Tag: England
John Fashanu: ‘I paid my brother Justin to keep quiet over his homosexuality’
Former England striker John Fashanu has admitted that he once bribed his brother Justin in a bid to prevent him from coming out as gay.
England player and another Premier League star set to come out as gay
They would be the first footballers to come out publicly while playing in the top flight of the English game.
15,000 gay couples in England, Wales tie the knot since change in law
More than 7,300 same sex couples in England and Wales have said those immortal words “I do” since the law on marriage changed last year, figures released Tuesday in London revealed.
Figures reveal a ‘shocking’ rise in homophobic hate crimes
Forces recorded 5,597 hate crimes against gays and lesbians in 2014-15, a rise of 22 per cent
Homophobic hate crime victims ‘more willing to come forward’
A rise in homophobic hate crime figures is because victims are “now more willing to come forward”, said West Yorkshire Police.
Pratt & Smith – Last men hanged in England for gay sex
One hundred and eighty years ago, on 27 November 1835, a crowd gathered outside Newgate Prison in London to witness a macabre, notorious and historic event – the hanging of the last two men in England to be executed for the ‘abominable crime of buggery’ (anal sex).