Human Rights Watch: Anti-gay laws promote vlence, discrimatn St. Vcent

Contents:

• NSW POLICE LOSE URT BID TO EXCLU STT JOHNSON KILLG OM GAY HATE QUIRY
• ATRALIAN PLEADS GUILTY TO KILLG GAY AMERIN 1988
• ATRALIAN PLEADS GUILTY TO KILLG GAY AMERIN 1988
• HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH: ANTI-GAY LAWS PROMOTE VLENCE, DISCRIMATN ST. VCENT
• SYDNEY MAN GETS 12 YEARS FOR MURRG GAY AMERIN 1988
• LGBTQ+ AFFIRMG COUNSELLORS SYDNEY, NSW
• LAWYERS WANTED A ROYAL MISSN TO GAY ATTACKS. AN QUIRY IS NOT THE SAME

NSW POLICE LOSE URT BID TO EXCLU STT JOHNSON KILLG OM GAY HATE QUIRY

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ATRALIAN PLEADS GUILTY TO KILLG GAY AMERIN 1988

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A bid by New South Wal police to exclu a high-profile killg om a gay hate quiry has been ath of US mathematician Stt Johnson is one of dozens of s unr the spotlight at a special missn of quiry to spected gay hate crim Sydney between 1970 and 27-year-old died after he was punched at a gay beat on Sydney’s northern beach. A 2017 qut termed his ath was a homici, wh fdgs that he “died as a rult of a gay hate attack” viewed by some police as a “feat”. In the latt velopment, Stt Phillip Whe plead guilty to throwg the punch that ultimately ed Johnson to fall to his month, jtice Robert Beech-Jon dismissed “what appears to be an absurd suggtn [by police] that Dr Johnson killed himself” when sentencg Whe to ne years past newsletter promotnafter newsletter promotnNSW police had argued Johnson’s ath was outsi the current quiry’s terms of reference on the basis the matter was not unsolved, the man rponsible for his ath intified as gay and a sentencg judge did not fd the ath to be motivated by gay the quiry’s missner, jtice John Sackar, on Tuday led s terms of reference were much wir and answers to qutns such as how and why Johnson died were still not urt did not make a fdg beyond reasonable doubt that Whe was motivated by gay hate, but did not le out the possibily, he is due to hand down his fal report next month.

CANBERRA, Atralia (AP) — An Atralian plead guilty on Thursday to manslghter the ath 35 years ago of an Amerin who fell om a Sydney clifftop that was known as a gay meetg place, wh the victim’s fay welg the turng pot their long mpaign for Whe’s admissn the New South Wal state Supreme Court me three months after he had his nvictn on charg of murrg Stt Johnson overturned by an appeals fay of Los Angel-born Johnson had fought for years to overturn an ial fdg that the 27-year-old mathematician had taken his own life 1988. A roner led 2017 that Stt Johnson “fell om the clifftop as a rult of actual or threatened vlence” by unknown assailants who “attacked him bee they perceived him to be homosexual. ”The roner also found that gangs of men roamed var Sydney lotns search of gay men to asslt, rultg the aths of some victims.

HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH: ANTI-GAY LAWS PROMOTE VLENCE, DISCRIMATN ST. VCENT

A roner had ially led 1989 that the openly gay man had taken his own life, while a send roner 2012 uld not expla how he Johnson scribed the police vtigatn sce the third qut as “spectacular. “In fact, many of believe that was the police difference to the killgs and bashgs of gay men back the ’80s that helped e them.

A New South Wal ernment quiry began hearg evince November of unsolved aths rultg om gay hate crim over four s Atralia’s most populo state, where police were notorly different to such vlence. Vlence agast gay men Sydney was particularly prevalent om the mid-1980s until the early 1990s due to creased hostily and fear stemmg om the AIDS epimic, an HIV support group, ACON, told the Johnson, a wealthy entreprenr, offered a 1 ln Atralian dollar ($704, 000) reward 2020 for rmatn about his brother’s ath, matchg a reward already offered by, 52, was arrted Sydney that year and plead not guilty to the murr of Johnson, who was an Atralian Natnal Universy Ph. Police have suggted the reward led to the arrt, sayg they expected would be llected after Whe’s took his lawyers by surprise January last year by pleadg guilty to murr durg a pretrial 20 mut later, Whe signed a statement sayg that he had been “nfed” when he plead guilty, had not ed Johnson’s ath and wanted to plead not the judge rerd the guilty plea and Whe was sentenced to 12 years and seven months sentencg Whe, the judge said she did not fd beyond reasonable doubt that the murr was a gay hate crime, which would have led to a longer prison term.

SYDNEY MAN GETS 12 YEARS FOR MURRG GAY AMERIN 1988

Vcent to overturn anti-gay laws om the lonial era that have led to a recent wave of vlence and genr discrimatn on the small Caribbean island. Homosexualy ntu to be crimalized the former Brish lony after many hundreds of years, leavg LGBTQ dividuals wh ltle if any legal protectns while vlent crim were beg mted wh impuny, the report said. Standg crimal s on the island put nsensual gay sex the same tegory as crim like rape, ct, and sexual asslt, although there have been no recent nvictns unr the law.

LGBTQ+ AFFIRMG COUNSELLORS SYDNEY, NSW

Gay people have been targeted by fay members, neighbors, -workers, classmat and teachers -- as well as police officers, the report said. In many of the episos, police allegedly refed to offer assistance, and some s beme openly discrimatory toward gay victims.

LAWYERS WANTED A ROYAL MISSN TO GAY ATTACKS. AN QUIRY IS NOT THE SAME

Gay workers were also facg job discrimatn a natn already bet by high unemployment.

Many of the terviewe said job hirgs and firgs were beg largely termed by sexual orientatn, while other gay people lucky to have jobs faced sexual harassment the workplace.