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SUMMARY:A Life of Activism: Peter Tatchell in his own words
DESCRIPTION:Until 1999, Britain had the largest number of anti-gay laws of any country in the world. Front-line activist Peter Tatchell will provide an inside account of his arrests and detention at Bow Street, including the mass turn-in to defy anti-LGBT+ laws.\nHe will also reveal his experiences in the Magistrates’ Court where in 2002 he sought an international arrest warrant for the former US Secretary of State, Henry Kissinger, on war crimes charges. Two years later calling for the same for the Zimbabwean dictator, Robert Mugabe, over his use of torture to crush dissent.\nPeter has close ties with the Bow Street Police Station and will be hosting the talk in the Magistrate’s Ballroom of the NoMad Hotel, formerly Court No.1 at Bow Street Magistrates’ Court.\nPeter Tatchell has campaigned for human rights and LGBT+ freedom since 1967.\nHe was the defeated Labour candidate in the 1983 Bermondsey by-election – the dirtiest, most violent and homophobic election in Britain for 100 years\nHe was also arrested when he protested at the football World Cup in Moscow in 2018 and again in Qatar in 2022.\nFormerly a coordinator of the LGBT direct action group OutRage!, he is Director of the human rights campaign group, the Peter Tatchell Foundation.\nwww.PeterTatchellFoundation.org\nTimings: doors open at 17:30. The talk begins at 18:00 and lasts approximately 75 minutes, including a Q&A with the audience.\nConditions of entry: this event is recommended for anyone over the age of 16 years.\nTickets:\nVIP Ticket: £35 – Entry via Bow Street Police Museum at 17:30, with a free glass of fizz on arrival, a chance to see the museum and meet with Peter. This ticket also includes reserved seating in the Magistrates Ballroom.\nPrices to attend at the Museum: £20 / £16 Friends – Entry via the NoMad Hotel, where the Magistrates Bar will be open from 17:30, for you to purchase pre-event drinks\nPrices to attend via Livestream: £10 / £8 Friends.\n
URL:https://lgbtplushistorymonth.co.uk/events/a-life-of-activism-peter-tatchell-in-his-own-words/
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