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Contents:
- IS IT SAFE TO BE GAY THE UK? – EVERYTHG YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE BBC DOCUMENTARY
- WHEN DID BEG GAY BEE LEGAL THE UK?
- RISHI SUNAK APOLOGIS TO LGBT VETERANS FOR PAST ARMED FORC GAY BAN
- WHY ARE PEOPLE GAY? GAY BY CHOICE OR IS BEG GAY GEIC?
- LGBT RIGHTS AI: WILL KENYA BE THE LATT TO PASS ANTI-GAY LAW?
IS IT SAFE TO BE GAY THE UK? – EVERYTHG YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE BBC DOCUMENTARY
New BBC documentary Is It Safe to be Gay the UK? Tak a looks at the rise of homophobic hate crim show explor the motivatns behd unprovoked attacks on gay Brs, hearg om victims of the hate crim and their ’s everythg you need to ’s about?
WHEN DID BEG GAY BEE LEGAL THE UK?
Fifty years after the 1967 Sexual Offenc Act kick-started the crimalisatn of homosexualy, appears beg gay the UK is still not whout risk.
Vlent attacks and hate speech agast gay people are on the rise Bra, leavg members of the LGBT muny fearg for their safety. Bt LGBT films and TV shows on Netflix and Amazon Prime - picturPart of the BBC’s Gay Brannia seri, Is It Safe to be Gay the UK? Gets to grips wh UK homophobic hate crim, terviewg those directly affected.
RISHI SUNAK APOLOGIS TO LGBT VETERANS FOR PAST ARMED FORC GAY BAN
We also hear om Jenny, whose brother Ian died after a homophobic asslt that took place central LondonWhat’s a homophobic hate crime? Hate crim are cints motivated by an dividual’s racial, sexual or other prejudice, so a homophobic hate crime is ed by prejudice agast a person’s homosexual inty.
WHY ARE PEOPLE GAY? GAY BY CHOICE OR IS BEG GAY GEIC?
Is It Safe to be Gay the UK? Image source, Emma RileyImage ptn, Rad operator Emma Riley was discharged om the Navy for beg a lbian the 1990sRishi Sunak has apologised for the historil treatment of LGBT veterans who were sacked or forced out of the ary for beg PM lled the ban an "appallg failure" of the Brish was illegal to be gay the Brish ary until 2000 - wh thoands of veterans thought to be affected. Addrsg MPs, the prime mister said: "Many endured the most horrific sexual abe and vlence, homophobic bullyg and harassment all while bravely servg this untry.
LGBT RIGHTS AI: WILL KENYA BE THE LATT TO PASS ANTI-GAY LAW?
"The LGBT Veterans Inpennt Review, led by Bra's first openly gay judge Lord Etherton, began last year and heard about the experienc of 1, 145 veterans between 1967 to 2000.
Homosexualy was crimalised the UK 1967 but a ban ntued the armed forc.
Acrdg to the report, the Mistry of Defence said at the time that jtifitn for the policy clud "matenance of operatnal effectivens and efficiency" - but the report said there had been an "prehensible policy of homophobic bigotry" the armed forc. It heard shockg acunts of homophobia, bullyg, blackmail, sexual asslts, "disgraceful" medil examatns, and nversn mak 49 remendatns to the ernment cludg:Affected veterans to be given an "appropriate fancial reward" pped at £50m overallThe rtoratn of medals that had to be hand back on dismissal or dischargeThe clarifitn of pensn rights The prentatn of a special veterans' badgeThe ernment said would rpond full after summer of the veterans affected watched the PM's public of them, Emma Riley, 51, was a Royal Navy rad operator for three years before she was arrted and discharged for beg a lbian after tellg a lleague her sexualy the early told BBC News she weled the report, and hoped would be put to place "swiftly. Carol Man, who was dismissed after tellg her boss she was gay 1978, kept her sexualy secret for another 30 years and said she had been "robbed" of her life.