News UK
Bristol man injured with a knife in homophobic attack
Avon and Somerset Police said that the attack took place in Bristol on Sunday 11 August 2024
Homophobia
News Sport
Tottenham chastises homophobic chant after win against Manchester United: ‘This is simply unacceptable’
"The Club will be working closely with the Police and stewards to identify anyone instigating or joining in with the chanting," Spurs said in a statement
Culture Music
Troye Sivan blasts suggestion he’s only on tour to go on Grindr in new cities: ‘It’s genuinely homophobic’
"I'm going on tour because I released an album and because people are buying tickets to come see the show," Sivan said
News
Wetherspoons worker who said ‘God would not forgive gay people’ has tribunal dismissed
He also said during Norwich Pride that he didn't want the "gay thing shoved down [his] throat."
News UK
Drag Race UK’s Choriza May and Elektra Fence ‘cancelled on by Uber driver’ for wearing drag: ‘It keeps happening’
“We were standing there like, ‘what the f**k?’”
News UK
Man hospitalised after ‘vicious and unprovoked’ homophobic attack in Bristol
Avon and Somerset Police are treating the incident as a hate crime
News UK
Sadiq Khan ‘disgusted’ after Brixton attack: ‘Homophobia has no place in our society’
"London stands with you"
News World
Brazil high court rules homophobia punishable by prison in landmark decision
Justice Edson Fachin called the ruling a “constitutional imperative”
News UK
Two men stabbed in homophobic attack on Clapham High Street
“We are acutely aware of the shock this attack will cause members of the LGBT+ community”
Culture
Rudy Giuliani accused of calling Matt Damon homophobic slur on tape
Giuliani also reportedly mocked Damon’s height and political views.
Culture Film & TV
Tom Holland’s gay sex scenes in The Crowded Room anger homophobes – but fans are leaping to his defence
Some homophobes responded with the hashtag "#notmyspiderman."
Culture Film & TV
Scott Evans on Barbie, his brother Chris Evans’ support and challenging homophobia: ‘I have nothing to hide’
Ahead of Scott Evans playing a ‘Ken’ in the new Barbie movie, Jujubee interviews the actor and talks coming out, calling out homophobia, and what enduring support from his brother Chris — aka Captain America — means to him.
News World
IDAHOBIT: All you need to know about International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia 2023
The visibility day was created nearly 20 years ago, in 2004
Culture Film & TV
Heartland’s Aidan Moreno says straight actors should ‘step aside’ from gay roles
"A gay guy should play a gay guy,” he said.
News UK
West Midlands Police urged to apologise for past homophobia
“I hope that you’ll also recognise the merit and importance of an apology to the LGBT+ community”
News UK
Family of Stephen Port victim demand the Metropolitan Police confronts ‘institutional’ homophobia
"Someone needs to take responsibility," said Donna and Jenny Taylor, the sister of Jack Taylor.
News UK
Met Police blasted for ‘institutional racism, sexism and homophobia’ in new report
LGBTQ officers detail accounts of homophobic bullying and "banter".
Culture Sexuality
Peter Tatchell on the 1983 Bermondsey by-election: ‘My baptism of fire’
Ahead of the Bermondsey by-election's 40th anniversary, Peter Tatchell remembers "the most dirty, violent and homophobic election in British history."
News World
ILGA Europe’s report calls 2022 ‘the most violent year for LGBTI people’ in a decade
"There has not only been a stark rise in violence against LGBTI people, but in the severity of that violence."
News World
Joshua Bassett addresses concern after baptism at anti-gay Bethel Church
“My heart is for Christ and Christ alone!” Joshua tweeted.