Editing OutRage! (section)

==Formation==
The group was formed on 10 May 1990, called after the murder of gay actor Michael Boothe<ref>{{cite news|title=Officers' homophobia hampered murder investigations, says review: Echoes of Macpherson as Met vows to act on advice|last=Muir|first=Hugh|date=15 May 2007|newspaper=The Observer|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2007/may/15/gayrights.ukcrime|quote=Michael Boothe, 49 The actor was killed in Elthorne Park, Ealing, west London. A gang of youths arrested and questioned because they were known to have made homophobic remarks could not be linked to the killing. The case has been closed. A Met review said his lifestyle was "destined to bring him into contact with his murderers". The new report says the killings might not have occurred if previous attacks had been "investigated seriously".}}</ref> (which occurred on the previous 30 April).<ref name=Robinson2007>{{Cite book |last=Robinson |first=Lucy |author-link=Lucy Robinson (historian) |year=2007 |title=Gay men and the left in post-war Britain: how the personal got political |publisher=Manchester University Press |isbn=978-0-7190-7434-9 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=F_RmSjy3K0EC |page=175 }}</ref> Between 40 and 60 people attended the first meeting, set up by Keith Alcorn, Chris Woods and [[Simon Watney]],  including many such as [[Peter Tatchell]] who had been active in the [[Gay Liberation Front]] and other campaigns. The founders of the group are considered to be Keith Alcorn, Chris Woods, [[Simon Watney]] and [[Peter Tatchell]].<ref name="OutRage! - Archives Hub">{{cite web|url=https://archiveshub.jisc.ac.uk/search/archives/e3582a7e-f7ca-34a0-bf9b-c46c4a561f98 |title=OutRage! - Archives Hub |publisher=Archiveshub.jisc.ac.uk |date=1990-06-07 |access-date=2019-12-11}}</ref>

A second meeting, this time in public, was held on 24 May. Alcorn came up with the name of the group and Tatchell wrote the first draft of what became the Statement of Aims.<ref name="OutRage! - Archives Hub"/> [[Michael C. Burgess (editor)|Michael C. Burgess]] and Steve Stannard were elected as joint treasurers.{{sfn|Lucas|1998|p=22}} The first OutRage! action was on 7 June at Hyde Park Public Toilets to protest against [[Metropolitan Police]] entrapment of gay men cruising, and attracted some media attention.{{sfn|Lucas|1998|p=231}} OLGA offered the group office space at its base at the [[London Lesbian and Gay Centre]], and regular fundraising was set up with the group selling T-shirts with its logo. One of the defining images of OutRage! actions was taken in September 1990 when the group organised a "kiss-in" at [[Piccadilly Circus]] to protest against arrests of gay men for kissing in public. One member, identified as an actor called Richard, climbed up and kissed the statue of [[Anteros]].{{sfn|Lucas|1998|p=109}}

From January 1991 the group established a series of "affinity, focus and caucus groups", which took on specific aspects of the group's remit. They were given intentionally obscene and insulting names: the Policing Intelligence Group (PIG), the Whores of Babylon{{sfn|Lucas|1998|p=73}} (tackling religious homophobia), Perverts Undermining State ScrutinY{{sfn|Lucas|1998|p=87}} (PUSSY - tackling censorship), QUeers Asserting the Right to Ride Every Line Safely<ref name=Lent2001>{{Cite book |last=Lent |first=Adam |year=2001 |title=British social movements since 1945: sex, colour, peace and power |publisher=Palgrave Macmillan |isbn=978-0-333-72009-7 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gSj86UFzvh4C |page=204 }}</ref> (QUARRELS - on safety on [[London Underground]]), Expanding The Non-Indigenous Contingent (ETHNIC),{{sfn|Lucas|1998|p=94}} and Lesbians Answer Back In Anger<ref name=Jennings2007>{{Cite book |last=Jennings |first=Rebecca |year=2007 |title=A lesbian history of Britain: love and sex between women since 1500 |publisher=Greenwood World Pub. |isbn=978-1-84645-007-5 |page=187 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Tz2GAAAAIAAJ }}</ref> (LABIA). To go along with these names, the financial team adopted the name QUeer Accountants Never Go Out (QUANGO).