From:-Pinkpaper. Homophobic Equality Awards

This article from:-

Equality awards going to “homophobic” workplaces
BY David Viney

A senior policeman has said his “homophobic” police force shouldn’t have been ranked as one of the country’s best gay employers.
Inspector Bernard McEldowney, who is openly gay and was the first serving officer to come out on television, said he was surprised to see the West Midlands force ranked 33rd in Stonewall’s Workplace Equality Index.

“I have found elements of the force, particularly certain senior officers, to be homophobic,” he told Birmingham’s Sunday Mercury newspaper.

McEldowney said he suffered in the force after he said he was gay on ITV’s Crime Stalker in 1996.

He said: “The initial response from colleagues was positive, but gradually I realised that more senior officers were less pleased. Some older members of the force come from a time when homosexuality was associated with criminal offences such as cruising.

“It’s hard for them to shake it off, even when they’re gay themselves,” the paper reported him as saying.

“At one point I was suspended for the kind of disciplinary matter that normally doesn’t even make it to court.

“Another time, I was interviewed by a local journalist, to whom I said that I wasn’t happy with how gay issues were progressing. When the journalist asked my superior for a comment, he called me into his office and told me to deny what I’d said.

“I refused and since then I have felt underappreciated and believe I have been overlooked.”

The force said in a statement that it had a robust complaints procedure for staff and that it sought to “treat all persons… with dignity and respect and with fairness and equality.”

This week the Gay Business Association also claimed that companies that had been commended for their gay rights policies were still failing employees.

The association’s director, Stephen Coote, said that “a number of concerns” had been raised by members at an event last year.
“These people worked at banks, for example, which had all their Brownie points for being gay friendly on paper. But they found that the same companies were involved in ongoing cases of prejudice against gay people, so how genuine are they really?” said Coote.

PinkPasty Opinion:- Devon & Cornwall police rated 77th on the list. HOW the F***?

Given some gay peoples negative experiences and uninvestigated complaints of Cornwall police misconduct. How? How? How did Devon & Cornwall Constabulary even get on the list?

Stonewall, please!!!

Cornwall LGBT Valentines Night!

Ouch! I've just been given a poke in the ribs either with a horny little devils pitch fork or one of cupids arrows!

An LGBT Valentines night at the Caharrick Social Club (Nr St.Day, Cornwall) for the 'Friends of Dorothy'. An expression so seldom heard these days!

This was the venue for last years very successful LGBT "Saddle Tramps" reunion night.

Valentines Night :Saturday 16th Febuary @ The Caharrick Social Club

details/info. email:- dorothys_friends@yahoo.co.uk

Holocaust Memorial Day (The often forgotten Gay Aspect)

Holocaust Memorial Day 27th Jan 2008

Many years ago my dear partner Andy and I on a trip to Amsterdam laid flowers on this Pink Triangle, permenant memorial to the gay persons murdered by the Nazi.

A dear old gay man I used to know in his 80's once told me "We as gay people are are only ever one government away from the gas chambers"

In 1930's Berlin the was considerable liberal attitudes towards gay persons. That all changed with the German Nationalist Socialist Party. Vigulence against institutional homophobic prejudice & finding the courage to speak out when it is encountered is still needed today.

Those who continue today with petty homophobia, the victimisation of people due to their sexuality, are of exactly the same mentality as those who happily stoked the ovens & gas chambers in the death camps run by Nazi Germany. They too were in authority, in position to abuse their power and wore state provided uniforms! They too believed in their right to violate, persicute & brutilise those different to themselves.

From:- Plymouth Evening Hearald. Homophbic Incident!

From:- The Plymouth Evening Hearald:- 27th Jan 08

A man out walking two dogs in a city park was subjected to a homophobic verbal assault, police said today.

The man was walking his two dogs in Devonport Park in the Stoke area of Plymouth when two youths shouted abusive and homophobic remarks to him.

The offenders were both by the children's play area in the park.

They are both described as white boys aged around 15 years-old and around 5 ft 6 in tall and of slim build.

One had short, dark hair and was wearing a black shell suit and white trainers. He spoke with a Liverpool accent and was carrying a dog lead.

The second offender had short very ginger hair, pale complexion and crooked front teeth. He was wearing a light blue T-shirt, light blue shell suit and white trainers.

Any information to the police on 08452 777444 quoting ED/08/592

Pink Pasty Opinion:- If we could only get Cornwall police to react as quickly to the homophobic conduct of their police colleagues in Cornwall! Some of us still remember the brutal murder of a gay man in a Plymouth Park some years ago. The three youths who commited that murder (and there were several other brutal assaults at the time) probably started off with verbally abusing people they thought were gay.

Independent Police Complaints Commission. When Pigs might fly?

First thank you, over ELEVEN THOUSAND people accessed my blogspot. Thank you again over TWENTY THOUSAND people accessed one of my videos on YOUTUBE in just three weeks!

I had to share this.

In a recent communication, someone questioned 'why' I am even bothering to raise awareness of an issue of homophobic police conduct which 'most' gay people know anyway and my fruitlessly trying to get Cornwall police to examine the misconduct & practises of some of their 'less than honest' police officers encountered.

