Glad To Be Gay No More?
The demise of gay identity is inevitable.
The demise of gay identity is inevitable.
How psychiatrists used electric shocks and vomit-inducing drugs to cure queers, and the new OutRage! campaign to win compensation for the victims.
Fourteen year old Lee tells about first sex, boyfriends, coming out, paedophilia, and why an age of consent of 16 won’t help under-age gays like him.
Published in The Guardian, 1 August 1997.
Equalising the age of consent will not end discrimination against gay men in criminal law. It is time to repeal all victimless gay offences.
Gay marriage and registered partnerships offer false hope. An Unmarried Partners Act, giving automatic legal rights to all couples, gay and straight, would be far more beneficial.
Gay identity is destined for oblivion once homophobia is overturned.
Overcoming homophobia will result in more people having gay sex but fewer people claiming gay identity.
Peter Tatchell outlines the unique style of ‘protest as performance’ pioneered by the queer rights group OutRage! ‘
The armed forces is an oppressive institution. That is why the campaign against military homophobia must include a commitment to democratic reform.