Peter Tatchell Gay Quotations

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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