"Malcolm, (they said) what you are doing, it is like trying to train a pig to fly. You will only discover two things 1. It cannot be done. 2. It seriously pisses off the pig!" Well it made me chuckle.

True:- The Home office in 2005 said 'Homophobia was endemic throughout the police'
True:- Complaints against Devon & Cornwall Constabulary rose by 19%, making them the 5th highest police force out of 43 police forces with complaints against them.
True:- of 354 homophobic incidents reported to Devon & Cornwall Police, only 13 were finalised in court

However, that reminded me I once had a discussion about 'muggers' with an x-bf. What would be our reaction if a mugger tried to take our wallets.

a. My partners responce was, hand it over and hope (my bfs stance) personally he was not hurt, but the mugger got the wallet.
b. My responce was, have a go. I might keep my wallet & it may deter the mugger from having a go at the next poor victim!

That is also my stance with my experience of Homophobic Cornwall police. The police assumption about gay peoples lives & lifestyles, the police willingness to lie, misrepresent, cover up their misconduct, abuse, disregard by police to policy & new laws to protect gay people, etc. all carried out by Cornwall police officers in my personal experience & observation.

The police assumtion (like that of a mugger) was as a 'fag' victim I would simply role over. My reaction is to react back...and keep reacting back...because, police like a 'mugger', it may make them think twice in the future in not making assumptions about gay people as an easy soft target & the diversity of our gay lifestyles, and that we are no longer are easy for them to 'homophobically' bump up their arrest targets.

For the benefit of some Cornwall Police officers I have personally encountered:-

Please read:- the 'TRUE VISION' policy which Devon & Cornwall Constabulary HAVE signed up to.
Please read:- the Crown Prosecution Service definition of a 'Homophobic Incident'
Please be aware that there is an EQUAL age of consent at 16yrs for both heterosexuals & HOMOSEXUALS, which came into effect on 1st January 2001.
Please be aware that homosexuality was decriminalised 40 years ago!

I mention these things as the MAJORITY of the police officers I have personally encountered in Cornwall seem blissfully ignorant of the above!

Meanwhile, as a result of my complaints to the Independent Police Complaints Commission 2004/2006...we did rapidly get appointment last year of three new LGBT diversity officers for Cornwall,... for the little that now seems worth.

But, I ask, if a pig jumps up off the ground, does it count as a first step to it eventually learning to fly?

From:- Dan Rogerson Mp:- Devon & Cornwall Police

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delga

I lifted this article from Lib Dem Mp, Dan Rogerson (who HAS been pretty supportive of LGBT issues, unlike my negative experience of attitudes of Lib Dem's Andrew George Mp & Colin Breed Mp towards gay equality issues). Although I personally am a Liberal Democrat voter, Andrew George MP will NOT be getting my vote due to his negative attitude towards a homeless 15yr old gay youth in Cornwall).


However, Article begins:-

"Give Devon and Cornwall Police force the support it deserves" - Liberal Democrats (Cornwall)
January 22, 2007

Marking the start of their “We Can Cut Crime” campaign, Devon and Cornwall’s Liberal Democrat MPs have tabled a Parliamentary motion, criticising the Government for its lack of support given to the region’s police force.

The motion welcomes the new Chief Constable, Mr Stephen Otter, to his post and praises his commitment to increase public confidence in the local police. However, it also expresses concern at the Government’s announcement that Devon and Cornwall will have to reduce its budget by £7 million in 2008 and highlights the Home Office decision to renege on its promise to fund 179 extra Community Support Officers in the region.

Research published by the Liberal Democrats has revealed that only one in every hundred crimes committed leads to a court conviction.

Commenting, Julia Goldsworthy MP for Falmouth and Camborne, said:

“After a difficult period, the new Chief Constable will face some tough challenges but he clearly has high ambitions for what can be achieved in Devon and Cornwall. We will be doing all we can to ensure that his force will receive all the support it needs and deserves from this Government.”

“Whilst the Government has been quick to produce headline grabbing soundbites, these have not been matched by fair funding for our police force.

Nick Harvey, MP for Devon North added:

“Our cutting crime campaign recognises that legislation is not a proxy for action and instead outlines the five ways in which Liberal Democrats would make Britain safer.

“Instead of botched merger proposals and budget reductions, Devon and Cornwall deserves more police offers, free from bureaucracy, so that local people can feel safer.”

Article ends:-

PinkPasty Opinon:- I don't feel safer when it is the police officers who are instigating crime, lying, misleading, misrepresenting, abusing, violating, traumatising, victimising...or perhaps thats just Cornwall police officers attituteds towards gay persons?

With Devon & Cornwall police being the 5th highest out of the 43 police forces nation wide with most complaints made against them (..and SO MANY COMPLAINTS WHICH NEVER GET reported,accepted, acted upon or investigated) who would be niave enough to trust a Cornwall police officer..if you were gay?

