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Peter Tatchell: an activist life

Peter Tatchell: Peter Tatchell aged 21
Peter Tatchell photographed at the age of 21. Photograph: guardian.co.uk
Peter Tatchell: Peter Tatchell in his Bermondsey Constituency in 1983
Peter Tatchell in 1983 out and about in his Bermondsey Constituency on the first day of his official campaign. Photograph: guardian.co.uk
Peter Tatchell: Former minister Michael Portillo confronted by Peter Tatchell
Former minister Michael Portillo was forced to cut short a polling-day push for votes in the Kensington and Chelsea by-election when he was confronted by Peter Tatchell of gay rights group OutRage! outside Kensington Tube station on 25th November 1999. Photograph: Michael Crabtree/guardian.co.uk
Peter Tatchell: Security guards of Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe attack Peter Tatchell
Security guards of Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe attack British human rights activist Peter Tatchell who attempted a citizens arrest of the African head of state on his arrival at the Hilton Hotel in Brussels Monday 5th March 2001. Photograph: Yves Boucau/guardian.co.uk
Peter Tatchell: Heavyweight boxer Mike Tyson is met by gay rights campaigner Peter Tatchell
Heavyweight boxer Mike Tyson is met by gay rights campaigner Peter Tatchell, as he arrives at his training camp gym in Cordova, Memphis prior to his World Heavyweight title bout with Britain's Lennox Lewis in Memphis on 2nd June 2002. Photograph: Nick Potts/guardian.co.uk
Peter Tatchell: Peter Tatchell addresses the crowd at the Mardi Gras in Hackney Marshes
Gay Rights Campaigner Peter Tatchell addresses the crowd from the main stage at the Mardi Gras held in Hackney Marshes, London on 6th July 2002. Photograph: Chris Young/guardian.co.uk
Peter Tatchell: Gay Rights activist Peter Tatchell is escorted by a policeman
Gay Rights activist Peter Tatchell is escorted by a policeman, after disrupting the memorial service to remember victims of the Holocaust on the 60th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz on 27th January 2005. Photograph: Kieran Doherty/guardian.co.uk
Peter Tatchell: Peter Tatchell holds a placard during the Euro Pride parade in 2006
Gay rights activist Peter Tatchell holds a placard during the Euro Pride parade in central London July 1, 2006. Photograph: Stephen Hird/guardian.co.uk
Peter Tatchell: An extremist Russian Orthodox believer attacks Peter Tatchell
An extremist Russian Orthodox believer attacks veteran British gay rights activist Peter Tatchell during a gay rights protest in Moscow May 27, 2007. Russian police detained gay protesters calling for the right to hold a Gay Pride parade in central Moscow while nationalists shouting "death to homosexuals" punched and kicked the demonstrators. Photograph: Denis Sinyakov/guardian.co.uk
Peter Tatchell: Peter Tatchell photographed at his home on 18th December 2009
Australian born British human rights activist Peter Tatchell photographed at his home in Elephant and Castle , London on 18th December 2009. Photograph: Richard Saker/guardian.co.uk
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