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# Peter Tatchell Foundation appeals for donations to continue Commonwealth Campaign
- URL: https://www.scenemag.co.uk/peter-tatchell-foundation-appeals-for-donations-to-continue-commonwealth-campaign/
- Published: 2018-05-01T09:14:06.000Z
- Updated: 2018-05-01T09:14:06.000Z
- Description: Following their successful campaign during the recent Commonwealth Head of Government (ChoGN) meeting in London to draw attention to the plight of LGBT+ people in Commonwealth States, The Peter Tatchell Foundation issues an appeal for donations to help continue the next stage of their work on the ca
- Author: Besi

## Following their successful campaign during the recent Commonwealth Head of Government (ChoGN) meeting in London to draw attention to the plight of LGBT+ people in Commonwealth States, The Peter Tatchell Foundation issues an appeal for donations to help continue the next stage of their work on the campaign.

![](https://www.scenemag.co.uk/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/web-600.jpg)

**THE Commonwealth of Nations** is a voluntary association of 53 sovereign states, nearly all of them former British colonies or dependencies of those colonies, where homosexual activity remains a criminal offence in 35 of those 53 sovereign states and legal in only 18.

**Key successes of the recent awareness raising campaign by The Peter Tatchell Foundation include:**

♦ Gathering a 104,115 signatures petition urging decriminalisation and other LGBT+ demands, which was handed to the Commonwealth Assistant Secretary General during the ChoGN meeting.

♦ Helping persuade the Prime Minister Theresa May to *“deeply regret”* Britain’s imposition of anti-LGBT+ laws on colonised peoples in the nineteenth century, which helped highlight that many of the existing homophobic laws are not authentic, indigenous national legislation.

♦ Staging a vigil outside the Commonwealth HQ during the summit, attended by LGBT+ people from across the Commonwealth, which generated masses of media coverage and public awareness about anti-LGBT+ persecution in 80% of Commonwealth countries.

![Peter Tatchell](https://www.scenemag.co.uk/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/web-300.jpg)

Peter Tatchell

**Peter Tatchell says:** *“The fight for LGBT+ rights in the Commonwealth goes on and we will continue to be at the forefront of it.*

*“We have an exciting new project in the planning which involves collaboration with partners in Commonwealth countries and requires substantial funding.*

*“Will you consider making a donation or creating a standing order to help fund our work?”*  

**To make a donation, [click here:](http://www.petertatchellfoundation.org/donate/?ref=scenemag.co.uk)**