To my knowledge the Cornwall police force, in recent years has been accused of:-

1. Failure of ‘Duty of Care’ to a homeless 15yr old teenage gay youth (UNIVESTIGATED)
2. Attempted blackmail of a teenage gay youth (UNINVESTIGATED)
3. Abuse of a gay teenager in a strip search & botched ‘Stop & Search’ (UNIVESTIGATED)
4. Seizing of a computer & destruction of a gay businesses (UNIVESTIGATED)
5. Failure to follow ‘TRUE VISION’ & CPS definition of ‘Homophobic Incident’ following serious physical assault of two gay/bi persons (UNIVESTIGATED)
6. Refusal to take statements from Gay/Bi witnesses (UNIVESTIGATED)
7. Withholding Court legal documentation (Investigated, but pitifully excused by the IPCC)
8. Perjury by a police officer in Crown Court (UNINVESTIGATED)
9. Denying a gay person arrested and held in Custody food for in excess of 7hours (investigated, but pitifully excused by the IPCC)
10. Obstruction by police to making a complaint against the police (investigated, but pitifully excused by the IPCC)
11. Un-logged visits by police officers to further intimidate complaintents against the police (UNIVESTIGATED)

I am personally in NO DOUBT that we have in Cornwall, a corrupt & dishonest police force which ACTIVELY covers the abuses & misconduct of Cornwall police officers, and I would not support police recieving one single penny more whilst we have such a dire, prejudicial police force in Cornwall.

If there are police officers who find this critisicim difficult...then root out those homophobic, dishonest coppers in Cornwall...if it helps I can help with a list of Cornwall police officers I know off to start with.

From the BBC:- Cornwall Complaints against Police Again

From the BBC;- Police complaints show 19% rise

Police said they were 'disappointed' with the figures Complaints against Devon and Cornwall police force went up by 19% over the past 12 months.

The rise to 990 complaints puts the force fifth in a table of 43 forces in England and Wales.

The rise is nearly twice the 10% increase in claims against forces in England and Wales, said the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC).

The Devon and Cornwall force said it was "disappointed", but was committed to reducing complaints.

Last year there were 241 allegations per 1,000 police officers in the Devon and Cornwall force, said the IPCC.

But the force said more than 90% of complaints investigated were unsubstantiated.

Deputy Chief Constable Tony Melville said the force was committed to reducing complaints and numbers were already down since the latest figures were recorded in April.

He said: "Of course it is disappointing that some people are not satisfied with the service they have received."

BBC Article ends:-

Pink Pasty Opinion:- This is a complete farce, since MOST complaints against police are obstructed, ignored, or not recorded by the police...at least that is our experience of Cornwall police. What the force 'should have said is' 90% of complaints AGAINST the police go UN-INVESTIGATED! Yes I can believe the force is commited to reducing complaints...by ignoring them!

To my knowledge the Cornwall police force, in recent years has been accused of:-

1. Failure of ‘Duty of Care’ to a homeless 15yr old teenage gay youth (UNIVESTIGATED)
2. Attempted blackmail of a teenage gay youth (UNINVESTIGATED)
3. Abuse of a gay teenager in a strip search & botched ‘Stop & Search’ (UNIVESTIGATED)
4. Seizing of a computer & destruction of a gay businesses (UNIVESTIGATED)
5. Failure to follow ‘TRUE VISION’ & CPS definition of ‘Homophobic Incident’ following serious physical assault of two gay/bi persons (UNIVESTIGATED)
6. Refusal to take statements from Gay/Bi witnesses (UNIVESTIGATED)
7. Withholding Court legal documentation (Investigated, but pitifully excused by the IPCC)
8. Perjury by a police officer in Crown Court (UNINVESTIGATED)
9. Denying a gay person arrested and held in Custody food for in excess of 7hours (investigated, but pitifully excused by the IPCC)
10. Obstruction by police to making a complaint against the police (investigated, but pitifully excused by the IPCC)
11. Un-logged visits by police officers to further intimidate complaintents against the police (UNIVESTIGATED)

I am personally in NO doubt that we have in Cornwall, a corrupt & dishonest police force which ACTIVELY covers the abuses & misconduct of police officers.

Sunday Mirror:- Cornwall police suggest a good f***ing...

Ahhhh! Our wonderful Devon & Cornwall Police

Hope he got a good f***ing shoeing in the cells ...

