In our second episode with Peter Tatchell, we trace the founding of OutRage!, explore the chilling effect of Section 28 and the culture-war that shaped a generation. Peter breaks down why media moments mattered and shocked the evening news, unpacks the campaigns that equalised the age of consent, and the many years of work that helped to unlock the UK’s immense progress on LGBTQ+ rights from 1999–2013.

Peter explains why legal change is not the finishing line, pushing us into the harder terrain of culture, music, religion and sport.

Peter offers a clear warning about backsliding. Progress can vanish quickly, as Berlin’s queer golden age did in the 1930s, highlighting that the price of freedom is vigilance.

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This is the final episode of series 1 of The View From Here. We’re already working on series 2, which we hope to launch later in 2026.

This episode was hosted by Jonathan Chambers and James Alexander

Editing by Hannah Stewart

Music: Mystify created by AlterEgo

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As LGBTQ+ history month begins, we are thrilled to share the final episodes of our first season.

We sit down with Peter for the first of two episodes. Starting in 1960s Melbourne and the impossible choice between prison and the Vietnam war, which ultimately saw him move to London. On his second day in the UK he discovered the Gay Liberation Front, a movement that aimed to achieve cultural change, challenging the church, media, police and education.

Peter walks us through the first London Pride in 1972 and the challenges faced by the GLF as its flame dimmed. Peter reflects on the personal costs of taking action, including arrests, assaults, PTSD and the fuel that keeps him going: love of people, freedom, equality and justice.

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We sit with Nettie Pollard as she relives the early 1970s Gay Liberation Front, a movement that built a culture of collective courage, mutual care, and playful defiance. From secret ‘zaps’ at the Festival of Light to linking arms outside the Albert Hall, she reveals how the GLF protected one another, challenged the police, and made joy a tactic.

Nettie takes us inside the Counter‑Psychiatry Group working to overcome the label of homosexuality as an “illness” and shares her experiences volunteering for Icebreakers, one of the first LGBTQ+ helplines.

Nettie’s warning is clear: rights can be rolled back when hearts aren’t won. This conversation shows how culture, community, and care can move faster than laws and last longer than headlines.

Since recording this episode, Nettie Pollard sadly died on Christmas Day, 2025

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This episode was hosted by Jonathan Chambers and James Alexander

Editing by Hannah Stewart

Music: Mystify created by AlterEgo

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