Catalogue Number
NMLH.2018.156
Object Name
T-Shirt
People
OutRage!
Date
1992
Description
White T-Shirt, XL size, with black inscription âThis Faggotâs not for Burningâ and depicting OutRage! logo. This T-Shirt was produced in 1992 and worn by OutRage! activists on numerous protests over many years, including the 1992 âEquality now!â campaign of non-stop protests, from February to July 1992, which challenged each and every aspect of LGBT+ legal discrimination in the UK.
OutRage! was a formed in May 1990. Its formation was prompted by two things. First, escalating queer-bashing violence, including a wave of homophobic murders â in particular the kicking to death of Michael Boothe in West London. Second, the huge rise in number of gay and bisexual men arrested and convicted for consenting, victimless behaviour. OutRage! is a broad-based group of queers committed to radical, non-violent direct action and civil disobedience to assert the dignity and human rights of queer, to fight homophobia, discrimination and violence directed against them, to affirm the right to sexual freedom, choice and self-determination. OutRage! lasted for 21 years, from 1990 to 2011.
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