Date: Sun, 15 Mar 1998 21:52:00 +0000 From: jgh Subject: Minister supports OutRage! proposal *** U.K. Home Office Minister Expresses Support *** *** for Select Committee Report on Homophobic Discrimination *** Home Office Minister Mike O'Brien, MP, has expressed support for the idea of a House of Commons Select Committee report on discrimination against lesbians and gay men. He said it would be a helpful way forward, setting out proposals for law reform, which the government would then consider. Mr O'Brien made his comments during a 45-minute meeting at the Home Office on the 11th March with OutRage! campaigner Peter Tatchell. OutRage! is currently pressing the Home Affairs Select Committee to produce a report on antigay discrimination, and sent a proposal for law reform to the Committee's chair, Chris Mullin MP, on the 2nd March. "The Minister's support for a Select Committee enquiry is very encouraging", commented Peter Tatchell. "Mike O'Brien seemed convinced this would be a useful way to proceed. "An investigation by the Select Committee could help revive the stalled campaign for lesbian and gay human rights. It would be the most significant report on homosexual issues since the 1957 Wolfenden Report." =============================== For full report + web links, see http://www.OutRage.cygnet.co.uk/HomAff01.htm Further information: Peter Tatchell, tel. (+44)-171 403 1790 To be removed from the OutRage! list, reply with a message "remove" to jgh@intonet.co.uk. (This does _not_ apply if you have received the message via an intermediate list.) ===============================