Law News

Hate Crime Surge Sparks Debate on Countering

Posted on 20 Oct 2021 in Law

Many media outlets, including LGBTQIA ones such as Pink News, black community newspapers, and mainstream television have all reported on the stark rise in hate crimes against all minorities in the last couple of years. Vice Magazine noted that Police statistics indicate that anti-gay hate crimes had risen by two hundred and ten per cent since the vote on Brexit in 2016, whilst anti-trans crimes had jumped three hundred and thirty-two per cent.

Queer Legal Expert Earns Tributes

Posted on 12 Oct 2021 in Law

Jonathan Cooper OBE is being mourned this week, with tributes flooding in from activists including Michael Cashman, Peter Tatchell and Jayne Ozanne.

London Police Listen to Women's Safety Issues

Posted on 18 Jun 2021 in Law

South London community station Radio Jackie reports that Twenty-five female police officers are be buddying up with women in Lambeth and Southwark, both boroughs of London, to listen to their concerns about safety.

Support from Welsh Govt over "Conversion" Ban

Posted on 11 Jun 2021 in Law

Atheist magazine The Freethinker every week details some of the strange goings on amongst religious extremists. Since 2004, the magazine has been online, but it can trace its history back to 1881, when it was a rare voice for rationalism in a highly theistic nation.

LGBTQ People at Forefront of Drug Reform

Posted on 9 Jun 2021 in Law

A Positive piece of news on the effects of long term campaigns that are consistent and progressive comes from the top US based news hub LGBTQ Nation.

Jun

Squat Challenges Homophobia with Banner Drop

Independent newspaper B247 reports that a squatted building on Dean Lane in the Bedminster area of Bristol was raided by riot police on Friday last week.

May

Criticism of Glasgow Uni Rocks Equality World

“An Ancient Institution, Stuck In the Past and Not wanting to change”. That’s how Glasgow University has been described by some disability activists after an Ombudsmen upheld nume

May

Gay Character Reference Testifies to Court

In a strange case from Leek in Staffordshire, a heterosexual man who threatened a gay couple at their home has been given a community service order and fine after he produced a gay friend to witnes

May

Jail for Nazi Terror Operator

A former Metropolitan Police constable, Benjamin Hannam has been jailed for four years and four months for membership and active service with a Neo-Nazi organisation called

May

"Stealthing" During Sex Might be Criminalised

One in 5 men who have sex with men have been a victim of “stealthing”, which is a term referring to a penetrative partner secretly removing a condom during sexual intercourse.