Join us in London for an evening with Peter Tatchell who is Director of the Peter Tatchell Foundation, the human rights organisation, which seeks to promote and protect the human rights of individuals, communities, and nations, in the UK and internationally, in accordance with established national and international human rights law.

In collaboration with Central London Humanists (CLH), we host Peter Tatchell, the renowned Australian-born British human rights campaigner, best known for his work with LGBT social movements.

We are looking forward to a wide-reaching presentation from Peter about his extensive campaigning work over the decades and his present involvement in advancing the human rights of the LGBTQIA+ community worldwide. Come with your questions, too, for the Q & A. 

Patron of Humanists UK

Peter Tatchell was made a patron of Humanists UK for his contribution to advancing human rights, equality, and justice.

Peter writes: 

'I am proud to be a supporter of Humanists UK. As an atheist, secularist, and humanist I believe that reason, science and ethics – not religious superstition – are the best way to understand the world and promote human rights and welfare. 

'While defending persecuted religious minorities, I oppose religious privilege and intolerance – and defend the right of people to criticise and reject faith and all other belief systems, including my own.

'I am a strong supporter of secularism – the separation of the state and religion. It creates a level playing field where all faiths and none are equal before the law. This affirms freedom of expression for all and protects religious minorities from persecution by religious majorities. In other words, it safeguards both non-believers and religious freedom.'

Campaigner

Peter Tatchell has been campaigning since 1967 on issues of human rights, democracy, LGBT freedom, and global justice. From the late 1970s onwards, he proposed a single, comprehensive Equal Rights Act to harmonise the uneven patchwork of equality legislation, to ensure equal treatment and non-discrimination for everyone. This proposal was eventually secured with the passage of the Equality Act 2010.