LGBTQ+ News “Hey, hey. Ho, ho! Commonwealth homophobia has got to go!” Commonwealth leaders jeered for anti-LGBTQ+ persecution Leaders from 29 Commonwealth countries that criminalise LGBTQ+ people were met with boos and jeers as they arrived at the Commonwealth’s annual service at Westminster Abbey on Monday, March 10. Despite violating the human rights provisions of the Commonwealth Charter, they were welcomed by the Churc By Graham Robson • 2 min read
LGBTQ+ News “Homophobic” Commonwealth leaders jeered at Westminster Abbey Leaders of 30 Commonwealth countries that criminalise LGBTs, including the six that have a maximum penalty of life imprisonment for same-sex acts – Bangladesh, Guyana, Pakistan, Sierra Leone, Tanzania and Uganda – faced a barrage of boos and jeers as they arrived at today’s Commonwealth’s 75th anniv By Graham Robson • 3 min read
LGBTQ+ News ”Countries that criminalise LGBTQ+ people should be suspended from the Commonwealth.” Commonwealth leaders to face LGBTQ+ protest at Westminster The Peter Tatchell Foundation is coordinating a protest, which will include LGBTQ+ people who have fled victimisation and violence in Commonwealth countries. from 12pm on Monday, March 11 as “homophobic leaders” of 30 Commonwealth countries that criminalise LGBTs arrive at the Commonwealth’s 75th an By Graham Robson • 1 min read
LGBTQ+ News Ugandans lead ‘kill the gays’ bill protest in London Fifty LGBTQ+ campaigners and allies staged a noisy vigil outside the Ugandan High Commission in Trafalgar Square, London on Tuesday, April 25, chanting “Museveni! Kill the bill” and “The world is watching! Kill the bill.” They were protesting in solidarity with Ugandan LGBTs against Uganda’s Anti-Ho By Graham Robson • 2 min read
LGBTQ+ News LGBTQ+ protest as King Charles arrives at Commonwealth Day service The protest coincided with Uganda’s legislators proposing a “vicious” new Anti-Homosexuality Bill. By Graham Robson • 2 min read
Arts Tom Daley picks up the baton for LGBTQ+ rights across the Commonwealth As thousands of athletes prepared to compete on the global stage at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, Olympic gold medallist and double world champion diver Tom Daley shone a light on an issue he cares passionately about By Graham Robson • 3 min read
Peter Tatchell LGBTQ+ News Commonwealth Games: LGBTQ+ protest this Thursday “We are calling out anti-LGBTQ+ repression in the 35 Commonwealth countries that criminalise same-sex relations.” By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Tom Daley LGBTQ+ News Tom Daley condemns ‘Commonwealth homophobia’ ahead of Commonwealth Games LGBTQ+ people from across the Commonwealth will protest at 1pm on Thursday 28 July at Aston Hall in Birmingham (B6 6JD), as the baton arrives for the start of the Commonwealth Games. They will protest again the same day at 5pm at the main entrance to Alexander Stadium. By Graham Robson • 3 min read
Coventry and West Midlands Festival of freedom for all is promised as Pride House Birmingham announces events schedule Inclusion venue at Commonwealth Games set to welcome thousands of visitors from Friday, July 22. By Graham Robson • 3 min read
LGBTQ+ News Commonwealth summit ‘again refuses to discuss LGBTQ+ equality’, says Peter Tatchell Thirty-five out of 54 member states still criminalise homosexuality By Graham Robson • 2 min read
LGBTQ+ News Pride House Podcast launches ahead of Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games Pride House Podcast is created by the Pride House team and will showcase conversations related to sport and LGBTQ+ rights in the Commonwealth. By Catherine Muxworthy • 1 min read
LGBTQ+ News Peter Tatchell stages protest at Commonwealth Day service Peter Tatchell was on Monday, March 14 threatened with arrest when he tried to stage a one-person silent peaceful protest for LGBTQ+ rights outside Westminster Abbey as Commonwealth leaders arrived for the annual Commonwealth Day service. By Graham Robson • 2 min read
