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24 July 2012
Police guidance on risk of trans suspects ‘manipulating sex’ was outdated 3 There were red faces at the Association of Chief Police Officers yesterday as PinkNews.co.uk quizzed officials about wording on recent guidance perceived as offensive by many in the trans community.
23 July 2012
New search rules for trans police officers and suspects drawn up 26 It is all change for trans police and policing, as increased awareness of trans sensitivities sees new rules for searching suspects – both who can do the searching and how people should be searched – emerging in the last few weeks.
18 July 2012
London: Man who died at gay sauna last week identified + Police have identified a man who was discovered dead in a gay sauna in east London last week as 46-year-old Roberto Jesus Messuti.
17 July 2012
Liverpool: Mayoral candidate to sue police for flying rainbow flag 36 A man who recently lost a bid to be Liverpool's mayor has said he will sue the city's police force for flying the rainbow flag for IDAHO.
16 July 2012
London: Police continue to appeal over gay sauna death 1 Police in London are continuing to appeal for information after a body was discovered in a gay sauna in east London early on Wednesday morning.
12 July 2012
Italy: Police apologise after manual dubs homosexuality ‘deviant’ 9 The national police force in Italy has apologised after a training manual listed homosexuality alongside bestiality, incest and necrophilia as a 'sexual deviance'.
9 July 2012
Newspaper declines to apologise for terminology in intersex story 37 The People newspaper has said there is no difference between the term “hermaphrodite” and “intersex” – and therefore has not apologised for its substitution of the h-word in a story last month.
19 June 2012
Home Office will be asked to heed warning on ‘outdated’ police resources on HIV 5 The Home Office is to be asked to ensure police resources on HIV accurately reflect current knowledge of the virus and its routes of transmission.
18 June 2012
Report: Police training on HIV ‘outdated and stigmatising’ 18 A National AIDS Trust review of how police approach HIV suggests many constabularies in the UK have procedures based on unfounded concerns regarding transmission, which can fuel 'scaremongering' and 'mistreatment' for people living with the virus, the charity said.
11 June 2012
Manchester: Police appeal after body found in gay village canal 10 Police in Manchester are appealing for information after a man's body was found this weekend in a canal in the city's gay centre.
8 June 2012
Portsmouth police appeal after gay man robbed at knifepoint in car 10 Police in Portsmouth have issued an e-fit of a man wanted for questioning after a gay man was robbed at knifepoint having entered a car expecting sex.
1 June 2012
Manhunt continues for ‘killer bisexual porn actor’ + The hunt for a man who is believed to have murdered and dismembered a male lover and sent parts of his body to government officials has continued today.
31 May 2012
Policing minister Nick Herbert ‘rather fed up’ with being told civil partnerships are enough for gay couples 36 The Minister of State for Police and Criminal Justice Nick Herbert has said he is 'forever grateful' to those who voted for civil partnership legislation but 'getting rather fed up' with being told gay couples should be satisfied with the system.
15 May 2012
Portsmouth police crack down on homophobic abuse from passing cars 41 Police in Portsmouth have launched a new operation to target homophobic abuse following reports of anti-gay message directed at people outside gay and gay-friendly venues in the city centre.
4 May 2012
UKIP candidate who claimed link between homosexuality and child abuse loses local election bid 151 Dr Julia Gasper, a UKIP Oxford city council candidate who claimed gays account for 3 percent of the population and half of child abuse, has failed in her second bid to win public office.
1 May 2012
George Galloway alerted to squatter by ‘bottle of gin and gay video’ 33 Newly re-elected Respect MP George Galloway had said he had to tighten security at his London home after a 'gay video' and a bottle of gin alerted him to the presence of a squatter.
23 April 2012
Gay Police Association concern over Scottish forces’ badged Bibles offer 156 The Gay Police Association in Scotland and UNISON have expressed concern over an offer to the police forces of Scotland of free Bibles branded with each one's badge, saying they should not 'endorse a book containing text which condemns homosexuality'.
18 April 2012
Comment: The gay community, the police and the question of trust 73 Stuart Ross writes that police services need to continue rebuilding confidence with the LGBT communities, and communities need to challenge police by reporting hate crime.
11 April 2012
Gloucester police appeal after man bitten in anti-gay attack 9 Gloucester police have released an image of a bite injury sustained by a man who was subjected to homophobic abuse in an early-morning assault.
10 April 2012
Devon police appeal for witnesses to driver’s homophobic comments 7 Police are appealing for witnesses to come forward following an incident in Gold Street in the Devon town of Tiverton.

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