Connor Scothern. (West Midlands Police) A British teenager jailed for belonging to a far-right, neo-Nazi terrorist group that plotted to wage a “holy war” against Black people, Jews and the LGBT+ community and Jewish people had his sentence halved Friday (November 20). Connor Scothern, a 19-year-old from Nottingham, was convicted alongside three others – including
homophobic
Thousands of school children were sent vulgar homophobic messages from a teacher’s email address. (Stock photograph via Elements Envato) A tidal wave of messages described by school leaders as “lewd, racist, antisemitic and homophobic” were sent to thousands of students after a teacher’s email was hacked. A math teacher at Niles West High School, in
Stephen Wentzell recorded the horrifying ordeal on his phone (Screenshot: Global News) A gay man says police aren’t doing enough to keep him safe after he was violently attacked by his neighbour for reporting him for domestic abuse. Stephen Wentzell, 23, lives in Halifax, Canada. On August 31 he reported his next door neighbour for
A quiet suburban family home decorated with Pride flags and signs was targeted by homophobic vandals who plastered the walls with hateful graffiti. The house in Barrington, Illinois, had rainbow-decorated trees lining the driveway and an array of positive signs in the backyard, including one that read: “Love and peace over hate.” Sadly it seems
The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). (Oli Scarff/Getty) Students in a London School of Economics (LSE) freshers group chat reportedly hurled homophobic slurs at each other because they “thought it would be bants”. One soon-to-be LSE student in the group chat posted screenshots of anti-LGBT+ messages on Twitter, and wrote: “Not this
Donald Trump holds an LGBT+ Pride flag given to him by supporter. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty) An “old-fashioned Democrat” has claimed that calling Donald Trump homophobic, misogynistic, xenophobic or racist is “as offensive as the n word”. In a letter to the editor of Southern Maryland News, the “old-fashioned ‘America first’ Democrat” wrote that they were “offended
White thugs wielding baseball bats have been filmed shouting homophobic slurs at Black Lives Matter protesters. The incident, caught on camera in Fishtown, Philadelphia on Monday night, saw a gang of white men wielding weapons in the street while confronting a group of peaceful protesters. Thugs filmed shouting homophobic slurs at Black Lives Matter activists
Kevin Hart attends the FX Networks’ Star Walk Winter Press Tour 2020 at The Langham Huntington, Pasadena on January 09, 2020 in Pasadena, California. (Gregg DeGuire/WireImage) Comedian Kevin Hart, who stepped down from hosting the Oscars in 2019 after backlash over his homophobic jokes, has said he deserves “a chance to move on”. Last year,
A 15-year-old boy was brutally battered in a suspected ‘homophobic’ hate crime in Britain. (PAUL ELLIS/AFP via Getty Images) A 15-year-old boy was battered by a gang of hooded teens outside a McDonald’s outlet last Saturday night in what law enforcement are treating as a “homophobic” hate crime. At the fast-food restaurant in Liverpool, England,
Democratic Florida lawmaker Al Jacquet is under fire for referring to his primary opponent as a “batty boy” – and is now accusing his critics of racism. The politician, who has sat in the Florida House of Representatives since 2016, came under fire for referring to Omari Hardy, who is challenging him for the Democratic
Sadly, queer people all over the world are bullied at school because of their sexual orientation or gender identity. But what is the right thing to do if your teenage bully later comes out as bisexual? That was exactly the situation that one Reddit user found himself in recently. The 27-year-old gay man asked Reddit
Anti-gay US pastor Steven Anderson has declared that New Zealand is “in trouble” with God after it became the 34th country he is barred from visiting. The leader of Arizona’s fringe Faithful Word Baptist Church, who supports the death penalty for homosexuality and openly celebrated the massacre at Orlando’s Pulse gay club, had applied for
Mike Petke of Real Salt Lake during the match between Orlando City v Real Salt Lake on May 6, 2018 (Peter Lous/Soccrates/Getty Images) Major League Soccer club Real Salt Lake has sacked its head coach Mike Petke for using anti-gay slurs. The club terminated Petke’s contract after he reportedly screamed homophobic slurs at a referee
The organiser of a Straight Pride parade has hit back at her estranged gay son, claiming it is “typical” of gay people to “pull away” from their family. Matthew Mason has vowed to resist his mother Mylinda Mason’s Straight Pride rally, which is set to take place in Modesto, California, on August 24. In an