Articles about Hate Speech

11 February 2013
UK: Muslim TV stations criticised by Ofcom for airing hate speech 39 Ofcom, the broadcasting regulator, has criticised several Muslim community stations after they allowed Islamic extremists to issue hate speech – in one case – calling for the murder and torture of gay people.
23 January 2013
Canada: Students’ ‘Free Speech Wall’ torn down by self-titled gay rights activist 27 A student claiming to be an LGBT activist tore down a "Free Speech Wall" created by his fellow students at Carleton University in Canada, stating that not all opinions deserved to be expressed.
18 January 2013
London: Protesters demonstrate outside Guardian offices over transphobic Burchill article 18 More than 100 transgender people and cisgender allies have taken part in a protest outside the central London offices of the Guardian and Observer newspapers over the publication of a transphobic article by Julie Burchill.
14 January 2013
Lynne Featherstone: Sack Julie Burchill and Observer editor for ‘disgusting’ transphobic rant 38 Liberal Democrat International Development Minister Lynne Featherstone has called for the editor of the Observer and columnist Julie Burchill to be sacked over a transphobic article.
25 October 2012
US: Equal marriage opponent leader downplays ‘deserving of death’ comment by pastor 19 The leader of the group in opposition to equal marriage becoming legal in the state of Maryland, downplayed a pastor's reading from a scripture which said gay people were "deserving of death".
15 June 2012
Leeds: Anti-gay radio sermon was likely to incite crime, regulator rules 55 Broadcasting regulator Ofcom has ruled that a sermon on a local radio station in Leeds was 'likely to encourage or incite the commission of crime' against the gay community.
22 March 2012
Muslim preacher who said gays should be ‘treated’ barred from University talk 50 A Muslim preacher who said homosexuality was 'unnatural' and gays needed to be 'treated' has been barred from speaking at an event for the Islamic Society at the University of Hertfordshire today.
25 May 2011
Plymouth man banned from city pubs over anti-gay abuse 12 A Plymouth man has been barred from all of the city centre's pubs for 18 months after hurling anti-gay abuse at a group of women.
27 May 2010
Christian street preacher to sue police over arrest for allegedly homophobic public sermon 48 A Christian street preacher who was arrested last month for expressing his allegedly homophobic views is to take legal action over the incident.

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