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Contents:
- DGGGS, DEATHS AND ROBBERI PUT NEW YORK’S GAY COMMUNY ON EDGE
- AFTER YEARS OF PROGRS ON GAY RIGHTS, HOW DID THE US BEE SO ANTI-LGBTQ+?
- 2022 LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENR, QUEER AND INTERSEX PRI MONTH MSAGE FROM THE DIRECTOR
DGGGS, DEATHS AND ROBBERI PUT NEW YORK’S GAY COMMUNY ON EDGE
Lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr people Sat Vcent and the Grenad face bias-motivated vlence and discrimatn their daily life. The thori should repeal the untry’s lonial-era laws that crimalize nsensual same-sex nduct and pass prehensive civil legislatn prohibg discrimatn based on sexual orientatn and genr inty. * lgbt attacks 2022 *
In the San Francis Bay Area, a group of men displayg Proud Boy lors stormed a Drag Queen Story Hour at the San Lorenzo Library shoutg homophobic and transphobic threats after anti-LGBTQ LibsofTikTok swl Chaya Raichik posted rmatn about the event onle.
The 42-year-old spect, Zaniar Matapour, has been an active member an Islamic extremist work wh ti to Arfan Bhatti, a Norwegian Islamic radil wh strong anti-gay views. Image source, Fay PhotoImage ptn, A vigil will be held for Dr Gary Jenks Cardiff on SundayTolerance agast the LGBT+ muny is "gog backwards" amid risg hate crim, an anti-homophobia mpaigner has said.
AFTER YEARS OF PROGRS ON GAY RIGHTS, HOW DID THE US BEE SO ANTI-LGBTQ+?
2022 timele of major events LGBT (lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr) rights history, cludg homosexualy, gay marriage, gay adoptn, servg the ary, sexual orientatn discrimatn protectn, changg legal genr, donatg blood, age of nsent, and more. * lgbt attacks 2022 *
" Image ptn, Lisa Power says homophobic attacks happen "all too often"Acrdg to Home Office figur, hate crim agast people based on sexual orientatn have risen every year England and Wal om 2016/17 to 2020/21. Ms Power said she had seen the rise figur reflected the experienc of people Cardiff, and mentned a homophobic asslt on former Wal and Brish & Irish Lns gby pta Gareth Thomas, who me out as gay 2009.
2022 LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENR, QUEER AND INTERSEX PRI MONTH MSAGE FROM THE DIRECTOR
Turkish police attacked and arrted hundreds at the Istanbul Pri March last weekend, a sweepg display of vlence and discrimatn agast lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr (LGBT) people, as well as journalists attemptg to report on the June 26 event. The number of arrts 2022 is three-tim more than the arrts durg the prev seven Istanbul Pri march bed. Thirty-four of those arrted were youth, acrdg to Kaos GL, a Turkish LGBT rights group. * lgbt attacks 2022 *
Individually, reports of such cints rose 38% Avon and Somerset, 72% Glouctershire and 149% Wiltshire durg the two-year hate crim target the sexual orientatn or genr inty of people who are lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr or ptn, Tim Birkbeck said the LGBT muny tend to enurage each other to report hate crimAndy Shilton, who -prents the Shout Out rad show wh Ms Bart, said he would not hold his hband's hand public due to fears of abe. "I wish was somethg that would go away but even a few weeks ago we were Old Market, which is known as the gay quarter of Bristol, and a r drove past and [the people si] shouted offensive language at out the wdow, " he said. "It's jt not a good climate at the moment for the trans muny, they're takg a big h, " she ptn, Ms Bart believ right-wg polics have led to worseng attus towards transgenr peopleTim Birkbeck, the LGBT lead for Stand Agast Racism and Inequaly (SARI) said: "We're seeg more people g out as gay or non-bary celebry culture, which trickl down to what we see general society.
What we do know that is that rerd homophobic and transphobic hate crim have jumped every year sce 2015, and yet wh an timated four five still gog unreported, the already grisly figur only ht at a far bleaker cints vary nature and severy: om abe hurled at someone intified as LGBTQ bee of their appearance, or mannerisms, or a fleetg or profound show of affectn towards a partner; to gay men beg beaten and robbed, as happened a spected homophobic attack on the streets of Edburgh last month, or a trans man savagely attacked Bournemouth earlier this year.
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A whe, middle-class, gay, cis man – that is, someone generally at one wh their genr assigned at birth – an urban area is likely to suffer far ls meangful opprsn than other groups. Beyond the fear of holdg hands wh their partner public, their ma grievanc tend to centre on the psychologil srs left by the often suffotgly homophobic environment of their school n lead to lastg trma, which largely explas the higher rat of mental distrs and abive relatnships wh alhol and dgs among LGBTQ people.