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# Peter Tatchell “forcibly ejected” from Birmingham Pride after calling for West Midlands Police to apologise for past homophobia
- URL: https://www.scenemag.co.uk/peter-tatchell-forcibly-ejected-from-birmingham-pride-after-calling-for-west-midlands-police-to-apologise-for-past-homophobia/
- Published: 2025-05-26T10:21:33.000Z
- Updated: 2025-05-26T14:58:36.000Z
- Description: Peter Tatchell has reported he was “forcibly ejected” from Birmingham Pride and “threatened with arrest” after calling for West Midlands Police to apologise for past homophobia. The LGBTQ+ rights campaigner said: “My crime? carrying a placard and using a loudhailer to criticise past West Midlands po
- Author: Graham Robson
- Tags: Apologise Now, Birmingham Pride, LGBTQ, Peter Tatchell, West Midlands police

**Peter Tatchell** has reported he was “forcibly ejected” from **Birmingham Pride** and “threatened with arrest” after calling for **West Midlands Police** to apologise for past homophobia. The LGBTQ+ rights campaigner said: “My crime? carrying a placard and using a loudhailer to criticise past West Midlands police homophobia and demand a police apology.”

His placard read: “West Midlands Police refuse to apologise for anti-LGBT witch-hunts. Shame!”

The **Peter Tatchell Foundation**‘s **Apologise Now** campaign aims get British police forces to apologise for their past “homophobic witch-hunts”.

Late TV star **Paul O’Grady** backed the apology campaign before his death. He was present during a police raid on the gay bar, the **Royal Vauxhall Tavern** in London, on 24 January 1987\. He describes the raid as “homophobic…we were being treated like animals.”

Peter added: “\[West Midlands\] Police made the false claim that I was not authorised to march in the parade and the organisers had asked me to be removed. Bot untrue.

“Police in the parade laughed at me as I spoke about two gay men who attempted suicide as a result of police persecution. They crowded around me and blew whistles to stop the public hearing about their past homophobic witch-hunts. Shame!”

Forces who have apologised include **Sussex**, **City of London,** **Gwent**, **Merseyside**, among others.