"Don’t accept the world as it is. Dream of what the world could be – and then help make it happen."
Peter Tatchell is considered to be one of the most important human rights campaigner in the UK today. Best known for his work with the LGBTQ+ movement, he is a member of the gay rights group Outrage! and director of the Peter Tatchell Foundation, a human rights organization.
Peter began campaigning in London, organizing sit-ins at pubs that refused to serve gay people and protests against the classification of homosexuality as an illness. He famously performed a citizens arrest on Robert Mugabe for crimes against humanity. Peter also identifies as a humanist, believing that reason, science and ethics are the best way to promote human rights and welfare.
"A national hero." The Sunday Times