
8 July 2025

Still no ban on harmful LGBT+ conversion practices

Labour has had power for a year but done nothing #StopDithering
8 July 2025
7 July 2025

London Pride: Solidarity with Palestinian LGBTs

Hamas bans LGBT+ organisations & arrests & tortures queers 
7 July 2025
7 July 2025

Tatchell: Ban Police From Manchester Pride

Campaigner demands police are banned from Manchester Pride if they continue to refuse to say sorry for past homophobic witch-hunts
7 July 2025
30 June 2025

Wonder Woman is queer. DC comics lock her in the closet

DC condones homophobia by straightwashing Wonder Woman
30 June 2025
12 June 2025

Manchester Police refuse to apologise for past homophobia

Almost two years after first being asked, Chief Constable says no
12 June 2025
4 June 2025

Pride is a protest – not a party

Pride began as a protest. We must recapture that spirit of resistance.
4 June 2025
24 May 2025

Police forcibly remove Peter Tatchell from Birmingham Pride March

They objected to him criticising past police homophobia & urging a police apology
24 May 2025
18 May 2025

Peter Tatchell arrested at Palestine protest on fake charges

Police say condemning Hamas executions was breach of peace
18 May 2025
7 May 2025

Jailed & tortured Afghan LGBTs appeal for help

We face execution. Why is no one helping us?
7 May 2025
23 April 2025

Manchester police urged to apologise for homophobic witch-hunts

Appeal to Mayor Andy Burnham & Greater Manchester Chief Constable
23 April 2025
23 April 2025

Supreme Court rules against trans women

Flawed judgement with detrimental unintended consequences
23 April 2025
22 April 2025

Pope Francis: More compassion but still homophobic

Francis opposed same-sex marriage & trans rights
22 April 2025
31 March 2025

Taliban arrest & torture LGBT+ activists

Fear they’ll be forced to name others & be stoned to death
31 March 2025
27 March 2025

Stars urged to boycott Hungary over Pride ban

LGBT+ singers & allies among those performing in Budapest
27 March 2025
17 March 2025

West Midlands Police urged to apologise for past homophobic witch-hunts

The PTF is asking the Police & Crime Commissioner to apologise after the Chief Constable refused to engage.
17 March 2025
10 March 2025

Commonwealth leaders jeered for anti-LGBT+ persecution

29 out of 56 Commonwealth countries criminalise homosexuality.
10 March 2025
11 February 2025

Saudi Arabia must provide assurances on LGBT+ Rights for 2034 FIFA World Cup

Peter Tatchell writes to the Saudi Football Federation
11 February 2025
24 January 2025

ICC seeks arrest of homophobic Taliban leaders. GOOD!

Send the Taliban to The Hague. The ICC wants the Taliban under arrest!
24 January 2025
18 January 2025

Peter Tatchell questions Stonewall’s reported partnership with Chick-fil-A

Chick-fil-A should cease funding all anti-LGBT+ hate groups immediately
18 January 2025
10 January 2025

Reaction to death of Anita Bryant

A divisive figure whose homophobia inspired a movement of love!
10 January 2025
6 January 2025

Why LGBT+ Rights Are Threatened Around the World in 2025

The PTF examines nature and the factors behind these threats, using real-world examples to illustrate the challenges faced by LGBTs in 2025.
6 January 2025
16 December 2024

Saudi Arabia awarded with 2034 World Cup

Statement from Peter Tatchell
16 December 2024
12 December 2024

Increased compensation for sacked LGBT+ veterans

Statement from Peter Tatchell
12 December 2024
3 December 2024

King Charles and Emir of Qatar look directly at PTF protest

Keir Starmer & King Charles are wrong to host a homophobic, sexist dictatorship
3 December 2024
28 November 2024

Peter Tatchell: Protest Against Emir of Qatar’s State Visit

Keir Starmer & King Charles are wrong to host a homophobic, sexist dictatorship
28 November 2024
26 November 2024

In Memoriam: Geoff Hardy – advocate for LGBTQ+ rights and educator

A warrior for all subjugated people
26 November 2024
19 November 2024

Durham Police apologise for homophobic witch-hunts

It’s the 21st UK police force to say sorry & pledge a better deal for LGBTs
19 November 2024
8 November 2024

Sacked LGBT+ military demand full compensation

£12,500 compensation for wrecked lives is insulting
8 November 2024
23 October 2024

Case work report 2023 – We save lives

Helping refugees & victims of discrimination / hate crime
23 October 2024
22 October 2024

New Dorset Incinerator poses serious health risk

The public is likely to inhale toxic fumes 24 hours a day
22 October 2024
7 October 2024

PTF’s Pliny Soocoormanee wins National Diversity Award

Recognition for aiding hundreds of LGBT+ refugees win asylum
7 October 2024
10 September 2024

Rosemary faced female genital mutilation and abuse for being a lesbian

We are helping her
10 September 2024
1 August 2024

Tatchell portrait unveiled at National Portrait Gallery

Human rights campaigner joins ‘History Makers’ display
1 August 2024
24 June 2024

