Enough is Enough
Almost all of us have experienced homophobia at some point in our lives and we know that there are cases where people have been murdered just because of their sexuality.
We have to challenge this and we need you to help us.
Through a simple postcard questionnaire we will be asking people what happened to them, where it happened and when it happened.
Homophobia is a crime. If you haven't reported it yet or taken any action we can help you - even if you just want to tell us more about your experience.
Just fill in your contact details on the online form or include it in your email or letter and we'll get in touch.
Homophobia can be anything from verbal or physical abuse or damage to property.
We want to invite people to share their stories with us (anonymously) so that we can gather enough information about how homophobia affects us all and:
• Highlight the issue with local authorities, police authorities, housing agencies, funders etc.
• Share our stories for the benefit of other lesbian gay and bisexual people so they are informed about what to do if they are ever in a position to challenge homophobia.
• Hold people to account who do not take homophobia seriously enough i.e: schools, employers, venue owners etc.
• Let people know that homophobia in all it's forms is unacceptable and we will not tolerate it.
Please do fill in a postcard, you can download the postcards below and send it back to us via email.
Together we can stamp out homophobia wherever it appears, but we can't do it without you.
ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!
kitty
16:16 Wed 20th August 2008
When a written declaration to get mutual recognition of same sex couples with the EU was submitted at the EP last year I tried emailing all MEPS to get support for this, their replies were quite telling on what they really thought of gay rights. An article in PINKNEWS highlightled those MEPS that supported this written declaration. I believe all labour MEPS signed it and the majority of the lib dems. Here are some comments from other meps: Nigel Farage UKIP party's reply "The UKIP was elected in order to expose this danger and to oppose the continuance and growth of the EU's jurisdiction. Consequently, Mr Farage votes against all EU-legislation and does not support Written Declarations calling for EU-legislation, however well-meaning they may appear." A conservative MEP's opinion "I am not willing to sign a declaration that refers to same sex marriages so it is regrettable that the authors chose to include this wording " Beware of who you vote for!!.