LGBT campaigner Peter Tatchell refuses jubilee invitation to be declared ‘national treasure’

Veteran human rights advocate, a lifelong republican, says Queen has snubbed LGBT+ people for 70 years

• No thanks, Ma'am. For LGBT campaigners like me, your jubilee is nothing to celebrate

Peter Tatchell has refused an invitation to be declared a national treasure" at the Queen's platinum jubilee because of the monarch's neglectful stance towards the LGBT+ community".

Tatchell, who has been campaigning for gay rights and equality since 1967, had been invited to attend the pageant outside Buckingham Palace as one of more than 100 national treasures".