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  • Homophobia Is Still A Major Issue On Twitter

    Homophobia Is Still A Major Issue On Twitter

    Anti-gay or homophobic slurs are still a big issue on social media.

    Homophobic words like faggot, “no homo”, “so gay” and Dyke are used being used over 13,000 times a day or 541 insults an hour, on Twitter alone.

    Nohomophobes.com a website set up in September 2012 to log all uses of the words faggot, “no homo”, “so gay” and Dyke on Twitter in real-time, is reporting that those words have been used nearly 61,000,000 times in 3 and a half years.

    ALSO READ: Celebrity Big Brother’s Most Shocking Homophobic Moments.

    ALSO READ: Homophobic crimes up 20 per cent in London, year on year.

    The word faggot accounts for over half of all of the homophobic language that is Tweeted on Twitter.

    Although the trend has been downward since January 2014, alarmingly the use of the word faggot is used thousands of times a day on the social media platform.

    Since around June 2015, the levels at which the anti-gay slurs are tweeted have levelled out but still remain shockingly high.

    When the site was launched in September 2012, Dr. Kristopher Wells from NoHomophobes.com told us,

    “We no longer tolerate racist language, weʼre getting better at dealing with sexist language, but sadly we still see and hear homophobic and transphobic language in our society,

    “While this language might not always be meant to be hurtful, we must not forget that words like “faggot” contribute greatly to the continued alienation and isolation of sexual and gender (LGBTQ) people, especially our youth.”

  • Boyfriends Suffer Brutal “Homophobic” Attack Leaving One Of Them Fearing For His Sight

    Boyfriends Suffer Brutal “Homophobic” Attack Leaving One Of Them Fearing For His Sight

    A gay man in Brighton has opened up about a vicious assault to him and his boyfriend in Brighton, he says left him battered and fearing for the sight in his left side.

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  • Eurovision Singer Suffers “Homophobic” Incident At Russian Airport

    Eurovision Singer Suffers “Homophobic” Incident At Russian Airport

    The Israeli entrant for this year’s Eurovision Song Contest, Hovi Star, has claimed that he suffered a homophobic reaction whilst in Russia to promote his song Made Of Stars.

    Hovi Star
    Credits: Ronen Akerman

    Singer Hovi Star, who is representing Israel in this year’s Eurovision Song Contest has claimed that passport control officers in Russia ripped his passport and told him that he couldn’t get into Moscow.

    During an interview he said that he was surprised at the alleged reaction and questioned whether it was because he is openly gay, the way he dresses and that he wears makeup.

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    Speaking on Malta TV, Star said,

    ‘Maybe people in Moscow have a rough time with people like me, maybe because I’m gay, maybe because I dress like this, maybe because I wear make-up, I don’t know. But when I wanted to get into Moscow, I had problems with passport control. They told me I can’t go in, they looked at my passport, they ripped my passport.

    Star also claimed that the two officers laughed at him.

    ‘It’s amazing that this happened in the Eurovision bubble because my song Made of Stars it talks about equality it talks about how everybody is the same, everybody was born the same, everybody will die the same.

    During his interview in Malta, Star talked about how his song, Made Of Stars, is about equality and how everybody is born the same and dies the same.

    The live studio audience erupted into applause at his speech.

     

    ALSO READ: Malta Tops The UK For Best Place For LGBTs In Europe

    ALSO READ: Romania Booted From The Eurovision Competition

     

    ‘Let’s take this as a lesson. I don’t take it personally, I really like Sergei Lazarov and I like Russia. This wasn’t a nice experience, we live, we learn, we continue, we smile and we give free love to everyone.’

    Star was eventually let in to Moscow not before, he said, he had to go to the Israeli Consulate in Moscow to get a brand new passport.

    TheGayUK.com reached out to Moscow Airport for comment.

  • ISIS Throw Man To Death After Gay Sex Charge

    ISIS Throw Man To Death After Gay Sex Charge

    The Islamic State have released pictures in which a man is thrown off a roof after being found engaging in gay sex.