Dimitri from Chechnya was thrown in a pit for being gay

We helped Dimitri build a new life
24 June 2024
6 June 2024

Merseyside police apologise to LGBTs for past witch-hunts

Twenty UK police forces have now said to sorry & enacted new LGBT+ policies
6 June 2024
6 June 2024

Derbyshire police apologise to LGBT+ community for past witch-hunts

Twenty police forces to say sorry to LGBTs
6 June 2024
6 June 2024

Suffolk police apologise to LGBT+ community for past witch-hunts

Twenty police forces to say sorry to LGBTs
6 June 2024
15 May 2024

My 63-year struggle for intersex recognition & rights

I have been erased all my life by family, teachers, doctors & co-workers
15 May 2024
10 May 2024

Victims of miscarriages of justice protest at CCRC

Delay, incompetence & bias by body tasked to right legal wrongs 
10 May 2024
23 April 2024

Leading Chief Constable urges all police chiefs to apologise to LGBTs

Vanessa Jardine of Northumbria Police pledges new National LGBTQ+ Strategy
23 April 2024
27 March 2024

Devon & Cornwall police apologise to LGBT+ community for past witch-hunts

It’s the fifteenth police force to say sorry to LGBTs
27 March 2024
25 March 2024

LGBT+ Spanish matador urged to quit killing bulls

“Turn your back on the oppressive, bloody bullfighting industry”
25 March 2024
19 March 2024

Gloucestershire police apologise to LGBT+ community for past witch-hunts

It’s the fourteenth police force to say sorry to the LGBT+ community
19 March 2024
18 March 2024

Global Speak Out in solidarity with Russian LGBTs

Dozens join rally outside Russian Embassy in London
18 March 2024
11 March 2024

Homophobic Commonwealth leaders jeered at Westminster Abbey

Commonwealth celebrates 75th anniversary, LGBTs mourn 75 years of persecution
11 March 2024
4 March 2024

Home Secretary urged to ban ‘kill gays’ Uganda leader

Speaker of Uganda Parliament supports the execution of LGBTs
4 March 2024
28 February 2024

UK Equality Minister says NO to meeting LGBT+ groups

Kemi Badenoch rejects dialogue, falsely claiming to have met them
28 February 2024
26 February 2024

Wiltshire police apologise to LGBT+ community for past witch-hunts

It’s the eleventh police force to say sorry to LGBTs
26 February 2024
8 February 2024

Sir Lindsay Hoyle urges Home Secretary to ban Uganda leader

Speaker of Uganda Parliament promoted “Kill the Gays” law
8 February 2024
6 February 2024

Gwent police apologise to LGBT+ community

It’s the tenth police force to say sorry to LGBTs & the first in Wales
6 February 2024
1 February 2024

MPs urge UK to designate Russia a state sponsor of terrorism

New report on Russian attacks on civilians by UK Friends of Ukraine
1 February 2024
15 January 2024

West Mercia police apologise to LGBT+ community

It’s the ninth police force to say sorry to LGBTs
15 January 2024
9 January 2024

Equalities Minister, Kemi Badenoch, invited to meet LGBTs

Despite her claims, she’s not met many LGBT+ groups
9 January 2024
2 November 2023

Avon & Somerset Police apologises for past LGBT+ witch-hunts

Sarah Crew is the seventh UK police chief to say sorry
2 November 2023
20 October 2023

Cambridgeshire Police apologise to LGBTs

Nick Dean is the sixth UK police chief to say sorry
20 October 2023
15 October 2023

Peter Tatchell banned from Olympics protest in Mumbai

Police threat of jail & deportation
15 October 2023
14 October 2023

Peter Tatchell under ‘house arrest’ in Mumbai

India declares Olympics protest illegal
14 October 2023
6 September 2023

Lincolnshire Police apologises for past LGBT+ witch-hunts

Chris Haward is the fifth UK police chief to say sorry
6 September 2023
30 August 2023

City of London Police apologises for past LGBT+ witch-hunts

Angela McLaren is the fourth UK police chief to say sorry
30 August 2023
16 August 2023

South Yorkshire Police apologises for past LGBT+ witch-hunts

Lauren Poultney is the third UK Chief Constable to say sorry
16 August 2023
4 August 2023

Matty Healy did not disrespect my culture

A queer Malaysian take on the same-sex kiss
4 August 2023
31 July 2023

Pro-LGBT+ protesters arrested in Malaysia

Protest prompted by public caning of two alleged lesbians
31 July 2023
28 July 2023

Matty Healey: not a ‘white saviour’ for condemning Malaysian homophobia

The 1975 singer was standing in solidarity with Malaysian LGBTs. Good!
28 July 2023
26 July 2023

Sussex Chief Constable apologises to LGBT+ community

Jo Shiner follows the Met police chief and says sorry
26 July 2023
3 July 2023

Pride London disrupted

Sit-down protest outside Uganda House
3 July 2023
6 June 2023

Call for police apology to LGBTs backed by Paul O’Grady

Apologise Now campaign launch: House of Lords 7 June 12pm
6 June 2023
3 June 2023

