Hating Peter Tatchell

That’s the title of a documentary about the LGBT+ activist Peter Tatchell, which is now available on Netflix.

It is very good and well worth watching.

I have always liked and admired the strength of Tatchell’s convictions and his willingness to keep on battling against all odds. Seeing the rerun in the documentary of the time of Thatcher’s Britain with AIDS and Section 28 and that awful woman was painful.

It was only the activities of Outrage and people like Peter and Derek Jarman who really got things moving to repeal Section 28. I used to be a member of CHE back in the 1970s, but I always remember that it was the UK’s GLF that galvanised me into becoming a soft activist, doing what I could in my small way.

Peter is rightly celebrated in this film. He’s paid for his actions with his health, but long may he continue to speak truth to power.