    CREDIT: Terror Monitor / Twitter

     

    A man has been executed in Iraq after he was found guilty of engaging in gay sex. A crowd of onlookers watched as a group of around six ISIS fighters threw the man off a multi-storey building site in Iraq. The location of the building has not been confirmed, although it is thought it could be in Mosel in the north of the country.

    The man, who was wearing a highly visible turquoise jumper and dark trousers was watched by a group of onlookers – who stood at the foot of the building. The crowd included at least ten children.

    Unusually for this type of execution, the man was not bound at the feet and hands.

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    In the series of pictures released by ISIS, and published by TerrorMonitor.org, one includes a man dressed in black speaking into a microphone who it is believed was reading out the charges facing the man.

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    Throwing victims off tall buildings is the most common way in which ISIS execute men they find guilty of homosexuality of those who engage in homosexual acts.

     

    ALSO READ: Where in the world is being gay a crime for which you can get the death penalty?

     

    ISIS have taken over large portions of Syria and Iraq and it is believe that around 10 million people live under its control.

    CREDIT: Terror Monitor / Twitter

    Although the death penalty is not law in either Syria or Iraq in Islamic State controlled areas, in which they use Sharia Law as their legal system, gay men face capital punishment.

  • Police Call For Witnesses After Homophobic Attack In Bedford

    Police in Bedford are calling for witness after a woman was assaulted by a group of men in an anti-gay assault.

    CREDIT: ©-ronfromyork-Depositphotos
    CREDIT: ©-ronfromyork-Depositphotos

    According to police in Bedford a woman was assaulted and injured in an apparent anti-gay attack by a group of men aged between 16-20 year-old.

     

    ALSO READ: British Gay Man Stabbed To Death By A Spear After Arranging A Hook Up In The Algarve

    ALSO READ: Police seek witnesses after two doormen stabbed at London gay club

     

    She was reportedly attacked in Mareth Road in Beford after leaving a convenience store on Cardington Road at around 9pm on the 1st April.

    CREDIT: Google Street Maps 2016

    The alleged offenders made homophobic remarks to the victim and punched and kicked her, causing minor injuries to her face and body.

    Three of the offenders were around 5ft 4in while one was slightly taller and all of them were wearing jeans and jackets.

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    Sergeant James Hart, hate crime tactical lead for the force, said,

    “This was a despicable attack against a woman who describes herself as openly lesbian, believes that she was targeted because of her sexuality.

    “The victim has been left extremely upset by this senseless assault, and we are committed to finding the people responsible so that they cannot continue to commit such hateful acts.

    “Hate crime of any kind will not be tolerated and I would urge anyone who has any information about this incident to come forward.”

    Call 101 with information quoting crime reference JH/13449/16, or the independent charity Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111 with information.

     

  • Homophobic Beating Leads To Theatrical Celebration

    Homophobic Beating Leads To Theatrical Celebration

    Nando Messias was beaten up on a street in an act of homophobic hatred. Years later he’s ready to give his response to that incident, a spectacle of provocation, celebration and hyper flamboyancy in The Sissy’s Progress.

    CREDIT: Nando Messias
    CREDIT: Nando Messias

     

    Part dance-theatre, part walking performance, The Sissy’s Progress leads its audience out onto the streets with a live marching band playing original music composed by Jordan Hunt. The Sissy’s Progress confronts the harsh contradictions of gender and violence of city life, standing up for sissies everywhere.

    Nando says, “It’s genuinely frightening. I almost always get abuse from passers-by when we’re doing the performance. The audience gets to experience that and that makes it feel uniquely relevant. I’m particularly proud that we take this performance precisely to places where such

    work wouldn’t normally be seen. It’s a universal theme.”     

    The Sissy’s Progress has been performed at Homotopia, Liverpool and OUTBURST, Belfast. with further performances on:

    20th February, Tom Thumb Theatre, Margate 7.30pm  £10   www.tomthumbtheatre.co.uk

    17th/18th March, Toynbee Studios, London 17th: 7.30pm. 18th: 7pm & 8.45pm   £10/£8    

    www.artsadmin.co.uk

    7th May,   Marlborough Theatre, Brighton, Brighton Fringe   www.marlboroughtheatre.org.uk


    12    th May, Horniman Museum & Gardens, London as part of Queer Lates, from 6.30pm 

    www.horniman.ac.uk

  • US State Makes Gay Sex Illegal

    The state of Michigan has made gay sex illegal with a penalty that could land you in jail for 15 years.