Sunday Mirror, Dec 2, 2007 by JUSTIN PENROSE Crime Correspondent

A HERO police officer has been accused of posting shocking videos on Facebook encouraging colleagues to give prisoners a "f****** good shoeing".
PC Nestor Costa, who won praise earlier this year for risking his life to stop a man blowing up a block of flats, faces the sack over claims that he put two videos and inflammatory comments on another policeman's Facebook profile.
One 80-second clip on the social networking site - which has 1.3million UK users - shows a youth pulling a knife on an officer in the custody suite of a Devon police station.
In dramatic scenes, four policemen then jump on him and pin him down.
Beneath it, written under Costa's name, is the comment: "Look at this stupid c***, hope he gets a good f****** shoeing in the cells."
And, appearing to encourage colleagues, he wrote: "And remember, let's not be so soft on these c**** out there." There is no evidence that the suspect was actually assaulted.
It is also claimed that PC Costa, 31, posted another clip from the US showing an overweight woman trying to resist arrest. She also pulls a knife on the police but is eventually overpowered - leaving the knife embedded in her chest. Underneath is the comment: "Another crazy c*** wanting to have a go."
Both officers' Facebook profiles were removed when the "inappropriate comments" were highlighted.
PC Costa, who works for Devon and Cornwall Police, has been suspended and is being investigated by the Independent Police Complaints Commission.
Last night Devon and Cornwall Police confirmed that an internal investigation has been launched.
Assistant Chief Constable Bob Pennington said: "We are aware that a video clip with inappropriate comments was posted on Facebook by a serving police officer. However, the item is no longer on public view.
"I am grateful that this incident has been brought to our attention. We are now carrying out a thorough internal investigation and appropriate action will be taken."
He added: "Devon and Cornwall Police had recently advised all staff of the high standards of behaviour expected from them whenever they are identifiable as representatives of the force using internet networking sites."
In February this year PC Costa was praised for risking his life when he and a colleague foiled an attempt to blow up a block of flats.
The pair tackled a man who was trying to heat up a car battery in a gas oven and firemen estimated it was only two minutes from exploding like a bomb.
The Facebook videos came to light after PC Costa allegedly broke a man's arm during an arrest.
Simon Wainwright, 33, claims he suffered a broken left elbow when PC Costa twisted his arm behind his back as he was arrested for being abusive to police. He claims he was just telling officers that there was a fight going on down the road.
He is now set to sue the police and decided to see if there was any information on the internet.
"I was staggered when I saw the comments apparently made by this officer and especially the level of swearing on the Facebook site," said Mr Wainwright, of Exeter.
"But after my own terrifying experience I wasn't surprised. I thought the police were supposed to be stopping violence, not inciting it."
PC Costa is the latest policeman to be investigated over material posted on Facebook. Scotland Yard launched a probe in July after officers were filmed handcuffing each other to chairs and performing a mock striptease.
justin.penrose@sundaymirror.co.uk

Pink Pasty Opinion:- At least this is "allegedly" being investigated...but I would not hold my breath...he'll probably get a promotion! In my experience, like that of Mr Wainright, I thought police were 'supposed' to investigate crime...not manafacture it or 'bury' it when its their own officers, as has happened in Cornwall in my own experience and observation of others abused by Cornwall police misconduct

From:- Thisiscornwall.co.uk: New Cornwall Gay Bar

Article from:- thisiscornwall.co.uk

NEWQUAY GAY BAR TO OPEN BY SUMMER

09:00 - 23 January 2008



A gay bar will open in Newquay in time for the summer tourist season.The pink pound will be ringing the tills of Corkers Quayside, in Fore Street, when it becomes the town's only pub catering for gay and lesbian drinkers.

A refit will take place over the coming weeks to give the bar its new identity before it is officially opened by Mr Gay UK Daniel Broughton.

There will be new signs outside as well as new furniture and internal decorations.

Ross Connock, who owns all three Corkers venues in Newquay, believed his bar would cater for a "niche in the market".

He said: "I am not sure when we will be open but we will certainly be open for the summer season. There is a massive gay community and if you look at the outlets in Truro, they are doing very well. We have to explore it. We have always been one for leading the field and we feel this is something that will be successful."

Mr Connock thought the bar would be popular with Cornish gay people and tourists from further afield.

It will also welcome straight people who want to eat, drink and enjoy the atmosphere.

Mr Connock said: "We have had a lot of response on the internet from the gay community and it has been positive. We feel there is a market there. People don't realise there are lots of gay tourists here already."

From:- PinkNEWS. Crown Prosecution Service

The Article from Pink News>

23rd January 2008 15:01
PinkNews.co.uk staff writer

The Crown Prosecution Service is to examine the way in which hate crimes are dealt with.

CPS Direct, the department responsible for charging suspects out of hours, has initiated a Hate Crime Scrutiny.

It will review how CPS Direct advises the police on domestic violence, disability, homophobic, racist and religiously aggravated crime.

The panel will also look at crimes which target the elderly and those where children are involved as either victims or witnesses.

Martin Goldman, Chief Crown Prosecutor for CPS Direct said:

"Hate crimes are particularly nasty because victims are targeted solely because of their vulnerability, identity or beliefs.

"Through the Hate Crime Scrutiny Panel we are seeking to raise confidence among these communities in the quality of our decisions.

"By raising awareness and promoting understanding of how CPS Direct works, and by building greater confidence in the way we handle hate crime, we hope that more people will come forward and report such crime, and be willing to act as witnesses and jurors."

The panel's membership includes independent representatives from Voice UK, Liverpool City Council, University of Northumbria, Action on Elder Abuse, Stop It Now! and the Sexual Assault Referral Centres (SARCs).

With a CPS Direct facilitator they review examples of hate crimes where the initial charging advice was given by CPS Direct lawyers in order to identify strengths, weaknesses or trends in the decision making.

Examples of good practice and any learning points will be shared with CPS Direct lawyers.

The panel's aim is to increase understanding of how the decision making process can be improved from a community perspective and, ultimately, contribute to a reduction in the number of unsuccessful outcomes for cases of hate crime.

Article ends:-

Pink Pasty opinion:- Much as this is to be welcomed on the part of the CPS, (if the CPS actually carrys it out at all?) its not much good when organisations like Cornwall police simply turn a blind eye to homophobic HATE CRIME, the 'TRUE VISION' policy and the current existing CPS definition of a homophobic incident.

