LGBTQ+ News West Mercia Police chief constable Alex Murray apologises to LGBTQ+ community, acknowledging past homophobic witch-hunts and discriminatory law enforcement West Mercia’s Chief Constable, Alex Murray, has made a formal apology to the LGBTQ+ community, acknowledging past homophobic witch-hunts and discriminatory law enforcement. In a letter to Peter Tatchell, Murray expressed regret for the harm caused by the often abusive way the police enforced histori By Graham Robson • 3 min read
LGBTQ+ News Equalities Minister, Kemi Badenoch, invited to meet leading LGBTQ+ advocacy groups Equalities Minister Kemi Badenoch MP has received an invitation to meet with leading LGBTQ+ advocacy groups. The invitation, which comes from human rights organisation Peter Tatchell Foundation, is in response to reports that Badenoch has had little or no engagement with most LGBTQ+ organisations, d By Graham Robson • 1 min read
LGBTQ+ News 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. By Graham Robson • 4 min read
LGBTQ+ News City of London Police apologises for “past LGBTQ+ witch-hunts” Angela McLaren is the fourth UK police chief to say sorry By Graham Robson • 3 min read
LGBTQ+ News 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. By Graham Robson • 3 min read
International News Pro-LGBTQ+ protesters arrested in Malaysia Their protest, outside the downtown Sogo shopping mall on Saturday (29 July), was prompted by the recent public caning of two alleged lesbians and other crackdowns on the LGBTQ+ community in Malaysia. By Graham Robson • 1 min read
LGBTQ+ News 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. By Graham Robson • 3 min read
LGBTQ+ News 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”. By Graham Robson • 2 min read
Sir Mark Rowley LGBTQ+ News 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. By Graham Robson • 2 min read
LGBTQ+ News 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 By Graham Robson • 3 min read
Peter Tatchell News Peter Tatchell pulls out of Oxford Union debate in protest over hosting Kathleen Stock without a trans speaker Veteran LGBTQ+ human rights defender, Peter Tatchell, has pulled out of tonight’s (Thursday, June 1) Oxford Union Pride debate over its hosting of Kathleen Stock on 30 May, without a speaker to challenge her trans-exclusion policies. By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Birmingham West Midlands Chief Constable confronted at Birmingham Pride over historic “LGBTQ+ witch-hunts” West Midlands’ Chief Constable, Craig Guildford, was challenged at Birmingham Pride on Saturday, May 27 over his force’s refusal to apologise for its past “witch-hunting of the LGBTQ+ community”. By Graham Robson • 2 min read
