HomoQuotable - Peter Tatchell
"While
I doubt that Elizabeth II is a raging homophobe, she certainly doesn't
appear to gay-friendly. Not once in her 60-year reign has she publicly
acknowledged the existence of the LGBT community – or gay members of her
own royal family. The Queen has turned her back on queens. While she
has spoken approvingly of the UK's many races and faiths, for six
decades she has ignored LGBT Britons."Judging from her silence, it seems that we are the unspeakable ones – the people she cannot bare to acknowledge or mention in public. Why the double standards? Regardless of whether these omissions are a reflection of the Queen's personal views or the result of advice from her courtiers, as monarch she bears ultimate responsibility. Her silence sends a signal of exclusion and disrespect." - Famed British activist Peter Tatchell, writing for the Guardian UK. The Queen's diamond jubilee celebration takes place this weekend.
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