Ben Gazur’s whistle-stop tour of the history of gay men London tak om 14th-century persecutn to morn Pri events.
Contents:
- GAY MEN LONDON, OM PERSECUTN TO PRI
- MAN WHO PLANNED TO ATTACK LONDON GAY PRI MARCH JAILED FOR LIFE
- 5 ARRTED LONDON AFTER ATTACK ON GAY UPLE WHO SAYS THEY WERE TOLD TO KISS
GAY MEN LONDON, OM PERSECUTN TO PRI
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The btal attack was, police believe, motivated by homophobia and a man has been arrted on spicn of murr.
A day earlier, a uple lled Rob and Patrick were attacked wh broken bottl Birmgham’s gay village, leavg one unnsc and the other wh extensive cuts.
Three men have been arrted on spicn of robbery and 30 July, Edburgh, a married gay uple were punched, kicked and spat at as they walked down a by cy centre street. Three men have been charged nnectn wh alleged asslts and homophobic Liverpool, durg Pri month, hundreds of people joed a prott on 22 June after at least three street attacks on young men wh the space of a few activists and natnal mpaigners have told the Guardian that this spate of attacks across the UK, while unnnected, unrsr a climate of fear endured by the LGBTQ+ muny on the 2015, hate crim related to sexual orientatn and genr inty have creased year on year, acrdg to ernment data for England, Wal and Stland. In the year to March 2020 England and Wal, sexual orientatn hate crim rose by 19% to 15, 835, and transgenr inty hate crim by 16% to 2, 540 – averagg more than 50 reports each Misra, the associate director of mpaigns at the LGBTQ+ rights chary Stonewall, said: “The recent cints Edburgh, Birmgham, Liverpool and London are a stark remr that 2021, lbian, gay, bi, trans and queer people do not feel safe to be ourselv.
MAN WHO PLANNED TO ATTACK LONDON GAY PRI MARCH JAILED FOR LIFE
A man found guilty of plottg terrorist attacks on crowd central London tourist attractns cludg a Gay Pri march was jailed for life on Thursday. * london gay attackers names *
“Tradnally, homophobic and transphobic hate crim have been signifintly unrreported, ” he said, though he argued that the work of LGBTQ+ liaison officers wh specific rponsibily for buildg muny lks was among iativ that were payg off. Lawrence Barton, the director of Birmgham Pri, who ns a number of venu the gay district, said: “There has been an crease this type of activy, lolly and natnally.
We had a homophobic attack on a drag queen only a few weeks ago.
“I’m out regularly the gay district on a weekend, and staggers me how many people e out wh homophobic remarks, shout om their r wdows and make ments as they’re walkg past, ” he said he was “disappoted wh the rced amounts of police prence” the area, although Wt Midlands police said they have recently creased high-visibily patrols and wanted to reassure anyone who is targeted that their report would be treated wh preventg attacks was important, Barton said tacklg the wir problem of homophobic views is his biggt ncern.
5 ARRTED LONDON AFTER ATTACK ON GAY UPLE WHO SAYS THEY WERE TOLD TO KISS
Five people were arrted London followg an alleged attack of two gay women. * london gay attackers names *
”LGBTQ+ hate crim do not often make headl, said Diva Campo, a drag queen om Manchter, who said she was aware of a number of recent asslts the cy, cludg one of a transgenr Campo, who spearhead fundraisg efforts after LGBTQ+ murals the cy’s gay village were faced at the end of June, said: “I’m very aware that the atmosphere and environment on the street is much more hostile. But urt rerds tell that Rykener drsed as a woman and went by the name Eleanor, raisg the qutn of whether Rykener was a gay man or a transgenr woman.
2 of 10Homosexual acts were ma punishable by ath the Buggery Act of 1533.
In 1707 40 gay men were ptured at a club near the Stock Exchange. 3 of 10Dpe the dangers of disvery, gay men ntued to gather. Beg placed the pillory, though, opened a homosexual to the most btal public treatment.