Tag: homophobic attacks

His attackers escaped jail time – so now this gay student wants to use his attack for good Will Mayrick is the gay student who was forced to apologize for being gay, threatened with being stabbed and strangled. This month his attackers pleaded guilty, but as they are underage and pleaded guilty – escaped any jail time. At the Bexley Magistrate Courts in London, the sixteen and seventeen-year-olds received a referral order of 12 months. But if they fail to comply with...

Campaigners call for tougher laws after hate crimes against LGBT people more than doubled after EU referendum. The number of homophobic attacks more than doubled in the three months after the Brexit vote, with toxicity fostered by the EU referendum debate spreading beyond race and religion, new figures suggest. Hate crimes against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people increased 147% during July, August and September compared to the same period last year, according to the LGBT anti-violence charity Galop. Statistics from...