Latest editorial
A person holding a hammer behind someone wearing an LGBT pride flag
HATE crimes against LGBT+ people are one of the more consistently violent hate crimes causing untold harm and distress, a head of a charity has warned as figures yesterday revealed a stark rise in homophobic attacks.
Leni Morris, chief executive of the LGBT+ anti-abuse charity Galop, said there was a worrying misconception with the “narrative about anti-LGBT+ hate crime that it’s just mean tweets.”
Ms Morris said the charity had been supporting victims of hate crime who have been blackmailed, experienced sexual violence and been left with life-changing injuries.
As peers prepare to debate reform of the 1861 Offences Against the Person Act, Labour MP Tonia Antoniazzi leads a bid to end the criminalisation of women who end pregnancies at home. LYNNE WALSH reports
Indian communist leader MA Baby considers the chilling escalation of violence against minorities and increasing impunity for their attackers under the Modi regime