Excuse my sceptical stance, but Police in Cornwall ROUTINELY ignore homophobic motivated hate crime in my personal experience.

In 2005: The Lord Justice Kay award research revealed the number of homophobic incidents reported to Devon & Cornwall police was THREE HUNDRED & FIFTY FOUR, but only 13 of these were finalised in Court, many were never finalised (or investigated properly?)

Whilst Cornwall police continue to blind eye homophobically motivated incidents against gay persons...in some gay persons current experience of police in Cornwall of TARGETING & victimising gay people...there may be little good in the CPS expressed intentions (Mind you...We heard a similar story, spin?, flannel? & smoke screen? from The Independent Police Complaints Commission)

..and the situation there is ....

The Cornwall police force, in recent years has been accused of:-

1. Failure of ‘Duty of Care’ to a homeless 15yr old teenage gay youth (UNIVESTIGATED)
2. Attempted blackmail of a teenage gay youth (UNINVESTIGATED)
3. Abuse of a gay teenager in a strip search & botched ‘Stop & Search’ (UNIVESTIGATED)
4. Seizing of a computer & destruction of a gay businesses (UNIVESTIGATED)
5. Failure to follow ‘TRUE VISION’ & CPS definition of ‘Homophobic Incident’ following serious physical assault of two gay/bi persons (UNIVESTIGATED)
6. Refusal to take statements from Gay/Bi witnesses (UNIVESTIGATED)
7. Withholding Court legal documentation (Investigated, but pitifully excused by the IPCC)
8. Perjury by a police officer in Crown Court (UNINVESTIGATED)
9. Denying a gay person arrested and held in Custody food for in excess of 7hours (investigated, but pitifully excused by the IPCC)
10. Obstruction by police to making a complaint against the police (investigated, but pitifully excused by the IPCC)
11. Un-logged visits by police officers to further intimidate complaintents against the police (UNIVESTIGATED)

…and there is more!

Personally, in Cornwall I do not believe that Gay people are well served by a judicial system, in which at least one Judge in Truro, Cornwall in 2006 was of the belief that the Equal Age of Consent did not come into effect for homosexuals until May 2004 (it was actually Jan 2001, but then this is backward Cornwall). An equality in Law, for which so many gay people fought to achieve, but seemingly not effectual in the judicial system of Cornwall?

If the CPS is serious about revuing HATE CRIME...please start with Cornwall police and their conduct & practises against/towards gay persons! I can even provide a list of Cornwall police officers to start with since the IPCC can't be bothered!

Henry Scott Tuke reported as Child Porn!

A Pink Pasty video on YOUTUBE featuring paintings by Cornish based artist Henry Scott Tuke has been reported as CHILD PORN. (IT IS NOT)

This was despite it being featured as TOP educational video on YOUTUBE (uk) for TWO WEEKS.



The paintings in the Pink Pasty video are held in such respected places as:-

The Guildhall, London.
Pyms Gallery, London.
The Royal Polytechnic Society, Cornwall.
Baden Powell House (Scouting HQ).
The City of LEEDS gallery.
The TE Lawrence Museum, National Trust.
Royal Institute of Cornwall
Royal Academy of Arts, London
Forbes Magazine Collection, New York
Sotherbys, London
The Tate Gallery, London

However, We have come to expect this sort of HOMOPHOBIC mentality from Cornwall Police!

What with Manchester PRIDE under threat with funding cuts to Queerupnorth and the Drill Hall theatre, London, facing closure due to Arts Council THREATS TO WITHDRAW FUNDING, If you think the fight for 'Gay Equality' is over

...please think again!

Devon & Cornwall Constabulary - Gay PRIDE

Cornwall Gay Pride & Police Constabulary continuing Homophobic Corruption?


A Gay Community Update:- This weekend 20/01/08:- A false accuser who made allegation against a gay person in Cornwall has made further outrageous claims in a public-internet forum that the person against whom he (the accuser) made serious allegation, has now been to court and the gay person “SENT DOWN”, sent to prison for the alleged offence.

… the falsely accused gay person is NOT languishing behind bars not “SENT DOWN” in a HMP location as alleged by the false accuser on an internet website.

This came as a great shock to the falsely accused gay person & his friends, family & supporters, who read this on the internet whilst at home. Since the relentless ongoing Cornwall police homophobic conduct & the false allegation against him, the gay man has been trying to piece together and rebuild his life.

The falsely accused gay person had gone out with friends & supporters to a Cornwall gay bar and club only this very weekend, this despite yet further incidents by homophobic conduct of Cornwall police towards him in recent months.

The allegation against him had in fact been NFA’d (No Further Action) by Cornwall police last year…NO Charges, NO Prosecution & NO Conviction. The falsely accused gay person, had certainly NOT been to Court regarding this false allegation made against him & had NOT been now “Sent Down’ as is now being said by his false accuser on a public website. Despite this being reported to Cornwall police they do “nothing” as it would clearly not be in the Cornwall police interests to re-investigate the CATALOGUE of misconduct by their own police officers!!!

Highlighting once again genuine & justified gay community concerns about continuing homophobic attitudes & practises still prevalent, embedded & PROTECTED within the Devon & Cornwall Constabulary, in particular CID.

