Lincolnshire Police apologises for “past LGBTQ+ witch-hunts”
Chris Haward is the fifth UK police chief to say sorry following apologies from the heads of the Metropolitan, City of London, Sussex and South Yorkshire forces.
Paul O'Grady
South Yorkshire Police chief apologises for past LGBTQ+ witch-hunts
She is only the third UK Chief Constable to do so, following a similar apology by the heads of the Metropolitan and Sussex forces.
Call for police apology to LGBTs backed by the late Paul O’Grady
Apologise Now!, a new campaign organised by the Peter Tatchell Foundation to get British police forces to apologise for past “homophobic witch-hunts”, is being launched on Wednesday, June 7
SPOTLIGHT ON: Forbidden love, prison life and murderous music
Brian Butler finds plenty to sing and dance and shout about at Brighton’s Theatre Royal
Victory for Royal Vauxhall Tavern campaigners
Following a community campaign, the Royal Vauxhall Tavern (or RVT), the UK’s oldest LGBTQ pub, becomes a listed building. The RVT is the first building in the country listed for its significance to LGBTQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer) heritage.
McKellen and O’Grady back RVT campaign
Sir Ian McKellen and Paul O’Grady back Royal Vauxhall Tavern (RVT) Future’s campaign to make the RVT a listed building. On Wednesday, (June 24), New York’s Stonewall Inn was awarded Landmark Status in recognition of its role in lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) history.
Public figures come out as Tatchell patrons
Stars of politics, law and entertainment endorse Peter Tatchell’s Human Rights Foundation. Eleven leading public figures from politics, broadcasting, film, music, law and campaigning have become patrons of the human rights organisation, the Peter Tatchell Foundation (PTF).