Michael Cashman (right) with Ian McKellen at the Gay Rights March on Manchester in protest of Section 28 in 1988.

Michael Cashman (born December 17, 1950 in London) was a British actor and is now a Labour politician. He has been a Member of the European Parliament for the West Midlands constituency since 1999. 1988 With Michael Cashman at the Gay Rights March on Manchester in protest of Section 28, the act outlawing local government funding of any pro-gay activity. ... 1988 With Michael Cashman at the Gay Rights March on Manchester in protest of Section 28, the act outlawing local government funding of any pro-gay activity. ... Sir Ian Murray McKellen, CBE (born May 25, 1939) is a veteran English stage and screen actor, the recipient of a Tony Award and two Oscar nominations. ... Ian McKellen with Michael Cashman at the 1988 Gay Rights March on Manchester in protest of Section 28. ... December 17 is the 351st day of the year (352nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1950 (MCML) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... Actors in period costume sharing a joke whilst waiting between takes during location filming. ... The Labour Party has been, since its founding in the early 20th century, the principal political party of the left in England, Scotland and Wales. ... The Politics series Politics Portal This box:      A politician is an individual who is a formally recognized and active member of a government, or a person who influences the way a society is governed through an understanding of political power and group dynamics. ... A Member of the European Parliament (English abbreviation MEP)[1] is a member of the European Unions directly-elected legislative body, the European Parliament. ... West Midlands is a constituency of the European Parliament. ... A constituency is any cohesive corporate unit or body bound by shared structures, goals or loyalty. ... Year 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar). ...

As an actor, he is possibly best known for his role as Colin Russell in BBC TV's EastEnders – a character famous for being the first man to kiss another man in a soap opera in the UK: he also played Mike Wallace in The Sandbaggers. He was also in the Doctor Who story entitled Time-Flight. Colin Russell was a fictional character in the BBC soap opera EastEnders. ... The British Broadcasting Corporation, usually known as the BBC, is the largest broadcasting corporation in the world in terms of audience numbers, employing 26,000 staff in the United Kingdom alone and with a budget of more than GB£4 billion. ... For other uses, see Television (disambiguation). ... EastEnders is a popular BBC television soap opera, first broadcast in the United Kingdom on BBC1 on 19 February 1985[4] and continuing to date. ... For Philippine soap opera, see Teleserye. ... Roy Marsden as Neil Burnside in The Sandbaggers The Sandbaggers is a British television drama series about men and women on the front lines of the Cold War. ... Doctor Who is a long-running British science fiction television programme (and a 1996 television movie) produced by the BBC. The programme shows the adventures of a mysterious time-traveller known as the Doctor, who explores time and space in his TARDIS time ship with his companions, solving problems and... Time-Flight is a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in four twice-weekly parts from March 22 to March 30, 1982. ...

He is open about his homosexuality and regularly comments on government policy decisions relating to sexual orientation. He registered a civil partnership with Paul Cottingham, his partner of over twenty years, on 11 March 2006. He is also an Honorary Associate of the National Secular Society. Homosexuality refers to sexual interaction and / or romantic attraction between individuals of the same sex. ... Look up policy in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Sexual orientation refers to the direction of an individuals sexuality, normally conceived of as falling into several significant categories based around the sex or gender that the individual finds attractive. ... Metropolitan Community Church vicar Debbie Gaston (right) with partner Elaine celebrating their Civil Partnership outside Brighton Town Hall on Dec 21, 2005 Civil partnerships in the United Kingdom, granted under the Civil Partnership Act 2004, give same-sex couples rights and responsibilities identical to civil marriage. ... March 11 is the 70th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (71st in leap years). ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ... The National Secular Society is an organisation of the United Kingdom which promotes secularism. ...

Politics

In the European Parliament he is Labour spokesperson on human rights and has also been rapporteur on an important initiative on funerals of those who die in third countries - an issue he was motivated to act on after the death of his own father. Established 1952, as the Common Assembly President Hans-Gert Pöttering (EPP) Since 16 January 2007 Vice-Presidents 14 Political parties 8 Committees 22 Last election June 2004 (785 MEPs) Meeting place Brussels and Strasbourg Secretariat Luxembourg and Brussels Website europarl. ... Human rights are rights which some hold to be inalienable and belonging to all humans. ... Rapporteur (derived from French) is used in international and European legal and political contexts to refer to a person appointed by a deliberative body to investigate an issue or a situation, and report back to that body. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ...

He is a trenchant critic of discrimination against minorities within the European Union. His most recent campaign has been to support the gay pride march in Warsaw, which he attended[1]. He is also the President of the European Parliament's Intergroup on gay and lesbian issues. To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Motto: Contemnit procellas (It defies the storms) Semper invicta (Always invincible) Coordinates: Country Poland Voivodeship Masovia Powiat city county Gmina Warszawa Districts 18 boroughs City Rights turn of the 13th century Government  - Mayor Hanna Gronkiewicz-Waltz (PO) Area  - City 516. ...

Cashman's record in the Labour Party - opposition to Ken Livingstone's candidacy for Mayor of London and personal loyalty^{[citation needed]} to Margaret McDonagh - suggests he sits on the Labour right. Kenneth Robert Livingstone (born June 17, 1945) is an English politician who became Mayor of London on the creation of the post in 2000. ... Ken Livingstone, the current Mayor of London The Mayor of London is an elected politician in London, United Kingdom. ... Margaret Josephine McDonagh, Baroness McDonagh is a British Labour Party politician and was General Secretary of the Party from 1998 to 2001. ...

Equity

He is the treasurer of Equity and lead the campaign to obtain pension rights for members. The Court of Chancery, London, early 19th century This article is about the concept of equity in the jurisprudence of common law countries. ...

Trivia

• He was born 3 weeks prematurely, partially due to his mother defending his father in a street fight.

• He appeared in a West End production of Oliver when he was 12 and later took the lead role. He performed for future American president Richard Nixon.

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External links

• Michael Cashman's web site
• OpsRoom.org - The Sandbaggers information site
• Michael Cashman IMDB entry
• Profile on European Parliament website
• European Parliament Intergroup on Gay and Lesbian Rights