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Police are offerg a £20,000 reward for rmatn as they ntue to vtigate a spected homophobic murr a historic east London cemetery." class="cp_picture__img" src="></picture><figptn class="Ya3u6 SilLI" data-ttid="ptned-picture-ptn">Ranjh "Roy" Kankanamalage - police are offerg a £20,000 reward for rmatn about his ath<span class="mjYl8"> Cred: <!-- -->Met Police</span></figptn></figure></hear><div class="_074l4 cp_grid__em" data-ttid="article-body"><p class="A8Lwr BVYCX">Police are offerg a £20,000 reward for rmatn as they ntue to vtigate a spected homophobic murr an east London cemetery.</p><p class="A8Lwr BVYCX">Ranjh “Roy” Kankanamalage, 50, was found the early hours of the morng Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park.</p><p class="A8Lwr BVYCX">A post-mortem examatn showed that Mr Kankanamalage, a gay man who had lived Tower Hamlets for many years, had died after beg stck on the head.</p><p class="A8Lwr BVYCX">Officers om the Met’s Specialist Crime Command are vtigatg his murr as a homophobic hate crime.</p><p class="A8Lwr BVYCX">They have offered a £20,000 reward for any rmatn which uld lead to the intifitn and nvictn of Mr Kankanamalage’s killer.</p><p class="A8Lwr BVYCX">The Met said a statement tectiv had pursued leads wh the help of the lol muny but believe there may be key wns who have not yet e forward.</p><p class="A8Lwr BVYCX">Police have also released imag of two men known to have been near the cemetery at the time of the attack and who they feel may hold rmatn which uld be ccial the vtigatn.</p><figure class="A8Lwr m-O"><div class="cp_placeholr"></div><figptn class="Ya3u6 SilLI" data-ttid="ptned-picture-ptn">CCTV image of a man police are lookg for as officers vtigate a spected homophobic murr<span class="mjYl8"> Cred: <!-- -->Met Police</span></figptn></figure><p class="A8Lwr BVYCX">The first of the two possible wns is scribed as beg of medium build wh short, light-loured hair, and wearg a dark T-shirt, light-blue shorts, dark-brown traers and rryg a black backpack.</p><p class="A8Lwr BVYCX">The send person is also of medium build but wh short dark hair and was wearg a dark jacket and dark troers.</p><figure class="A8Lwr m-O"><div class="cp_placeholr"></div><figptn class="Ya3u6 SilLI" data-ttid="ptned-picture-ptn">CCTV image of a send man police want to trace<span class="mjYl8"> Cred: <!-- -->Met Police</span></figptn></figure><p class="A8Lwr BVYCX">"We unrstand that given the circumstanc of the murr, people may be reluctant to e forward," said Detective Supertennt Pete Wallis, om the Met’s specialist crime mand.</p><p class="A8Lwr BVYCX">"We ntue to urge anyone wh rmatn, no matter how signifint they believe to be, to report to police or any of our LGBT+ partners. We are particularly appealg to the two people pictured to e forward.</p><p class="A8Lwr BVYCX">"I n assure the public that any rmatn shared will be treated wh the utmost sensivy and nsiratn. My lleagu and I rema dited to fdg Ranjh’s killer."</p><p class="A8Lwr BVYCX">Derek Lee, om the Met’s LGBT+ advisory group, add: "We appeal for anyone who knows anythg about this horrendo crime to e forward g the many channels available. We are aware that, while remas unsolved, this is g nsirable ncern amongst LGBTQ+ people Tower Hamlets and across London.</p><p class="A8Lwr BVYCX">"We are advisg the police on sensive ways of keepg our parks safe and wir reassurance for all muni. At the same time we ask everyone to please e mon sense when gog home or out late at night. We mt all be vigilant."</p><p class="A8Lwr BVYCX">People wh rmatn are urged to ntact 101, givg the reference 1277/16AUG.</p><p class="A8Lwr BVYCX">Informatn n also be provid to Crimtoppers, anonymoly, on 0800 555 111, or to GALOP on 0207 7704 2040 or ELOP on 020 8509 3898.</p></div><footer data-ttid="article-footer"><div class="cQTzz C04KI" data-ttid="tag-list"><ul class="fHh0w"><li class="Jp5fE"><div class="aqX0o"></div><div data-ttid="tag" class="_6DWPQ xp9pO"><a class="HPL4j" data-ttid="tag-lk" href="/news/london"><span data-ttid="tag-text">London</span></a></div></li><li class="Jp5fE"><div class="aqX0o"></div><div data-ttid="tag" class="_6DWPQ xp9pO"><a class="HPL4j" data-ttid="tag-lk" href="/news/topic/tower-hamlets"><span data-ttid="tag-text">Tower Hamlets</span></a></div></li></ul></div></footer></ma><div class="aREli"><span class="_803Oh M2cyI"></span><div class="p73fc"><div class="AFGSz M2cyI"><span class="_3N564 M2cyI"></span><div class="nKJfd"><span class="vJbUG 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A group of East End rints spread "msag of love" to tackle stickers that have appeared their area llg for to be a "gay ee zone".‎

