Amnesty Blogs: King Billy: an early champion of gay rights? 4.0 star rating

Source: http://blogs.amnesty.org.uk/blogs_entry.asp?eid=1660

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You have to hand it to Peter Tatchell. The veteran gay rights campaigner – who will be giving the Amnesty International Pride Lecture this evening – really knows how to maximise media attention.

In the wake of Iris Robinson MP's homophobic comments at Westminster and on the airwaves, Tatchell has accused the politician of hypocrisy and reminded her that unionist icon King William III of Orange is reputed by some historians to have been bisexual.

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  • I knew it!! That picture of King Billy my Grannie had on her wall??? You could just tell by his pose on his horse and that head of hair oo la la :-)

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Created by cat on 28 July 2008

cat's thoughts:

As the Pride season 2008 is coming to an end, we should keep lgbt rights campaigning in the spotlight.

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