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Peter Out

One of the first out gay men to stand for election in Britain, our latest guest on Q+A, GCN’s Queer and Alternative podcast, Peter Tatchell has been campaigning vociferously and courageously for human rights for nearly half a century.

Peter talks to our editor, Brian Finnegan about his life and times – from coming out to his religious fundamentalist parents to overcoming fear in order to put himself in harm’s way for other people’s human rights through direct activism.

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