The History:- The allegations against a gay steering group member of the 2007 Cornwall PRIDE group has had serious implications regarding furthering distrust in the conduct of Cornwall police towards gay persons.

The PRIDE steering group of gay men, gay women, & of gay youth originally formed to hold a LGBT Gay PRIDE gathering in August, the summer of 2007, on a beautiful beach in Cornwall, in the United Kingdom.

The successful 2007 Gay PRIDE Beach picnic gathering did take place on a Cornish beach, near Hayle. It was a stunning day, very social atmosphere amongst the men & women & the weather was perfect. It was a return to the original concept of Gay PRIDE, as envisaged by the steering group primary members, a gay community presence, and not a commercial driven activity.

However, the Cornwall Gay PRIDE gathering completely marred and overshadowed by malice & habitual Cornwall police homophobic conduct.

Prior to the PRIDE day, on three separate occasions, the Cornwall LGBT PRIDE steering group had met and the twenty or so members voted unanimously on three separate occasions NOT to involve the local Cornwall police in the Cornwall Gay PRIDE Beach Day. This was due to serious local gay community concerns about continuing experiences of homophobic attitudes & practises prevalent within the Cornwall police force over many years. One member of the PRIDE group has been a target over several years of prolonged homophobic conduct & vendetta by Cornwall police and had made complaints to the Independent Police Complaints Commission in 2004 & 2006.

The IPCC half heartedly investigated a few of a CATALOGUE of complaints, but ignored numerous witnesses, ignored entirely some complaints and handed some complaints over to the Cornwall internal ‘professional standards unit’, who seemingly promptly buried the complaints against their police buddies in the Cornwall police force.

Despite only a tiny fraction of the catalogue of complaints against police being investigated, as a result of the gay persons complaints, the IPCC still made early in 2006, twenty-two recommendations of needed improvement in public service by the Devon & Cornwall constabulary. However, Cornwall police have effectively ignored these recommendations by the IPCC in the continuing negative experience of some gay persons in Cornwall of the local homophobic police force.

The IPCC BANNED in writing, the Cornwall gay complaintent from taking the 2006 findings of the IPCC enquiry to national gay or civil liberties organisations.

This was in effect a “gagging order” made against the gay person, by the IPCC!

Then, shortly before the PRIDE day on the 2007 August Bank holiday weekend a primary member of the PRIDE steering group arrested and was held in custody on serious, but ‘false allegations’. There were witnesses to false nature of the allegations; there is physical evidence & material evidence against the false allegations (including text messages from the false accuser ADMITTING it was a false allegation).

However, Cornwall police chose to ignore this evidence and continued with their homophobic vendetta against the gay person concerned, further persecuting, violating, & intimidating some members of the local gay Cornwall community in the process.

Following arrest of a primary organiser of the 2007 Cornwall PRIDE day, this had thrown the day into serious jeopardy of cancellation. However, it was decided to carry on DESPITE the Cornwall police conduct!

Cornwall Constabulary then trotted out a police officer who claimed to be an LGBT diversity officer. The police officer misleads the public & the gay media with statements that Cornwall PRIDE day was never at risk of cancellation.

(Shades of the STOCKWELL shooting incident & police conduct & practise of misinformation to the public, seemingly the benchmark of police conduct these days.)

How would this lgbt police officer know whether the PRIDE event would be cancelled or not?

This police officer was not even in contact with the primary steering group members, demonstrating the belligerent attitude of this Cornwall police force towards gay persons yet again.

This was a case of the operation was a success, but the patient died!

As indeed, the 2007 Cornwall Gay PRIDE beach day was indeed a great success, but due to Cornwall police misconduct & prejudicial attitudes the successful Cornwall Gay PRIDE beach day steering group has now disbanded out of continuing fears, concerns & ongoing experiences of the habit of Cornwall police intimidation, violation, & homophobic conduct against gay persons.

The Cornwall police force, which in recent years has been accused of:-

1. Failure of ‘Duty of Care’ to a homeless 15yr old teenage gay youth (UNIVESTIGATED)
2. Attempted blackmail of a teenage gay youth (UNINVESTIGATED)
3. Abuse of a gay teenager in a strip search & botched ‘Stop & Search’ (UNIVESTIGATED)
4. Seizing of a computer & destruction of a gay businesses (UNIVESTIGATED)
5. Failure to follow ‘TRUE VISION’ & CPS definition of ‘Homophobic Incident’ following serious physical assault of two gay/bi persons (UNIVESTIGATED)
6. Refusal to take statements from Gay/Bi witnesses (UNIVESTIGATED)
7. Withholding Court legal documentation (Investigated, but pitifully excused by the IPCC)
8. Perjury by a police officer in Crown Court (UNINVESTIGATED)
9. Denying a gay person arrested and held in Custody food for in excess of 7hours (investigated, pitifully but excused by the IPCC)
10. Obstruction by police to making a complaint against the police (investigated, but pitifully excused by the IPCC)
11. Un-logged visits by police officers to further intimidate complaintents against the police (UNIVESTIGATED)

…and there is more!

These incidents & experiences ALL reported to the IPCC, Cornwall Police Authority, Criminal Justice Board, CPS, Devon & Cornwall Constabulary Headquarters, LGBT diversity officers.

