Galop, the national LGBTQ+ anti-abuse charity, has launched an appeal in response to a 35% increase in domestic violence referrals during the winter period. According to Galop, this winter, “thousands of LGBTQ+ people will have no choice but to return to homes where they once faced abuse, violence and rejection – where they were forced […]
A new report, published to coincide with National Hate Crime Awareness Week, has argued that technology can play a vital role in supporting individuals to disclose more information about both criminal and non-criminal hate incidents involving LGBTQ+ people. The report, called Hate Happens: Technology’s Role in Addressing anti-LGBTQ+ Hate Encounters in the UK, was written […]
While hate crime statistics, released on Thursday, October 10, suggest there is a downward trend in reported hate crimes against the LGBTQ+ community, Stonewall believes official numbers may not paint the full picture.
Out In London – LGBTQ+ people’s safety on the London transport network, a new survey conducted by LGBTQ+ anti-abuse charity Galop, on behalf of independent passenger watchdog London Travelwatch, has revealed the extent of abuse, harassment and violence faced by the LGBTQ+ community when travelling in and around the capital. Galop surveyed 600 LGBTQ+ people on […]
New research from the charity shows that over half (53%) of LGBTQ+ people in the UK have been subjected to sexual violence in their lives.
New research from LGBTQ+ anti-abuse charity Galop has found that one in five LGBTQ+ people and more than a third of trans people have been subjected to conversion therapy in the UK.
The app, developed by Vodafone Foundation in partnership with UK LGBTQ+ anti-abuse and rights charities Galop and Stonewall, comes as new research from Vodafone found that over two-thirds (68%) of LGBTQ+ respondents had been victims of hate crime in the last year, and more than a quarter (27%) had been physically injured by an attack.
We can no longer ignore our mental health, especially at this inflection point in time when our rights are being attacked once again across the world.
In a survey of almost 1,000 LGBTQ+ survivors of sexual assault by Galop, respondents reported instances of rape, penetrative sexual assault, ‘revenge porn’ and groping, which was more often than not perpetrated due to the victim’s identity.
Police have made an arrest after 38-year-old John-Paul Kesseler was struck with a wine bottle in Birmingham “for holding another man’s hand”.
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