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LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL AND TRANSGENR (LGBT)

If you are lbian, gay, bisexual andor trans and live, work or have strong associatns wh the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, we would like to rdially ve you to jo on our journey * tower hamlets gay *

Tower Hamlets Lbian, Gay Campaign Group (THLGG) 1980s.

Wh the spir of the rabow the air, Tower Hamlets lols set up the Tower Hamlets Lbian, Gay Campaign Group (THLGG) the mid 1980s. In May 1988, Margaret Thatcher’s ernment announced the anti-gay Clse 28, which banned lol thori om the ‘promotn of homosexualy’.

Librari weren’t the only plac to fy the ernments anti-gay mpaign. 11, which tght homosexualy as sex tn.

PROPERTY VELOPER FUNDS POP-UP GAY BAR AS NDN OF PLANNG PERMISSN

<p><strong>Delwar Hsa:</strong> Attacks on gay people Tower Hamlets may have their roots the tratns of an impoverished Banglashi muny</p> * tower hamlets gay *

This clud a rource gui to materials about homosexualy, cludg lbian and gay lerature for e by teachers and librarians sendary schools and further tn lleg. Erasure performg their set list at London’s 1995’s Gay Pri at Victoria Park, Saturday 24 June 2022.

THE ALIENATN BEHD GAY HATE CRIM

London’s longt-nng amatr gay strip ntt fac beg banned as a rult of Tower Hamlet uncil’s sex tablishment nsultatn.‎ * tower hamlets gay *

In , he tailed the sizeable gay populatn East London. He also noted how his article ‘propos some ways which the gay prence the borough uld ntribute to the regeneratn procs’.

Sectn 28 (formerly known as Clse 28) of the Lol Government Act 1988 imposed a legal ban on the promotn of homosexualy by lol thori and by schools and librari. The threat of Sectn 28 lnched the gay rights movement Bra to actn. Explore rerds of Tower Hamlets Lbian and Gay Campaign Group, an anisatn which was formed rponse to the legislatn:.

CALLS TO SAVE TOWER HAMLETS PUB AMATR GAY STRIP NIGHT

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Issu 1-3 of 'Out East: Newsletter of Tower Hamlets Lbian and Gay Campaign Group', 1989-1990 (reference: LC9012). Tower Hamlets Lbian and Gay Campaign Group created the Pk Postrd Prott. Campaigners feared Sectn 28 banned lol uncils, schools and librari om havg any lerature featurg gay people.

RINTS TACKLE EAST END "GAY EE ZONE" STICKERS

Tower Hamlets Council has been rightly praised by the lik of Stonewall for s gay-iendly workplace polici. However, the uncil is not the borough. The area around Spalfields and the Shoredch boundary is home to a growg and vibrant gay scene, but there is also a dark si. Acrdg to figur om the Met Police,… * tower hamlets gay *

When Sectn 28 beme law Tower Hamlets’ Central Library produced the Library’s Gay and Lbian Booklist (see reference: LC12596). This clared that the books were not a ‘remend list…simply tails of over sixty tl wh gay and lbian them’. 'Posive Imag: a rourc gui to materials about homosexualy, cludg lbian and gay lerature for e by teachers and librarians sendary schools and further tn lleg', 1986.

'Prohibn on promotg homosexualy by teachg or by publishg material', by The Library Associatn, 1988. A property veloper has promised to pay £100, 000 to fund a “pop-up LGBT+ bar” to give Londoners an clive place to meet durg the moln and revelopment of a popular gay Joers Arms Tower Hamlets was an stutn, attractg a host of famo nam among s regulars, cludg Alexanr McQueen, Ruf Wawright and Sir Ian McKellen, before was bought and closed by the veloper Regal London said regnised the pa and tratn the six-year lay revelopg the se had ed the LGBTQ+ muny, and was offerg the money so that a new bar uld open as soon as is believed to be the first time that a property veloper has offered to pay the st of settg up a temporary gay bar as a ndn of securg planng permissn. ”John Sizzle, -owner of nearby gay bar The Glory, said: “The protectn of our queer spac is an ongog necsy.

