Up Against The Stonewall
Stonewall’s focus on lobbying and law reform has its limitations. Direct action also has a vital role to play in the struggle for queer freedom.
LGBT Index
Beyond Straight Sex
Society should accept sexual difference and diversity.
Self-reliance: The X-Factor in Queer Politics
The bisexual American black nationalist leader, MALCOLM X, was a forceful advocate of self-help and community empowerment. Self-reliance is also the key to queer emancipation.
Queers are Doing it for Themselves
In the 25 years since the Stonewall Riots it is queer self-help, not law reform, which has improved the lives of lesbian and gay people.
Selfish Activism Or Equal Rights For All?
The separatist agendas of women, gays, black and disabled activists are divisive, and undermine the campaign for equality.
Liberating Sexual Desire
Everyone is potentially bisexual; the struggle for lesbian and gay equality is about the right of all people to share the joy of same-sex relationships without guilt or anxiety, and without the fear of prejudice and discrimination.
Criminal Injustice
The Homophobic Bias Of The Criminal Justice System
Freud and the Liberation of Sexual Desire
Sigmund Freud challenged sexual ignorance and pioneered an emancipatory understanding of human sexuality.
Idealism, Pride & Anger- The Beginnings Of Lesbian and Gay Liberation in Britain
Peter Tatchell looks back with pride at the radical politics that inspired the London Gay Liberation Front, 1970-73.
Aversion Therapy is “Like A Visit To The Dentist”
The 1972 protest against Prof. Hans Eysenck’s advocacy of aversion therapy as a “cure” for homosexuality.