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Bedfordshire Police officer quits before being sacked for anti‑gay, anti‑trans and anti‑immigration posts

Bedfordshire Police officer quits before being sacked for anti‑gay, anti‑trans and anti‑immigration posts

A Bedfordshire Police officer has resigned just days before a gross‑misconduct hearing after investigators uncovered a series of hateful posts targeting LGBTQ+ people and asylum seekers on his public X (formerly Twitter) account. Former officer Gary Lorenc, who used the handle Bootneck77, was found to have posted abusive, insulting
Graham Robson
Stage stormed at Auckland’s Big Gay Out amid accusations of “right‑wing, transphobic, racist and genocide enabling” politics

Stage stormed at Auckland’s Big Gay Out amid accusations of “right‑wing, transphobic, racist and genocide enabling” politics

Auckland’s annual Big Gay Out festival was disrupted on Sunday when protesters stormed the main stage, intensifying growing tensions around the presence of political figures at the LGBTQ+ community event. The incident unfolded during an appearance by a group of politicians, including National’s associate health minister Matt Doocey,
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