The EDL and Islamophobia should have no place in the LGBT community
Pav Akhtar draws the lessons from last month’s failed attempt by EDL sympathisers to organise an East End Gay Pride march through Tower Hamlets. Liberal Conspiracy, 27 April 2011
Pav Akhtar draws the lessons from last month’s failed attempt by EDL sympathisers to organise an East End Gay Pride march through Tower Hamlets. Liberal Conspiracy, 27 April 2011
The Sunday Times Magazine features a lengthy report by Camilla Long on the English Defence League. The pitch is that it’s a study of the EDL after the loss of its old leadership, but most of the research was evidently … Continue reading
The far right English Defence League has been given a clear message by city council leader Simon Cook [pictured] – “We don’t want you in Bristol.” The EDL, which describes itself as an anti-Islamist group, is planning to press ahead … Continue reading
An MP has called for a march through Bristol by the English Defence League to be banned. The controversial protest group will congregate in Castle Park on July 14, the same day as Bristol Pride’s We Are: Proud lesbian, gay, … Continue reading
One of London’s leading gay club owners sparked controversy today after posting an online rant about British Muslims, PinkPaper.com can exclusively report. The entrepreneur – who was responding on Facebook to a story on the Evening Standard site entitled Protestors … Continue reading
Last month the notoriously homophobic mayor of Moscow, Yuri Luzhkov, attended a mayoral summit meeting in London hosted by London’s mayor Ken Livingstone, prompting a protest by Peter Tatchell and the gay rights organisation OutRage! The website Gay.com reported: “The … Continue reading
Ken Livingstone has hit back at Tory critics over his support for a Muslim cleric. The London mayor believes Yusuf al-Qaradawi has been deliberately misquoted over his views on the tsunami disaster. Conservatives went on the offensive this morning over … Continue reading