Philip Schofield: Homophobic double standards

Ex-ITV presenter hounded like a murderer or rapist
3 June 2023
1 June 2023

Peter Tatchell pulls out of Oxford Union debate

Protest over hosting Kathleen Stock without a trans speaker
1 June 2023
31 May 2023

West Midlands Police say: We will NOT apologise

Chief Constable misses the point & shows contempt for LGBTs
31 May 2023
27 May 2023

West Midlands Chief Constable confronted over police LGBT+ witch-hunts

Still no apology
27 May 2023
2 May 2023

West Midlands Police urged to apologise for past homophobia

Appeal to Chief Constable ahead of Birmingham Pride 27 May
2 May 2023
26 April 2023

Ugandans lead “kill the gays” bill protest in London

25 April Global Day of Action at Uganda High Commission
26 April 2023
14 March 2023

Commonwealth Day LGBT+ protest at Westminster Abbey

32 Commonwealth nations criminalise LGBT+ people
14 March 2023
22 February 2023

The most violent & homophobic election in British history

The Bermondsey by-election was 40 years ago this Friday
22 February 2023
17 February 2023

Protest at celebrity-studded Dorchester hotel fashion event

Hotel owned by Brunei which has death penalty for LGBTs
17 February 2023
11 February 2023

40th anniversary of notorious Bermondsey by-election

The most dirty, violent & homophobic election in Britain
11 February 2023
8 February 2023

LGBT+ protest at Church of England Synod today

Anglicans urged to end same-sex marriage ban
8 February 2023
20 January 2023

Church apologises to LGBTs & then discriminates

Bans same-sex marriage but offers LGBTs blessings, like for pets
20 January 2023
3 January 2023

Pope Benedict demonised LGBT+ people

Benedict: There’s “no right” to be gay. It’s “an intrinsic moral evil’
3 January 2023
14 December 2022

Qatar’s secret gay conversion centres exposed

Wifaq centre is near stadium where World Cup final will be played
14 December 2022
21 November 2022

England and Wales will NOT wear the OneLove armband

Statement from Peter Tatchell 
21 November 2022
19 November 2022

Qatar embassy protest London says: “No freedom, no football”

Solidarity with Qatari women, LGBTs and migrant workers
19 November 2022
4 November 2022

FIFA ignores homophobic discrimination at World Cup

Peter Tatchell responds
4 November 2022
3 November 2022

National Trust considers banning Pride participation

Members to vote on participation
3 November 2022
28 October 2022

Prince William not going to Qatar World Cup

Others must follow
28 October 2022
26 October 2022

Response to James Cleverly Statement

Peter Tatchell responds
26 October 2022
25 October 2022

Peter Tatchell arrested in Qatar

Police seize LGBT+ campaigner 26 days before World Cup
25 October 2022
20 September 2022

Ban West Midlands police from Birmingham Pride

Chief Constable refuses to apologise for homophobia
20 September 2022
28 July 2022

Commonwealth Games: LGBTs protest homophobia in Birmingham

Protesters were victims of anti-LGBT+ hate in Commonwealth countries
28 July 2022
25 July 2022

Tom Daley condemns Commonwealth homophobia

Criticism comes ahead of Commonwealth Games this week
25 July 2022
30 June 2022

1972 Pride veterans march this Friday 1 July

They celebrate the exact 50th anniversary of UK’s first Pride
30 June 2022
23 June 2022

Commonwealth summit refuses to discuss LGBT+ equality

35 out of 54 member states still criminalise homosexuality
23 June 2022
19 May 2022

Tatchell wins SMK award for 55 years of human rights campaigning

Award dedicated to Ukrainians & Syrians resisting Russian aggression
19 May 2022
16 May 2022

Queen’s Platinum Jubilee invitation declined by Peter Tatchell

Monarchy is not compatible with democracy. Queen snubbed LGBTs
16 May 2022
19 April 2022

Royal British Legion apologies for past homophobic discrimination

LGBT+ wreaths at Cenotaph condemned as “insult to war dead”
19 April 2022
1 April 2022

A ban that excludes trans people is not a ban at all

Government double u-turns on conversion therapy ban
1 April 2022
14 March 2022

Leaders of anti-LGBT+ Commonwealth countries megaphone blasted

Peter Tatchell heard by Commonwealth dignitaries inside Westminster Abbey
14 March 2022
10 March 2022

Tatchell dedicates award to the people of Ukraine

Peter Tatchell receives Lifetime Achievement Award
10 March 2022
19 February 2022

Direct action protest has been crucial for LGBT+ progress

I confronted Mike Tyson & Archbishop of Canterbury – and got results
19 February 2022
25 January 2022

Peter Tatchell is 70 & celebrates 55 years of human rights campaigning

Five decades of 3,000 protests, 100 arrests & 300 violent assaults
25 January 2022

Gay USA – Interview

Economic Democracy

Freedom for West Papua

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