Arts Rainbow Chorus marks National Hate Crime Awareness Week Rainbow Chorus, Brighton & Hove’s LGBTQ+ choir, mark Hate Crime Awareness Week with a recording of Keane’s ‘Somewhere Only We Know’. By Graham Robson • 2 min read
Comment COMMENT: Do not dismiss or explain away the rise in recorded homophobia I experienced three serious incidents within the space of just over a year in 2017-2018 and following the public service and legal response to the first, I did not report the other two. By Craig Hanlon-Smith • 1 min read
Community Hate Crimes at record high, new figures from Home Office reveal. Statistics released by the Home Office have revealed that hate crime has hit its highest level on record with 105,090 hate crimes recorded in 2019/20, up 8% compared with 97,446 offences in 2018/19. By Graham Robson • 2 min read
Community Light a candle for International Day of Hope & Remembrance on Sunday, October 18 Organisers of National Hate Crime Awareness Week encourage all to light a candle and share a video/picture of it on social media at 6pm. By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Arts ‘No Place for Hate’ – new poem from Andreena Leeanne for National Hate Crime Awareness Week Organisers of #NationalHCAW announce they have commissioned a new poem by Andreena Leeanne, No Place for Hate, for National Hate Crime Awareness Week, which takes place from Saturday, October 10 to Saturday, October 17. By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Kendall Stephens was attacked in August. General News US trans woman attacked in own home Kendall Stephens, a black trans woman in Philadelphia, US, was beaten in her own home on the eve of Monday, August 24. By Rachel Badham • 2 min read
Arts British artist Paul Harfleet takes Pansy Project to Antwerp Antwerp Pride, in collaboration with the Antwerp Queer Arts Festival, brings the Pansy Project by British artist Paul Harfleet to Antwerp, Belgium. By Contributor • 2 min read
Community News UPDATE: Man who ‘burnt Pride Flag over Pride Weekend’ pleads Not Guilty A man who was arrested and charged with hate crime related arson after a Pride flag was set on fire in Brighton, on Sunday, August 2 has pleaded Not Guilty to a charge of arson at Brighton Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday, August 4 and will now be remanded in custody to appear at Lewes Crown Court on T By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Community Man charged with arson after Pride flag was burnt in Brighton A man has been arrested and charged with hate crime related arson after a Pride flag was set on fire in Brighton, on Sunday, August 2. By Contributor • 1 min read
Arts Changing Minds – a new comic strip to fight misogyny hate crime Web-based cartoon aims to deliver a strong and accessible message about the real impact of harassment on the lives of women and girls in Nottingham city, county and beyond. By Contributor • 2 min read
Business News Reading Terrorist Attack: LGBTQ+ Community Mourns James Furlomg, David Wails and Joe Ritchie-Bennett were stabbed in Reading, LGBTQ+ Community Mourns Loss By Contributor • 3 min read
Arts Black Out Tuesday BBC, commercial & community radio stations showing their support of Blackout Tuesday By Contributor • 2 min read
