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LGBTI security and equality: Europe and the USA

The Orlando massacre exemplifies the link between insecurity and inequality. And it is European institutions that have delivered both for the LGBTI community in the UK

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Vigil to unite in the wake of the Orlando Pulse shooting
Vigil to unite in the wake of the Orlando Pulse shooting

 

In Orlando, the LGBTI community were massacred where we feel safest. Gay bars and clubs are venues for a good night out, but they are also places of refuge. Are those places of safety now threatened by mass murder?

The terror attacks in Orlando re-emphasise how vulnerable we are, but do we have to accept that defencelessness? The culture of contempt for the LGBTI community continues to thrive across the globe. Wherever most of us live we are considered, in varying degrees, by some to be legitimate objects of disgust.