At the sendary boys' school I went to the East London borough of Tower Hamlets, anyone who took an tert learng or attemptg to achieve anythg amilly was labelled "gay".

MET POLICE ACCED OF VICTIM BLAMG FOR WARNG GAY PEOPLE TO AVOID DIMLY L AREAS AND LOUD MIC

The Met Police has been acced of "victim blamg" for warng gay people to avoid "dim" areas followg the murr of Ranjh Kankanamalage. * tower hamlets gay *

The relative homogeney of the place meant that stunts had very ltle chance to meet people om different they hurled homophobic abe at each other, was not reference to a person's perceived sexualy (which most would not have known about anyway).

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Police are offerg a £20,000 reward for rmatn as they ntue to vtigate a spected homophobic murr a historic east London cemetery." class="cp_picture__img" src="></picture><figptn class="Ya3u6 SilLI" data-ttid="ptned-picture-ptn">Ranjh "Roy" Kankanamalage - police are offerg a £20,000 reward for rmatn about his ath<span class="mjYl8"> Cred: <!-- -->Met Police</span></figptn></figure></hear><div class="_074l4 cp_grid__em" data-ttid="article-body"><p class="A8Lwr BVYCX">Police are offerg a £20,000 reward for rmatn as they ntue to vtigate a spected homophobic murr an east London cemetery.</p><p class="A8Lwr BVYCX">Ranjh “Roy” Kankanamalage, 50, was found the early hours of the morng Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park.</p><p class="A8Lwr BVYCX">A post-mortem examatn showed that Mr Kankanamalage, a gay man who had lived Tower Hamlets for many years, had died after beg stck on the head.</p><p class="A8Lwr BVYCX">Officers om the Met’s Specialist Crime Command are vtigatg his murr as a homophobic hate crime.</p><p class="A8Lwr BVYCX">They have offered a £20,000 reward for any rmatn which uld lead to the intifitn and nvictn of Mr Kankanamalage’s killer.</p><p class="A8Lwr BVYCX">The Met said a statement tectiv had pursued leads wh the help of the lol muny but believe there may be key wns who have not yet e forward.</p><p class="A8Lwr BVYCX">Police have also released imag of two men known to have been near the cemetery at the time of the attack and who they feel may hold rmatn which uld be ccial the vtigatn.</p><figure class="A8Lwr m-O"><div class="cp_placeholr"></div><figptn class="Ya3u6 SilLI" data-ttid="ptned-picture-ptn">CCTV image of a man police are lookg for as officers vtigate a spected homophobic murr<span class="mjYl8"> Cred: <!-- -->Met Police</span></figptn></figure><p class="A8Lwr BVYCX">The first of the two possible wns is scribed as beg of medium build wh short, light-loured hair, and wearg a dark T-shirt, light-blue shorts, dark-brown traers and rryg a black backpack.</p><p class="A8Lwr BVYCX">The send person is also of medium build but wh short dark hair and was wearg a dark jacket and dark troers.</p><figure class="A8Lwr m-O"><div class="cp_placeholr"></div><figptn class="Ya3u6 SilLI" data-ttid="ptned-picture-ptn">CCTV image of a send man police want to trace<span class="mjYl8"> Cred: <!-- -->Met Police</span></figptn></figure><p class="A8Lwr BVYCX">"We unrstand that given the circumstanc of the murr, people may be reluctant to e forward," said Detective Supertennt Pete Wallis, om the Met’s specialist crime mand.</p><p class="A8Lwr BVYCX">"We ntue to urge anyone wh rmatn, no matter how signifint they believe to be, to report to police or any of our LGBT+ partners. We are particularly appealg to the two people pictured to e forward.</p><p class="A8Lwr BVYCX">"I n assure the public that any rmatn shared will be treated wh the utmost sensivy and nsiratn. My lleagu and I rema dited to fdg Ranjh’s killer."</p><p class="A8Lwr BVYCX">Derek Lee, om the Met’s LGBT+ advisory group, add: "We appeal for anyone who knows anythg about this horrendo crime to e forward g the many channels available. We are aware that, while remas unsolved, this is g nsirable ncern amongst LGBTQ+ people Tower Hamlets and across London.</p><p class="A8Lwr BVYCX">"We are advisg the police on sensive ways of keepg our parks safe and wir reassurance for all muni. At the same time we ask everyone to please e mon sense when gog home or out late at night. 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