Brighton police warn teen over homophobic comment drive-by
A teenager who shouted homophobic abuse at a group of people outside a Brighton bar has been reprimanded by police. Officers in plain clothes were outside the gay Charles Street Bar in Marine Parade,...
View ArticleWoman jailed for train attack on 16-year-old lesbian
A 20-year-old woman has been jailed after she launched a physical attack on a young lesbian who had kissed her partner on a train. The attack occurred on a train between Hastings and Bexhill in Sussex...
View ArticleBrighton Pride 2012 issues first local donations
LGBT causes within Brighton and Hove are set to benefit as the company organising this year’s Pride event issues its first donation, of more than £5,000. Pride Brighton & Hove the new organisers of...
View ArticleSussex: Gay vicar under ‘homophobic’ ban for refusing to confirm celibacy
A gay vicar in Sussex says the Church of England implemented a “homophobic” ban after he refused to say whether his civil partnership was celibate. Reverend David Page of the St Thomas the Martyr...
View Article100 Crystal Palace fans shout homophobic abuse in street ahead of Brighton game
Sussex Police has promised to trace several Crystal Palace fans following a spate of homophobic incidents during Sunday’s match against Brighton and Hove Albion. According to the Argus, over 100...
View ArticleSussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust comes top in Stonewall’s Healthcare...
Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust has been announced as the most LGBT-friendly healthcare organisation in England in Stonewall’s Healthcare Equality Index 2013. Liverpool Community Health NHS...
View ArticleSussex: Survey shows many LGBT residents feel isolated and equality...
A new survey shows the majority of LGBT people in East Sussex feel isolated and believe the government’s austerity policies are hindering moves towards equality. The LGBT Equalities in Hastings, Rother...
View ArticleBishop of Chichester to attend Christian LGBT conference in Brighton
The leader of the Church of England in Sussex will attend an LGBT conference in Brighton this weekend. Dr Martin Warner, the Bishop of Chichester, has agreed to attend the Lesbian and Gay Christian...
View ArticleBrighton: Anti-equal marriage ex-Green councillor to debate issue with...
Former Green councillor Christina Summers who resigned from her party in protest at its decision to support equal marriage will debate the issue this evening alongside Conservative MP Simon Kirby. Mr...
View ArticleLabour leader Ed Miliband visits school praised for its fight against...
Labour Party leader Ed Miliband has visited a school praised for its work on homophobic bullying to discuss the issue with students and parents. Blatchington Mill in Hove has been named a “champion...
View ArticleSussex head teacher takes a stand against bullies who use ‘gay’ as derogatory...
A head teacher in Sussex has spoken out in the wake of singer Will Young’s campaign to curb homophobic bullying in schools, by taking seriously the use of the word “gay” as a derogatory insult. This is...
View ArticlePolice in Chichester appealing for witnesses to homophobic assault outside...
Police in Chichester have appealed for witnesses after a homophobic attack was carried out near a kebab shop. Chichester Observer reports that a 16-year-old was assaulted in a “homophobic” attack last...
View ArticleUniversity of Sussex LGBTQ society removes the word ‘dyke’ over safe space...
The University of Sussex LGBTQ society has sparked controversy recently, after it asked local lesbian artists to remove the word “dyke” from an advertisement posted onto its Facebook page due to a...
View ArticleWill Young: Educating teachers on homophobic language is a ‘priority’
Singer Will Young has claimed that schools are still not doing enough to curb children’s use of “gay” as an insult, saying that teachers should be the “priority” when it comes to educating what counts...
View ArticleTwo Sussex teens fined over homophobic attack
Two Sussex teenagers have been fined after they attacked a gay man in the town of Battle. The Battle-based teens – who cannot be named for legal reasons – are aged 15 and 16. They attacked the man at...
View ArticleCan you guess why the Daily Mail is annoyed about this rainbow police car?
The Daily Mail appeared to get a little hot under the collar about the cost of applying a rainbow decal to a police car ahead of a Pride event. Sussex Police unveiled a patrol car and a motorbike, both...
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School bans skirts to go gender-neutral
A secondary school has made its uniform gender-neutral. Priory School in the south of England made the move, which involves banning skirts, to be more inclusive of its transgender students. And...
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Piers Morgan just said trousers are only for boys
Piers Morgan has said that wearing trousers is for boys. The Good Morning Britain host was reacting to news that his former school has made its uniform gender-neutral by banning skirts. Priory School...
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Hairdresser ‘deliberately infected 10 gay lovers with HIV by tampering with...
A man stands accused of deliberately infecting 10 sexual partners with HIV by sabotaging condoms. Daryll Rowe, from Edinburgh, is to stand trial accused of infecting several lovers with HIV after...
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Man with HIV sabotaged condoms to secretly infect men he met on Grindr, court...
A man deliberately tried to infect ten sexual partners with HIV by sabotaging condoms, a court has heard. Daryll Rowe, from Edinburgh, is accused of infecting partners he met on Grindr with HIV after...
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