Day: August 20, 2017

Montreal has apologised to the LGBT+ community for historic Police raids and institutional discrimination. As Montreal celebrates Pride, Mayor Denis Coderre and Police Chief Philippe Pichet have issued the apology after calls from the opposition and public to do so. More than 800 people were arrested in the raids that took place from the 1970s […]

LGBT+ support service OUTLine has seen a 50 percent increase in the number of calls received, with more than 11,000 calls received over a one year period ending 31 March. OUTLine General Manager, Trevor Easton, puts the increase down to the organisation raising its profile drastically over the past few years. “I think it’s more […]

A psychologist working in Californian prisons claims she was demoted and threatened by colleagues, including being locked in a room with prisoners, after she reported the mistreatment of LGBT+ inmates. Lori Jesperson has filed a lawsuit against the state of California and has worked for the corrections department for almost ten years, eight of these […]