ESPN (Free subscription) | 06/01/2009
Gay rights campaigner Peter Tatchell has launched an attack on Chelsea's decision to appoint Luiz Felipe Scolari as manager after the Brazilian's previously aired views on gay players.
Champions (Free subscription) | 06/01/2009
Last Updated: January 6 - 02:30 PM The Football Association has agreed to fund a video featuring high-profile Premier League stars speaking out against homophobia in the game. Peter Tatchell, of...
PinkNews.co.uk (Free subscription) | 06/01/2009
... far only 13 complaints have been received.Gay rights group Stonewall and human rights campaigner Peter Tatchell have both criticised the BBC for not taking complaints about homophobia seriously.Peter Tatchell told PinkNews.co.uk:"The remarks by DJ Spoony and straight porn actor Ron Jeremy were gratuitously sexist and homophobic."The production company and the BBC should...
WickedGayBlog.com (Free subscription) | 06/01/2009
The governing body of English UK soccer, the Football Association (FA), has agreed to fund a video and DVD featuring high-profile premier league players speaking out against homophobia. The idea was put to the FA several months ago by Peter Tatchell, of gay rights group OutRage!, as way of challenging the anti-gay abuse hurled by fans at star players like Ashley Cole and Sol Campbell...
TV Scoop (Free subscription) | 07/01/2009
... should be allowed to get off with each other as "nobody wants them". Human rights activist Peter Tatchell blasted the show, saying: "The remarks by BBC Radio 5 presenter DJ Spoony and straight US porn actor Ron Jeremy were gratuitously sexist and homophobic. The BBC should have never broadcast them. A public apology is due from the BBC."Okay, these comments may be pretty dumb, but...
Metro.co.uk (Free subscription) | 06/01/2009
... said "hot and fit" women should be saved for straight men. RELATED ITEMS Human rights campaigner Peter Tatchell called on the BBC to say sorry and said the DJ should be suspended from his show until he apologises for the remarks. "The remarks by BBC Radio 5 presenter DJ Spoony and straight US porn actor Ron Jeremy were gratuitously sexist and homophobic," Mr Tatchell said....
TEAMtalk (Free subscription) | 06/01/2009
The Football Association has agreed to fund a video featuring high-profile Premier League stars speaking out against homophobia in the game.
Contactmusic Ltd (Free subscription) | 06/01/2009
... other guys."Jeremy, meanwhile, made reference to wanting a sexual liaison with the young couple.Peter Tatchell of the gay rights group OutRage! has hit out at the remarks, calling for DJ Spoony to be suspended from broadcast and forced to apologise."The remarks by BBC Radio 5 presenter DJ Spoony and straight US porn actor Ron Jeremy were gratuitously sexist and homophobic," he said."The...
PinkNews.co.uk (Free subscription) | 06/01/2009
... way with no malicious intent," a spokesperson for the corporation said.Gay rights campaigner Peter Tatchell and Tory MP Ann Widdecombe are among those who have criticised the broadcast, which also featured a middle-aged former pornography actor, Ron Jeremy.Jeremy added further insult by implying lesbians can be "changed" into heterosexuals."Men are wishing they could be with her and...
The Independent (Free subscription) | 05/01/2009
Football stars David Beckham and Wayne Rooney were urged to speak out against homophobia today in a video which could be shown in schools.
PinkNews.co.uk (Free subscription) | 05/01/2009
David Beckham may take part in a new FA campaignThe Football Association has confirmed it is collaborating on a new DVD aimed at tackling homophobia in the game.Human rights activist Peter Tatchell announced last week that after meetings with the FA, the Professional Footballers Association and the Kick It Out group, which tackles racism in the game, a special DVD would be created.Mr...
Harry's Place (Free subscription) | 03/01/2009
MoreMediaNonsense has forward some photos he took at Saturday’s anti-Israel demonstration in London. He estimates a crowd of about 5,000. The third photo is of Peter Tatchell, who may have been the only participant with a sign mentioning Hamas’s role in the current conflict. It would be interesting to learn what kind of reactions he got [...]
PinkNews.co.uk (Free subscription) | 02/01/2009
BBC3 programme The Most Annoying People of 2008 , which listed bisexual actress Lindsay Lohan has been branded as homophobic by gay rights activist Peter Tatchell following complaints to the broadcaster by a PinkNews.co.uk reader.
