Brody's Notes... Peter Tatchell Rejected- Again From Pride Reception

Number 10 Downing Street, London  Photo By Brody Levesque

By Brody Levesque (Washington DC) June 15 | One of Britain's leading & arguably most famous LGBT activists, Peter Tatchell, has again this year not been invited to the annual Pride reception at Number 10 Downing Street, the official residence of the UK's Prime Minister. In an interview with Jessica Geen, Editor-In-Chief of Britain's PinkNews.co.UK, Tatchell said;

"It's no big deal I haven't been invited. I'm not kicking up a fuss but it is odd that I've never been invited to a Downing Street reception despite my 40-plus years of campaigning for LGBT human rights."

Published yesterday, Geen's article notes that last year, he accused Gordon Brown of personally asking for his name to be removed from the guest-list of one such event, apparently because Mr Tatchell had heckled him.

PinkNews.co.UK exclusively revealed last week that the UK's new prime minister David Cameron, will be the first Tory prime minister to hold a reception in honour of the annual LGBT Pride event.

Geen writes:

Downing Street have refused to reveal the guest-list for the event, although a spokesman said last week it was not based on political allegiances.

Mr Tatchell also said he believed Cameron's promises on gay rights had been "commendable" and the coalition government was "nowhere near as bad as some predicted". He said his main concern was the legalisation of full civil marriage for gay couples.