Peter Tatchell

Gay Rights Advocacy

Though Tatchell has tried to present himself as a champion of gay rights in Iran, some gay Iranians remain suspicious.

Peter Tatchel, the head of OutRage!, proclaimed, "This is just the latest barbarity by the Islamo-fascists in Iran," and he goes on to advocate economic sanctions and political isolation for Iran...This language is more in harmony with the "clash of civilizations" rhetoric adopted by the Bush administration than with human rights advocacy. It paints the violence of the Iranian regime as in a class of its own, barbaric and distinct from the presumably civilized violence of the war on Iraq, Abu Ghraib, and Guantanamo.

Affiliations

• Harry's Place - blogger