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  • Teen Brutally Beaten In Homophobic And Racist Attack In York

    A teenager in North Yorkshire is recovering after being brutally attacked in an apparent homophobic and racist beating.

    A 19-year-old man is recovering after being beaten in an apparent racist and homophobic attack in Yorkshire on the 28th January. The man was attacked by two men who approached him after he alighted the 1C bus on Knaresborough Road, Harrogate.

    As he walked passed the men, the victim was grabbed by one who held his arms behind his back whilst being punched and kicked in the head.

    Police in North Yorkshire report that racial and homophobic slurs were hurled at the victim during the assault and police are treating the attack as a hate crime.

    According to a statement from North Yorkshire police,

    “One of the suspects is described as white and in his mid to late 40s. He had very short, shaved hair, was a chunky or fat build and had neatly-shaven sideburns. He is described as having excess skin on his neck, like a “turkey neck”.

    He was dressed in workwear including a navy blue outdoor coat, dirty blue jeans and tan or sand-coloured Timberland-style workers’ boots, with construction-type dirt on them.

    He is said to have spoken with a local accent and wore a plain gold wedding band on his wedding ring finger.

    The second suspect is described as a chunky or fat white man who is also in his mid to late 40s. He had short, thinning hair and a bit of stubble. He wore a black leather bomber jacket, jeans, brown workers’ boots and had a blue tattoo on one of his wrists.

    A North Yorkshire Police spokesman said: “We’d urge anyone who witnessed this incident, or has any information, to contact police immediately on 101. Please ask for Rebecca Wood and quote incident number NYP-28012016-0193.”

    You can also contact Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.”

  • Winston McKenzie Enters The Big Brother House With “Homophobic” Comment

    Winston McKenzie has entered the Big Brother house to a wave of boos after revealing that he would have to keep his back to the wall if there were any gay people in the house.

    The Mayor Of London hopeful, ex UKIPPER and ex-boxer Winston McKenzie shocked fans of Celebrity Big Brother after he revealed that he would have to keep his “back to the wall” if there were any gay people in the house.
    He said, “I could cope with a homosexual in the house – as long as he keeps his back to the wall.”
    Christopher Maloney and John Partridge are both openly gay men and are both starring in this series of Big Brother.
    In 2013 Winston was nominated by Stonewall as “Bigot Of The Year” after saying that same-sex parenting was akin to child abuse.
    Fans commented on the homophobic VT on Twitter – as the politician for the English Democrats walked out to a wave of boos from the live studio audience.

  • Boy, Sets Himself On Fire Because Of Anti-Gay Bullying

    A 15-year-old student in India has set himself on fire because of anti-gay bullying after being caught being intimate with boyfriend.

    A student in Madia Katra, Agra, at the top of his class, set fire to himself after being caught by neighbours being intimate with a friend. He was relentlessly bullying and harassed the boy’s father has told the media in India.

    The unnamed boy dowsed himself in stolen diesel on Sunday and set fire to himself. Family and neighbours quickly put out the flames, but he sustained 40% burns to his chest and legs.

    Speaking to The Times Of India, the father said,

    “‘He is unable to speak properly. The doctors say he is out of danger but I will only believe it when my son will talk to me,”

    “The news spread and a some people started teasing and harassing him”.

     

    The father added,

    “Upset, he locked himself in the room for two days. He suddenly ran outside the house on Sunday afternoon and set himself afire by pouring diesel on himself.”

     

    Same-sex activity is currently illegal in India and holds a penalty of up to life imprisonment. In December 2015 Shashi Tharoor, a member of the Indian National Congress party, introduced a bill to decriminalise homosexuality. The house rejected the bill by a vote of 71-24. Tharoor is planning to reintroduce the bill.

  • Gay Drama Teacher Slams Mother Who Didn’t Want Her Kids To Be Taught By Him

    A drama teacher from Kidderminster has told a mother than her deposit for his classes will be forwarded to a LGBT support charity after she demanded it back after learning about his sexuality.

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