Peter Tatchell Quotations

He is deliberately avoiding public engagements in order to deny us a chance to confront him,

Whatever Robbie's intention, his legal action has created the impression he thinks it is shameful to be gay.

While demanding rights for Muslims, the MCB wants to deny rights to lesbian and gay people -- both Muslim and non-Muslim. It sees no double standard or inconsistency in its selective approach to human rights.

Tolerance is a two-way street. How can the MCB expect to secure respect for Muslims when it shows such obvious disrespect to other people because of their sexual orientation?

This will give hope to millions of isolated, vulnerable, lesbian and gay people especially those living in repressive and homophobic countries.

We send our condolences to Nokia's family and friends, and extend our solidarity to the heroes and heroines of JFLAG who are campaigning for gay human rights in conditions of great danger and adversity.

These attempts by the Russian state and religious leaders to suppress the right to protest are a throwback to the bad old days of czarist and communist totalitarianism. No amount of threats and intimidation by the mayor of Moscow, the Chief Mufti or the Chief Rabbi will halt the gay freedom struggle in Russia.

It is sad to see the leader of the Muslim community attacking the gay community.

By legislating a two-tier system of relationships, Labor (government) has, in effect, created a form of legal apartheid based on sexual orientation.

His homophobic jibes help make bigotry cool and acceptable.

The Bible is to gays what Mein Kampf is to Jews.

Marriage is the internationally recognised system of relationship recognition. It is the global language of love. When we were young, most of us dreamed of one day getting married. We didn't dream about having a civil partnership.

If Bradley Manning was the person who copied the secret US diplomatic cables to WikilLeaks, he is a hero for exposing human rights abuses.

What happens in Bermondsey on February 24th will be a pointer to the rest of the country as far as Labour's prospects are concerned.

It is outrageous that the Queen has invited royal tyrants to celebrate her diamond jubilee.

While other faiths are also often oppressive, sharia law is especially oppressive. Its interpretations stipulate the execution of Muslims who commit adultery, renounce their faith (apostates) or have same-sex relationships. Sharia methods of execution, such as stoning, are particularly brutal and cruel - witness the stoning to death this week in Somalia of a 20-year-old woman divorcee who was accused of adultery. This is the fourth stoning of an adulterer in Somalia in the last year.

Women and gay people are the litmus test of whether a society is democratic and respecting human rights. We are the canaries in the mine.

The positive nature of some child-adult sexual relationships is not confined to non-Western cultures. Several of my friends - gay and straight, male and female - had sex with adults from the ages of nine to 13. None feel they were abused. All say it was their conscious choice and gave them great joy.

Don't accept the world as it is. Dream of what the world could be - and then help make it happen.