Articles about Tower Hamlets

12 February 2013
East London gay pub faces uncertain future 15 London’s gay community is being urged to help save a popular gay bar from the threat of closure.
24 January 2013
Comment: A call for tolerance between London’s Muslim and LGBT communities 220 In light of recent events in east London, Wais Islam, a former Tower Hamlets Labour councillor, says it’s important to remember the area belongs to people of all ethnicities, sexual orientations and religions.
24 January 2013
London: ‘Muslim Patrol’ homophobia YouTube victim urged to contact police + A man subjected to homophobic abuse in east London by a group of men who said it was a “Muslim area” is being urged to contact the Metropolitan Police.
29 August 2012
Gay Met inspector claims he was pushed out of the force by ‘bullying’ 17 A gay police inspector has claimed he was forced out of his role after being unlawfully arrested by allegedly homophobic special constables.
27 February 2012
Council pushed on future of London gay pub’s amateur strip night 33 A community forum is urging Tower Hamlets council in east London to clarify whether a gay pub which holds a weekly comedy strip night is at risk from a new draft policy banning 'sex establishments'.
17 February 2012
Comment: East London gay pub isn’t at risk, so why smear Ken Livingstone? 133 Tom Copley argues that the White Swan pub in Tower Hamlets is not being threatened under 'sex establishment' rules and attempts to associate Ken Livingstone with the plans are part of a smear campaign against the former mayor.
25 December 2011
The top UK LGBT stories of 2011 24 As 2011 draws to a close, PinkNews.co.uk takes a look back at the most important stories of the last twelve months.
26 September 2011
500 attend East London Pride 15 Five hundred people joined a Pride march through east London on Saturday after a troubled year for the area.
5 September 2011
Comment: Peter Tatchell on Saturday’s anti-English Defence League protest 356 Gay rights campaigner Peter Tatchell, who joined Saturday's counter-demo against the English Defence League, argues that the Left must do more to oppose far-right Islamists.
18 July 2011
More extremist posters appear in East London 217 More extremist posters have been discovered in the East London borough of Tower Hamlets.
1 June 2011
Man fined for East End anti-gay stickers 111 An 18-year-old Muslim man has been fined for posting homophobic stickers around London’s East End.
13 May 2011
Teen arrested over anti-gay stickers may be charged with inciting hatred + Prosecutors are considering whether to charge a teenager arrested over homophobic stickers in London's East End with inciting anti-gay hatred.
21 April 2011
Man, 18, arrested over east London anti-gay stickers 227 An 18-year-old man has been arrested in connection with homophobic stickers plastered around London's east end.
4 March 2011
Homophobia ‘growing’ in Lutfur Rahman’s East London council chambers 298 Councillors in the East London borough of Tower Hamlets say that the public gallery in the council chamber is becoming increasingly filled with supporters of Mayor Lutfur Rahman, who are shouting homophobic abuse.

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