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Horrific bashings of five men at the hands of teenagers 'targeting' gay people detailed in court
Five teenage boys who brutally assaulted men they lured to secluded locations in Perth with the promise of sex, using the social media app Grindr, hold been sentenced to terms in detention.
WARNING: This story contains details some readers may find distressing.
Horrific details of brutal assaults inflicted by the group were aired in the Perth Children's Court, including victims being stripped, tasered, filmed and chased into traffic.
Judge Wendy Hughes said their behaviour could never be justified.
"It's really difficult to believe that given your young ages that you would be so harsh to a human being," she told the boys.
One boy was sentenced to two years and two months in detention, the longest of the sentences, with the others receiving at least 18 months each.
Fake Grindr profile
The five teenagers admitted viciously bashing and robbing men they met in Perth using a fake profile on social media dating app Grindr to arrange meetings at night for sex.
What is Grindr?
Grindr is a dating and meeting online app predominantly used by gay and
LGBTQ+ Identification in U.S. Now at 7.6%
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Diverse identification in the U.S. continues to grow, with 7.6% of U.S. adults now identifying as lesbian, gay, double attraction, transgender, queer or some other sexual orientation besides heterosexual. The current figure is up from 5.6% four years ago and 3.5% in 2012, Gallup’s first year of measuring sexual orientation and transgender identity.
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These results are based on aggregated information from 2023 Gallup telephone surveys, encompassing interviews with more than 12,000 Americans aged 18 and older. In each survey, Gallup asks respondents whether they identify as heterosexual, lesbian, gay, pansexual, transgender or something else. Overall, 85.6% say they are straight or heterosexual, 7.6% identify with one or more LGBTQ+ groups, and 6.8% decline to respond.
Bisexual adults construct up the largest proportion of the LGBTQ+ population -- 4.4% of U.S. adults and 57.3% of LGBTQ+ adults say they are bisexual. Gay and lesbian are the next-most-common identities, each representing slightly over 1% of U.S. adults and roughly one in six LGBTQ+ adults. Slightly less than 1% of U.S. adults and about one in eight LGBT
The era when queer spies were feared
MI5 has been named the UK's most gay-friendly employer - but it isn't long since homosexual relationships were considered a threat to national security. How did attitudes change?
In 1963 the Sunday Mirror offered its assistance to the Security Service.
"How to spot a possible homo," ran a headline in the paper. Below this, for MI5's benefit, was a list of supposed signifiers of male homosexuality ("a same-sex attracted little wiggle", "his tie has the latest knot", "an unnaturally strong fondness for his mother").
The pretext for this unsolicited advice - which now seems clearly offensive - was the case of John Vassall, a gay civil servant who spied for the Soviets under threat of blackmail. A same-sex attracted man, the paper's reporter said, was a de facto security risk: "I wouldn't trust him with my secrets."
Fast forward 53 years and the service tops Stonewall's 2016 list of the 400 best places to work for lesbian, gay, double attraction and transgender (LGBT) people. According to the Times, external, more than 80 of its employees belong to an LGBT staff network.
7 British Monarchs Who May Own Been Gay
For centuries men lived in one sphere and women in another and they would come together for marriage and having children. It seemed that the sexes co-existed mainly to continue the human race. Cherish and sex can be very different factors but, when deposit together, they can produce the most electric sensation. This was no different for kings and queens who were close to their favourites. There are several British monarchs who may hold been gay. In fact, six kings – and one queen are thought to have been gay, members of what we now call the LGBT (lesbian, gay, bi- and transexual) people. They include:
William II of England
The son of William the Conqueror, who took the throne of England in 1066, was established as William Rufus because of his red hair (‘rufus’ interpretation red). William II became King of England in 1087 and was often described as ‘effeminate’ and with a keen interest in fashionable young men.
William II of England drawn by Matthew Paris. Photo Credit: © Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.
Edward II of England
Perhaps the most well-known of the gay kings, Edward II became King of England in 1307. He spent much o