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The latest news about homophobia across the UK and the globe.

  • What Did Azealia Banks Say To Zayn Malik?

    Here’s the full transcript of what was sent from Azealia Banks’ Twitter account to Zayn Malk.

    This article contains language that some readers may find offensive.

    On May 10th Tweets from Azealia Banks’ verified account were aimed at former One Direction singer Zayn Malik. The tweets used racial and homophobic language. Below are the tweets that were Tweeted.

     

  • Twitter Finally Suspends Troll Azealia Banks

    Azealia Banks has, it seems, been shut down by Twitter after an outrageous homophobic and racist rant was sent on her verified Twitter account to former One Direction star Zayn Malik.

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    Azealia banks has been booted off the social media platform, Twitter, after an extended vile homophobic and racist rant at Zayn Malik was sent from her official account.

    She has also been removed as the headline act at London’s Born And Bred Festival after organisers saying they could not tolerate Banks’ language.

    The rant included calling the former One Direction singer a faggot as well as using racial slurs. The UK’s Home Office is reportedly investigating to see whether Ms Banks will be allowed into the country for any future engagements.

     

    ALSO READ: Gay social commentator Milo has his Twitter account unverified

     

    The Home Office has, in the past, banned entry for people for their homophobic views.

    In a statement issued to NME, the Home Office has said:

    “Coming to the UK is a privilege, and we expect those who come here to respect our shared values. The Home Secretary has the power to exclude an individual if she considers that his or her presence in the UK is not conducive to the public good or if their exclusion is justified on public policy grounds.”

    The entertainer’s account on Twitter appears to be suspended.

    The rapper’s verified account has used the social platform to call gay men homophobic slurs and has had a number of public fallouts with Perez Hilton. However she has stated that she couldn’t be homophobic because she has gay employees.

  • Brighton Police “Very Concerned” After Two Homophobic Attacks

    Police in Brighton has released a video to reassure the LGBTI community in Brighton after two separate attacks against gay men.

    Police in Brighton have released a “reassurance” message to the LGBTI community after two separate attacks over two consecutive weekends have left three men hospitalised.

    On both occasions suspects were arrested. The first attack happened to two boyfriends, one of which is fearing for his sight and the most recent left a former model unconsious and hopsitalised for three days.

    Chief Superintendent Nev Kemp released a video to thank members of the public and door staff in helping the police to apprehend the suspects quickly.

    Mr Kemp was quick to remind viewers that hate crime of that nature are very rare in Brighton but two attacks over two consecutive weekends was “very concerning”, but stressed the attacks were unconnected.

    He went on to say that Brighton was not a place that tolerated “homophobic attitudes or hate crimes of any description.”

     

  • Second Homophobic Attack In Brighton

    A second homophobic attack has happened in Brighton days after a first assault leaves man fearing for his sight.

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    CREDIT: ©-Chalabala-Depositphotos

    A second attack against a gay man has happened in Brighton just days after another attack on two boyfriends which left one fearing for his sight.

    Police in Brighton have confirmed that an arrest has been made in connection to this latest attack but have warned Brighton’s gay community to be vigilant against homophobia in the popular seaside town.

    In this latest attack, former model Aaron Woods, 26, was left unconscious and with a broken jaw when he tried to defend two men who said they were being homophobically abused by a man.

    When Mr Wood tried to intervene he says he was knocked to the floor – and doesn’t remember what happened next.

    The alleged attack happened outside the Legends nightclub on Brighton’s seafront. Speaking to The Argus, Mr Woods said,

    “My memory is pretty hazy but apparently I stepped in to help out these two young gay guys and he hit me. I went down and the next thing I knew I was in hospital covered in blood.

    “It was a very heavy blow.

    “I haven’t been able to sleep since the attack. I cant relax. I am absolutely terrified. I’m usually a very trusting person but this is scary.”

    Mr. Woods, who is from Eastbourne, went on to say that he would never return to Brighton.

    Mr Wood’s friend Katie Ripley along with a Legend’s doorman apprehended the the 21-year-old suspect from London. He has been charged with GBH with intent.

    The suspect has been bailed until the 13th June.

    Six days previously, Dain Louis and James Loxton were both attacked very close to this latest incident, however police are not linking the two attacks.

     

     

  • Gay Man Killed After Meeting On Hook Up Site

    A man was killed after arranging a meeting on a hook up site. Four men have been charged with his murder.

    A man in his 40s was robbed, brutally beaten, stripped and left for dead after he arranged to meet someone for sex online in Nampa, Idaho.

    Four men charged with robbery and murder could now face the death penalty. Three Nampa residents, Kelly Schneider, 22, Kevin Tracy, 21, Jayson Woods, 28, and Daniel Henkel, 23 were arraigned in Canyon County court. They face charges of felony robbery and first-degree murder.

    According to KTVB.com the victim, Steven Nelson, 49 arranged to meet with Kelly Schneider after meeting him on a hook up site. They arranged to meet at Gotts Point at Lake Lowell. When they arrived it is alleged that “Schneider threw Nelson to the ground and kicked him repeatedly.”

    During the attack Mr Nelson is reported to have pleaded for his life, begging his attackers not to kill him.

    They then allegedly stole his credit cards and wallet and keys, later withdrew $123 from Mr Nelson’s account. Henkel and Schneider were captured on CCTV using the victim’s bank cards to withdraw funds.

     

    After the attack Mr Nelson managed to seek the attention of nearby homeowners, who immediately called the emergency services. He had suffered broken ribs and was bleeding from the ear. He later died from a cardiac arrest a number of hours after the attack.

    Before he died Mr Nelson was able to speak to police about his attackers and was able to give descriptions leading to the arrest of the four men.

  • 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.

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    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
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    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.

     

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    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.

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    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.

     

  • Victim Of “Homophobic” Acid Attack Scared Of Leaving Home

    Victim Of “Homophobic” Acid Attack Scared Of Leaving Home

    A man in Whitstable has spoken about the moment he says he was sprayed with a noxious liquid in what is being described as a homophobic attack.

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