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Britain's complicity in the tragedy of West Papua

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Peter Tatchell Foundation @petertatchellfdn.bsky.social · 3h

West Papua bleeds while Britain looks away 💔 New findings reveal UK ties to Indonesia’s violent occupation and environmental destruction

No more denial, no more profit from pain 🌏✊

https://newint.org/indigenous-peoples/2025/britains-complicity-tragedy-west-papua

#FreeWestPapua

Climate researchers reveal the scale of British involvement in Indonesia’s brutal occupation – and call for an end to impunity.

newint.org

Peter Tatchell Foundation @petertatchellfdn.bsky.social · 6h

Plane forced to land after anti-LGBT+ cancer rant by a passenger wearing 15 face masks.

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Dame Kelly Holmes remembers growing up without a role model in a time where 'you have to be really careful with your exposure' (EXCLUSIVE)

Peter Tatchell Foundation @petertatchellfdn.bsky.social · 7h

Dame Kelly Holmes recalls growing up with no lesbian role models 💔

“You had to be really careful with your exposure.”

Her story reminds us why visibility matters

Every role model changes lives 🏳️‍🌈✨

Dame Kelly Holmes opened up about not having a queer role model growing up, now fuelling her fire to become one for the next generation.

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UK universities offered to monitor students’ social media for arms firms, emails show

Peter Tatchell Foundation @petertatchellfdn.bsky.social · 21h

When universities become surveillance arms for weapons firms, freedom dies quietly 🎓🕶️

Emails show top UK institutions offering to monitor student posts for defence contractors

Academic spaces are turning into surveillance spaces⚠️💔

Loughborough, Heriot-Watt and Glasgow corresponded with companies concerned about campus protests

Paul O'Grady's widower shares star's headstone with emotional tribute

Peter Tatchell Foundation @petertatchellfdn.bsky.social · 1d

Paul O’Grady’s widower has shared his headstone, a moving tribute to a man who gave so much love and laughter 🌹💖

Paul stood with those demanding an apology from the Police and supported our #ApologiseNow campaign.

Paul O’Grady’s widower, André Portasio, has shared a photo of his headstone along with an emotional tribute to his late partner.

www.thepinknews.com

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Ace Hoffman @acehoffman.bsky.social · 1d

Children who only knew war...

Peter Tatchell Foundation @petertatchellfdn.bsky.social · 1d

18,457 children. Gone. 💔 Each one a story, a laugh, a life stolen in Gaza

There is no justification, no silence deep enough to hide this horror

The world cannot look away 🕊️🌍

Young lives cut short on an unimaginable scale: the 18,457 children on Gaza’s list of war dead

Every name on a list compiled by health authorities in Gaza of the child victims of Israel’s offensive

Young lives cut short on an unimaginable scale: the 18,457 children on Gaza’s list of war dead

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Peter Tatchell Foundation @petertatchellfdn.bsky.social · 1d

18,457 children. Gone. 💔 Each one a story, a laugh, a life stolen in Gaza

There is no justification, no silence deep enough to hide this horror

The world cannot look away 🕊️🌍

Every name on a list compiled by health authorities in Gaza of the child victims of Israel’s offensive

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Peter Tatchell Foundation @petertatchellfdn.bsky.social · 1d

The Peter Tatchell Foundation punches well above its weight — now you can be part of the team. 🌈

Join Friends of the Foundation by donating £6+ a month & help power our LGBT+ & human rights work.

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Labour Accused Of Being 'Worse Than Tories' Amid New 'Trumpian' Clampdown On Protest

Peter Tatchell Foundation @petertatchellfdn.bsky.social · 1d

Plane forced to land after anti-LGBT+ cancer rant by a passenger wearing 15 face masks.

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Peter Tatchell Foundation @petertatchellfdn.bsky.social · 1d

A “Trumpian” assault on protest rights & it’s coming from Labour ⚠️💔

“They’re giving Reform everything they could wish for.”

This is how democracy dies ✊🔥

They’re giving the incoming Reform government everything they could wish for."

www.huffingtonpost.co.uk

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Peter Tatchell Foundation @petertatchellfdn.bsky.social · 1d

He served his country, won awards & was fired for a Pride flag on his desk 💔🏳️‍🌈

This is what state-backed intolerance looks like ✊

https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/10/07/fbi-fires-employee-pride-flag/

FBI director fires trainee agent for displaying Pride flag

FBI director Kash Patel has reportedly fired a trainee agent for displaying a Pride flag at their desk several years ago.

www.thepinknews.com

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Peter Tatchell Foundation @petertatchellfdn.bsky.social · 2d

Was prehistory more equal than today? 🌸⚖️

New research suggests ancient societies gave women real power, some even more than ours.

Equality isn't a fantasy, it’s a forgotten possibility we can reclaim 🌍💪

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/oct/05/was-prehistory-a-feminist-paradise

Was prehistory a feminist paradise?

