Tag: London

The police investigation into the Scottish hotel fire that killed a gay couple might have found out where the fire started. We reported to you mid-last week that the luxury hotel, called Cameron House, standing just outside Glasglow burned to the ground. Simon Midgley and Richard Dyson were a PR professional/journalist and TV producer from London who sadly died in that fire. The gay couple were listed as some of the victims to the blaze, but 200 others safely evacuated from the...

A London man has gone to jail for breaking another man’s leg simply because he was gay. 29-year-old Kamil Wladyslaw Snios (seen above) was recently found guilty of slapping, beating, and kicking a 36-year-old man in Tottenham, North London. The victim, who’s chosen to remain anonymous to the press, and a friend were shopping around on July 16th when he was approached by Snios. Snios shouted at the two in Polish before he physically attacked them. Eventually, the 36-year-old man found himself...

Officers have not ruled out the possibility the attacks may have been carried out by the same man Nowadays no one day goes without homophobic attack when gay men suffer either physically or mentally. It is truth of our life. Indeed a lot of cases happen from day to day when gay men are either beaten or pushed and in better cases are just told homophobic slurs. What can we wait for if the President of the USA himself voted for death...

Two 16-year-olds arrested after teen in London is strangled and forced to apologize for being gay Police in London say that they have arrested two 16-year-old boys following an assault on a gay 19-year-old on a tube train on the Jubilee Line. The incident happened 21 October. The victim was wearing fancy dress and travelling with friends to an event. The altercation occurred on a westbound Jubilee Line tube train between West Ham and North Greenwich stations. The assailants boarded the train at...

People panicked when the man started saying "death is not the end." A man shouting anti-gay passages from the Bible on a London train this week caused passengers to panic and flee onto the tracks. The South Western Railway line into Waterloo experienced delays after passengers became frightened of the man for shouting Bible verses that declared gay men should be put to death. https://twitter.com/cyclingbetting/status/914753896542859264?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.newnownext.com%2Ftrain-homophobic-bible-verses-evacuate%2F10%2F2017%2F One of the passengers spoke to the Richmond and Twickenham Times about the incident, saying that riders near...

You can watch the ceremony live streamed here or on GSN's Facebook page A Brit-Aussie gay couple are celebrating their civil partnership today, and they’re inviting you to the ceremony. On Gay Star News’ Facebook page, and on this very page, you can watch as a same-sex couple say their ‘I do’s’ in an incredible live streamed video. James Besanvalle, a Gay Star News 26-year-old journalist, and fiancé Matt Horwood, a 28-year-old who works at UK LGBT charity Stonewall, will be holding...

Prosecutors say Jason Marshall tortured and suffocated Peter Fasoli before setting his flat on fire. A computer repairman who was believed to have died in a fire was actually murdered by a man he met online, jurors in London heard the week. Prosecutors allege Jason Marshall, 28, lied his way into the home of Peter Fasoli in 2013 with the promise of a threesome with another man. Instead Marshall tortured the 58-year-old Fasoli and smothered him to death, setting fire to...

London's underground is going gender-neutral with greetings to passengers on announcements and trains being changed from "ladies and gentlemen" to "hello everyone." The revised phrasing will be applied to all new pre-recorded announcements made across the transport network. Sian Berry, a member of the English Green Party, proposed the change at a meeting with the mayor in June. The Mayor of London Sadiq Khan said at the time: "I am aware that some customers may not relate to or feel comfortable...

Gay guy attacked on evening after Pride in London speaks to GSN from his hospital bed about facing a lifetime of impaired vision A gay man is facing a lifetime of blindness in one eye after an attack and robbery outside a gay club in London. Lewis Davis, a 37-year-old marketing assistant for luxury beauty brands, was out with two friends celebrating after Pride in London on Saturday night (8 July). Arriving into Soho at 8.30pm, the three friends realized the main...

An estimated one million people turned out for London’s Pride parade on Saturday. The parade marked 50 years since the Sexual Offenses Act of 1967, which decriminalized homosexuality in England and Wales. Over 26,000 people marched in the parade, which included over 200 members of the armed forces and London’s mayor, Sadiq Khan. Of course, Tom Daley was there, as were a number of other U.K. celebrities. And weekend along included a total of eight public wedding proposals. Scroll down for...

‘If love happens here, it happens everywhere.' These young people marched with National Student Pride at London Pride 2017. This year’s parade had the theme #LoveHappensHere which was even coupled with it’s own Twitter emoji. Inspired by 2017 marking the 50th anniversary of the partial decriminalization of homosexuality in England organizers say they wanted to send a message out to those parts of the world where being gay remains a crime. We asked some of the young people and students in the parade...

The UK's recent political developments put the fire back in Pride, writes Hadley Stewart. We’re all sitting at our desks strategically searching for some #MondayMotivation on Twitter, fishing out glitter from our underwear, and trying to piece together the hazy memories of Saturday night. London Pride is over, but we’re getting the occasionally shower of rainbow-filled videos on our newsfeeds to keep us going. This year, like every year, the usual complainers, haters and all-round boring people took to social...

Did you celebrate Pride in London this weekend? Pride in London 2017 took place yesterday – and the event was bigger and better than ever. Over 26,000 people took part in the march, and it is estimated that up to one million people descended on the capital to celebrate their LGBT+ pride. This year’s event marks 50 years since the partial decriminalisation of gay sex in England and Wales. Speaking at Trafalgar Square, Mayor of London Sadiq Khan said that the event was...

Everybody say love! A gay rugby player made sure this year’s London Pride was one to remember for him and his partner after popping the question on the streets of the capital in front of a watching audience of thousands. Fernando Ferreira, a member of LGBT-inclusive rugby team the Kings Cross Steelers RFC, was marching in Saturday’s Pride in London parade when he began an emotional proposal to his partner Greg Woodford with a little help from his teammates. Footage captured the...