Shortly after Mr Smith's demotion Peter Tatchell, a prominent campaigner on gay and lesbian issues, described the trust's actions as "excessive".

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Simon Hughes won the seat of Southwark for the Liberal Party in a notoriously bitter 1983 by-election, against Labour's Peter Tatchell.

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Activist Peter Tatchell, who helped organise the demonstration, claimed the pontiff ordered a cover-up in a 2001 edict to Catholic Bishops worldwide.

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In the UK's Guardian , Peter Tatchell describes how rape is used as a weapon of war in the killing fields of Darfur.

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Speakers at the rally included Lord Waheed Alli, the first openly gay peer, Peter Tatchell, Gay and Human Rights Campaigner, co-founder of OutRage!

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Political campaigner Peter Tatchell described THT's response as "excessive and disproportionate".

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Gay rights campaigner Peter Tatchell says he hopes a gay Welsh cleric can now become an Anglican bishop after the church relaxed its stance on the issue.

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But according to gay activist and friend Peter Tatchell, the pressure of leading a double life, coupled later with the abuse he received from supporters everywhere he played, left an indelible mark.

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During the first day of Mr Yudhoyono's visit, human rights activist Peter Tatchell was arrested for a breach of the peace after he tried to reach the car of the Indonesian president as he left Westminster Abbey.

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