Sport Gay footballer Josh Cavallo reveals ongoing daily death threats The Australian athlete, and the first active openly gay male professional footballer, expressed his dismay at the slow pace of progress toward acceptance in the sport. By Contributor • 2 min read
News Protest to seek justice for late drag queen Heklina to take place in London on March 31 LGBTQ+ communities, allies and drag artists are to come together in London on Monday, March 31 for a protest march to “demand justice for Heklina and every person impacted unfairly by London’s Metropolitan Police as a result of the force’s homophobia”. In February 2025, Met Police issued an apology By Graham Robson • 1 min read
LGBTQ+ News Pope uses homophobic slur in meeting with bishops The Vatican has yet to comment after it was reported that Pope Francis used “extremely homophobic language” after being asked at the Italian Bishops’ Conference if gay men should now be allowed to train for the priesthood as long as they remained celibate. Pope Francis said they should not and he is By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Rylan LGBTQ+ News Rylan reveals his skull was fractured during homophobic attack in new documentary, ‘Rylan: Homophobia, Football and Me’ Rylan revealed his skull was fractured in a homophobic attack in his documentary Rylan: Homophobia, Football and Me, which explores football as an LGBTQ+ fan. Looking back on his own life experiences, Rylan remembered waking up in the back of an ambulance after he was attacked. During the documentar By Graham Robson • 2 min read
LGBTQ+ News Six men arrested after suspected homophobic hate crime in which a gay man was attacked with a plank of wood Six men aged between 16 and 22 have been arrested after a suspected homophobic hate crime attack last month, in which a gay man was hit with a plank of wood. Callum Griggs, 23, was attacked by the gang while he was walking with his partner, Brad Balueta, who said the gang were standing outside a […] By Graham Robson • 1 min read
LGBTQ+ News Gay man hospitalised in London after being attacked by gang wielding ‘wooden panel with nails in’ A gay man was hospitalised on Sunday, October 1 after a gang attacked him in broad daylight as he walked along Chadwell Heath High Road in London. Callum Griggs, 23, was kicked and punched by the gang while he was walking with his partner, Brad Balueta, who spoke to Yahoo News. “I had spotted them [ By Graham Robson • 3 min read
International News Attack on LGBTQ+ bar in Lebanon an “ominous sign”, says Amnesty International Videos of the attack on the Madame Om bar by people identifying themselves as members of the Jnoud El-Rab Christian group show the assailants destroying furniture outside the bar, beating up people who tried to leave the premises, and threatening the owner with more violence if they continued to “pr By Graham Robson • 1 min read
LGBTQ+ News Metropolitan Police releases images of man wanted in connection with Two Brewers double stabbing The Metropolitan Police Service are appealing for information following a homophobic, double stabbing outside LGBTQ+ venue the Two Brewers at Clapham High Street, London on Sunday, August 13, 2023. By Graham Robson • 2 min read
West Midlands Police Coventry and West Midlands Staffordshire man denies charges of homophobic abuse at football match Matthew Bramwell (21) from Penkridge, Staffordshire has denied charges over homophobic abuse during a Wolves V Chelsea football match. By Catherine Muxworthy • 1 min read
Stop gay discrimination. LGBT rights. Homophobia prevention. Unrecognizable woman with refusal hand gesture in t-shirt with rainbow flag heart on blue background. LGBTQ+ News New research looking at LGBTQ+ people’s experiences of family violence when growing up University of Roehampton seek to interview LGBTQ+ people who have experienced some form of abuse or violence from one or more family members while growing up By Contributor • 3 min read
International News Acquittal of police officers in Greek LGBTQ+ activist killing ‘beggars belief’, say Amnesty Zak Kostopoulos, queer activist and drag artist, was brutally beaten by two men after entering a jewellery shop in central Athens in 2018. According to Amnesty International, footage showed four police officers using unnecessary force to arrest the activist as he lay dying. By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Community News West Midlands Police investigating homophobic attack in Birmingham West Midlands Police are currently investigating a report of homophobic comments made to a man in the early hours of Saturday, February 19. The incident occurred in the Gay Village, on Lower Essex Street between the Fox Bar and the Nightingale Club. West Midlands Police they explained in a statement By Catherine Muxworthy • 1 min read