These incidents and complaints completely brushed aside by the above institutional organisations and ignored; such is the depth of continuing homophobic discrimination embedded within the institutions operative within Cornwall.

It remains very much my opinion, based upon personal experiences & observation as a gay man in Cornwall of the homophobic practises & conduct of so many Cornwall police…that the MOST likely person to homophobically abuse violate & intimidate my life as a gay person in Cornwall …will be a warrant card-carrying member of the Devon & Cornwall Constabulary.

Meanwhile, despite the blatant further compulsive lies from the person who made false allegation against a former member of the now disbanded 2007 Cornwall Gay PRIDE group and having this reported to Devon & Cornwall Constabulary

…Cornwall Police DO NOTHING, reinforcing the continuing homophobia within this police force!

From:- West Briton Newspaper:- Gay Police

Before I relay this article from the West Briton, I have to say THIS IS NOT the experience of how Cornwall police treat some gay people...quite the reverse! Which may go to towards the theory that the ONLY way to get protection from HOMOPHOBIC conduct & practises as EXPERIENCED by some gay persons in Cornwall...is to become a protected species on the inside of the police force!

West Briton Article begins:-

THE BIG INTERVIEW: POLICEMAN WEATHERED GAY FORCE STORMS



THIS week the West Briton launches a new monthly feature by our chief reporter Jonathan Carter. The Big Interview will take an up-close-and-personal look at our county's personalities. We begin with Barry Frost, Cornwall's most senior gay police officer.



IT was a scene that could have been dreamed up by the scriptwriters of Life On Mars, the hit TV cop show in which an ambitious young detective wakes up to find himself at the mercy of an archaic police service.



Yet for Superintendent Barry Frost, this was fact - not fiction.

"It was December 17, 1998," he recalls. "My boss asked to see me and said she had some terrible news - she was almost in tears.

"She said, 'You're being investigated for living with another police officer'. I said, 'I live on my own' and she replied, 'It's worse than that - you're being investigated as two homosexuals."

Not only did he discover he was the subject of a detailed internal inquiry into his sexuality, investigators had even quizzed his neighbours to try to find out who stayed overnight at his home.

For Supt Frost - then a chief inspector - it was the defining moment in a career that had begun nearly two decades earlier.

"That was when I came out - at the age of 39," he says. "I never, ever thought I would have the courage but the red mist descended that day.

"I said, 'Right, I've had enough of this and went through the process of going around and telling everybody - and I eventually told my family as well.

"I expected to be ostracised, sent to Coventry or sacked. But it didn't happen - what I got instead was a lot of hugs, letters and lots of colleagues breaking down in front of me, saying, 'I think it's wonderful you can tell people'.

"I remember going to my office about a week later, shutting the door $just bursting into tears. What I couldn't handle was the support I received - it was not what I expected."

Finally, the internal affairs department conceded that he had done nothing wrong and publicly apologised for pursuing what turned out to be false, and indeed malicious, allegations.

"I could now say the word 'gay' without getting embarrassed about it," says Supt Frost. "The tide was turning, culturally, in the force."

But, as he chats about his 30-year career in an office on the top floor of Truro police station, it soon becomes clear that he had already weathered plenty of stormy waters.

T@he son of an engineer father and a shop worker mother, Supt Frost grew up in Exeter where he left school at 15, armed with only four O-levels.

He got a job at his local branch of British Home Stores before becoming a sales rep for a wallpaper firm. Then, one day he found himself in a Barnstaple street at a personal crossroads.

"I thought, by the end of the week I'm going to decide what I want to do with the rest of my life. I needed to $something challenging."

It was after spotting two police officers pounding the beat in the town that he made up his mind and on October 9, 1978, he signed up as a probationary constable with the Devon and Cornwall force. He was 19.

"I'd known that I was gay from a young age - ever since I saw my first Bond movie," smiles Supt Frost.

"I was very aware of the lifestyle you lead as a police officer. I was also very aware that the fact I was single and didn't have a girlfriend was a topic of conversation.

"People began to suspect certain things so I did actually have relationships with women purely to cover my tracks. I always assumed that if it was found out that I was gay, I would get the sack."

Did he feel a little like DI Sam Tyler, the Life On Mars cop who wakes up dazed and confused from a near fatal car accident to find himself among the ranks of a CID squad back in the politically-incorrect days of the 1970s?

"The language in those days would be totally unacceptable now," says Supt Frost. "People would talk in derogatory terms - whether that be about gay issues or racial issues.

"But I think that was probably an $rather than prejudice, because the culture expected you to be like that."

Nevertheless, the then PC Frost relished the challenges of policing and in 1983 was picked to join Plymouth Task Force, an elite team made up of a dozen "very macho" detectives.

I@t was to be a baptism of fire: "They sent me to Coventry for three months and just completely ignored me," he remembers. "The inspector's welcoming words to me were, 'I didn't want you on here'.

"This was a full-on, in-your-face, we-don't-want-you-culture - and it made my life hell, absolute hell. But because I ignored it, it actually made me better at my job.

"I never thought of leaving. When I was out on the streets, I loved being a police officer. I loved talking to people and that was the thing that kept me going.