Visions of matriarchal utopia may be wishful thinking, but there’s growing evidence of women wielding power

Burkina Faso’s LGBTQ community fears ‘witch hunt’

Peter Tatchell Foundation @petertatchellfdn.bsky.social · 2d

Burkina Faso’s LGBTQ+ community faces a growing witch hunt 💔 As the government deepens its alliance with Russia, it moves to criminalise love itself

Queer lives are not bargaining chips 🏳️‍🌈🔥

https://76crimes.com/2025/10/06/burkina-fasos-lgbtq-community-fears-witch-hunt/

Burkina Faso’s criminalization of same-sex relations is part of s pivot by junta leader Ibrahim Traore away from the West and toward Russia.

76crimes.com

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Peter Tatchell Foundation @petertatchellfdn.bsky.social · 2d

£180 million in profit, while asylum seekers are fed inedible food & rationed toilet paper 😡💸

This isn’t “care.” It’s cruelty disguised as business. People deserve dignity, not exploitation 🧻🔥

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ce9r5m74de8o

Asylum hotel provider makes £180m profit despite claims of inedible food and rationed loo paper

Asylum seekers and charities tell BBC of "terrible" conditions as accommodation provider makes millions.

www.bbc.co.uk

Peter Tatchell Foundation @petertatchellfdn.bsky.social · 2d

Oh Myyy: Star Trek’s George Takei boldly goes where book censors fear to tread! And lesbian daughter of homophobic African president refuses to vote for him.

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"Housing is a human right, not a commodity" says Parliamentary Assembly - Portal - www.coe.int

Peter Tatchell Foundation @petertatchellfdn.bsky.social · 2d

The right to housing is not a luxury; it’s a right ✊🌍

The Council of Europe warns that treating homes as commodities has failed over a billion people

Time to put people before profit 🏡❤️

https://www.coe.int/en/web/portal/-/-housing-is-a-human-right-not-a-commodity-says-parliamentary-assembly

The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe has warned that the right to adequate housing remains a “broken promise” for more than a billion people worldwide, insisting that housing...

www.coe.int

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Peter Tatchell Foundation @petertatchellfdn.bsky.social · 2d

Oh Myyy: Star Trek’s George Takei boldly goes where book censors fear to tread! And lesbian daughter of homophobic African president refuses to vote for him.

The latest #PTFweekly newsletter is out. Read & subscribe https://mailchi.mp/ab3fd7bffdb3/china-uses-ai-to-turn-gay-couple-straight-13381068

Did you know these facts about Marsha P. Johnson?

Peter Tatchell Foundation @petertatchellfdn.bsky.social · 2d

Did you know these facts about Marsha P. Johnson?

🌟 Marsha P. Johnson helped ignite the Stonewall Uprising in 1969, the spark that set modern LGBT+ rights in motion

https://diva-magazine.com/2025/10/06/did-you-know-these-facts-about-marsha-p-johnson/

The LGBTQIA+ activist modelled for Andy Warhol

diva-magazine.com

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Peter Tatchell Foundation @petertatchellfdn.bsky.social · 3d

A plane was forced to land after a passenger wearing 15 masks 😷💥 claimed LGBTQ+ people were giving him cancer

Hate has officially gone off the deep end

https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/10/06/sun-country-airlines-flight-lgbtq-face-masks/

Plane passenger wearing 15 face masks claimed LGBTQ+ people were giving him cancer

A US flight was forced to make an unscheduled landing after a man on-board allegedly ranted that LGBTQ+ people were giving him cancer.

www.thepinknews.com

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Peter Tatchell Foundation @petertatchellfdn.bsky.social · 3d

Behind Saudi Arabia’s renewable energy projects lie stories of abuse 😡🌞

Migrant workers describe endless hours, scorching heat, and punishment for resting

Greenwashed slavery is still slavery ✊🔥

Migrant workers building Saudi Arabia’s green future face abuses, report finds

Heat stroke, long hours and punishment for taking breaks - low-paid migrant workers compare jobs on Saudi renewable projects to prison sentence

www.climatechangenews.com

Peter Tatchell Foundation @petertatchellfdn.bsky.social · 3d

Remind us — what’s so awful about the European Court of Human Rights again? The right to life? Fair trial? Not being tortured? Outrageous. 😏

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Peter Tatchell Foundation @petertatchellfdn.bsky.social · 3d

Oh Myyy: Star Trek’s George Takei boldly goes where book censors fear to tread! And lesbian daughter of homophobic African president refuses to vote for him.

The latest #PTFweekly newsletter is out. Read & subscribe https://mailchi.mp/ab3fd7bffdb3/china-uses-ai-to-turn-gay-couple-straight-13381068

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peterd011.bsky.social @peterd011.bsky.social · 5d

cancel Elon Musk

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Peter Tatchell Foundation @petertatchellfdn.bsky.social · 5d

Oh Myyy: Star Trek’s George Takei boldly goes where book censors fear to tread! And lesbian daughter of homophobic African president refuses to vote for him.

The latest #PTFweekly newsletter is out. Read & subscribe https://mailchi.mp/ab3fd7bffdb3/china-uses-ai-to-turn-gay-couple-straight-13381068