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.
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Chief Constable of Sussex, Jo Shiner, makes “full and unreserved apology” to LGBTQ+ community
The Chief Constable of Sussex, Jo Shiner, has made a “full and unreserved apology” to the LGBTQ+ community for past, historic “prejudice, ill- treatment, bias, discrimination, harm, (and) injustices” by the police.
The Met Police to restore LGBT+ Community Liaison Officers
LGBT+ Community Liaison Officers are part of the force’s “commitment to deliver the strongest ever neighbourhood policing for London, and is a crucial part of the mission for more trust, less crime, high standards”.
Metropolitan Police Commissioner, Sir Mark Rowley, says “sorry” to LGBTQ+ community for his force’s past homophobic persecution
He’s the first UK police chief to apologise.
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
West Midlands Police silent on apology for LGBTQ+ “witch-hunts”
West Midlands Police have declined to say whether they will apologise for what human rights organisation the Peter Tatchell Foundation calls their “past witch-hunting of the LGBTQ+ community”.
Ugandans lead ‘kill the gays’ bill protest in London
Fifty LGBTQ+ campaigners and allies staged a noisy vigil outside the Ugandan High Commission in Trafalgar Square, London on Tuesday, April 25, chanting “Museveni! Kill the bill” and “The world is watching! Kill the bill.” They were protesting in solidarity with Ugandan LGBTs against Uganda’s Anti-Ho