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GAY ANGER AT LOO SEX BAN (Sky News, 6/10/03)

A move by the House of Lords to outlaw sex in public toilets has been slammed as "blatantly homophobic" by gay rights campaigners.

Fourteen Labour peers rebelled against the Government to back a Tory amendment barring all forms of sexual activities in public loos by men and women.

But campaigners say the move is clearly aimed at stopping gay men from 'cottaging'.

Peter Tatchell, of gay human rights group OutRage!, said: "This new amendment is blatantly homophobic.

"By singling out public toilets it targets sex behaviour between gay men and ignores sex in other public places involving heterosexuals."

By definition, a ban on sex in public toilets is aimed at gay men, but if you're seeking societal acceptance why advertise your own pathologies? Posted by Orrin Judd at June 11, 2003 9:51 AM