Comments on: Stonewall Cymru community liaison officer honoured http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-6036.html/ PinkNews.co.uk Gay News (UK and world) from Pink News - all the gay news for the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered community in the UK and beyond- thegaynews from Pink News Thu, 26 Nov 2009 09:54:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Emma Roebuck http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-6036.html/comment-page-1/#comment-22769 Emma Roebuck Wed, 14 Nov 2007 14:35:00 +0000 http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-6036.html#comment-22769 The Irony of this almost made me choke on my lunch. I work directly with victims of Homophobic/transphobic hate crime in the North east of England specifically Co Durham and Darlington but I have contacts in North wales who have been victims of repeated victimisation over a number of years eg 17 windows broken over a 6 month period. Gay men abused by Police officers when in known cruising ground even when they were NOT cruising. Victims not taken seriously when reporting crimes and told that if they were to take the law into there owns hands they would be summarily arrested? Commitment to diversity is fine but what about sanctions on agencies that do not engage or decide that the gay community is just another box to Tick....Emma Roebuck The Irony of this almost made me choke on my lunch. I work directly with victims of Homophobic/transphobic hate crime in the North east of England specifically Co Durham and Darlington but I have contacts in North wales who have been victims of repeated victimisation over a number of years eg 17 windows broken over a 6 month period. Gay men abused by Police officers when in known cruising ground even when they were NOT cruising. Victims not taken seriously when reporting crimes and told that if they were to take the law into there owns hands they would be summarily arrested? Commitment to diversity is fine but what about sanctions on agencies that do not engage or decide that the gay community is just another box to Tick….Emma Roebuck

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