Awards
In 2006, New Statesman readers voted him sixth on their list of "Heroes of our time".
He was named Campaigner of the Year in The Observer Ethical Awards 2009.
He has also won London Citizen of Sanctuary Award 2009, Shaheed Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti Award (for reporting the Balochistan national liberation struggle) 2009, Evening Standard 1000 Most Influential Londoners 2009 and 2011, Liberal Voice of the Year 2009 and Total Politics Top 50 Political Influencers 2010.
In 2009, he was awarded a Blue Plaque in recognition of his more than 40 years of human rights campaigning. It was unveiled by Sir Ian McKellen on the side of his block of flats in September 2010, with speeches of congratulations from the local MP, Simon Hughes, and Catholic priest, Father Bernard Lynch.
In 2010, a diary journalist reported rumours that Peter Tatchell had been recommended for British New Year's honours to become a member of the House of Lords. He was said to have turned it down.
In 2012, he won the Irwin Prize (which is awarded to the "Secularist of the Year" by the National Secular Society) in recognition of his lifelong commitment to the defence of human rights against religious fundamentalism. The Prize was presented by Nick Cohen.
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