"Then, after about three months, one of the guys walked into the police station and said, 'You know you're winning, don't you?"

They turned out to be prophetic words. Today, Supt Frost, 49, is the regional chairman of the Gay Police Association, a champion of $'diversity' training in the force and the officer who leads its sports and athletics section.

"Ironically, the service has gone full circle in my view," he observes as he prepares to retire from the service in less than 12 months.

"Not all aspects of the 'Life On Mars' culture was bad - the Home Office has been so intent on 'de-institutionalising' the police that it has driven out much of the good that previously existed.

"I am as passionate about policing now as I was when I joined. Leadership is about motivation, challenging, inspiring and taking responsibility when things go wrong as well as when things go well.

"The public can rest assured that we do have a good team and that there is passion at all levels, especially in Devon and Cornwall.

"I have been very proud to serve with the Devon and Cornwall Constabulary and to work in both counties.

" I am particularly proud to finish my career and settle in Cornwall which has a unique culture that I particularly identify with.

"Most in the job are very dedicated and keen and hold high personal values. Most I have worked with are really nice people who are sensitive and caring and just want to do the right thing at the right time and for the right reason.

"I will miss the job greatly when I retire," adds Supt Frost. "But I'm looking forward to catching up on years of missed sleep and days off.

"I want to watch as much rugby around the world as I possibly can and learn to stay upright on my surfboard for more than my current record of a meagre six seconds."


Article ends:-

Opinion Pink Pasty:- It is funny how the West Briton newspaper has repeatedly ignored critisicim of Cornwall's HOMOPHOBIC police conduct & practises which have made by gay members of the community.

It is still my belief based upon my numerous personal experiences & observations of vile treatment of other gay persons, that the most likely person to HOMOPHOBICALLY abuse, intimidate & violate my life as a gay person in Cornwall...will be a warrant card carrying member of the Cornwall Police Force!

Sound GAY Youth Advice...but not for Homophobic Cornwall.

One of my correspondent supporters kindly sent me this report they found from the Pinknews:-

A little dated now, but the advice would seem to be sound...but is not effective in Cornwall.

31-August-06
Article written by Tony Grew (Pink News)

A report from the NSPCC this week revealed a rise in the number of LGBT teens calling Childline to ask for help with homophobic bullying.

The details of the report make for grim reading, most shocking of all being the hostile attitude of teachers. (Helston School perhaps?)

Tony Grew examines the report and what gay adults can do to help.

You must have to be a very strong person to work for Childline. Day after day, listening to scared, lonely and suicidal children, trying to help them with only a phone, a kind word and good advice.

The latest report from Childline has a detailed analysis of calls about sexual orientation. By far the biggest issue raised by callers was homophobic bullying. Shockingly, 6% of the kids who called for help were under 11.

The range of problems faced by LGBT and confused teens is humbling. There are kids who think that being gay is wrong, who don't understand the concept of bisexuality, many who are triply isolated by unhelpful teachers, parents and 'friends'.

Childline received nearly 2,800 calls in the last year about sexual orientation or homophobia. 60% of callers were 12-15 years old, 34% between 16 and 18.

The experiences of fifteen-year-old Jason are typical: "It feels like everyone at school is picking on me. They shove me in the corridor and call me 'gay boy'. It happens in almost every lesson, too".

"My so-called friends don't stand up for me, and the teachers don't do anything to help, even when half the class is calling me names. I was bullied at my last school for being gay - that's why I left. I don't know what to do."

Girls suffer badly as well, as do kids who are not in fact gay or bisexual, but are perceived to be. Boys who are seen to be not masculine enough are taunted from primary school onwards.

The use of words like 'gay' to connote 'un-masculine' or just 'bad' is common currency in every primary school playground in the country - and teachers do nothing about it.

A significant number of kids called Childline to talk about their confused feelings about their own sexuality, unable to talk to their parents, teachers or friends for fear of reprisals.

The level of ignorance about human sexuality is shocking. Worse is the level of shame these young people feel about their sexuality.

"This guy and I had oral sex with each other," 16-year-old Antony told counsellors. "Thinking about it makes me really excited but it makes me feel dirty too. I don't know what to do - I can't talk to my mates or family about it."

The most sickening aspect of the report is the reaction of teachers. The legacy of Section 28 means many educators are still confused as to what attitude they are supposed to take towards LGBT pupils, while others just ignore the physical and verbal abuse going on around them. (ADDED:- In Cornwall they just expel them, and they end up living on the streets!)

Some teachers even mock LGBT children in their class about their sexuality in front of other pupils. Anecdotal evidence suggests many head teachers regard out gay or lesbian pupils as troublemakers and responsible for the abuse they suffer for daring to declare their sexual identity.

In Scotland, a 2006 report found that nearly 40% of responding schools said they had no incidents of homophobic bullying in their school at all in the past year, with 70% estimating less than five incidents.

The same report found that 84% of LGBT pupils were aware of homophobic bullying.

Many teachers do not regard homophobic bullying as anywhere near as serious as racial abuse. A 2002 Ofsted report found that nothing was being done to challenge anti-gay attitudes.

All schools are required to have anti-bullying strategies, yet the report found that only 6% of those strategies mentioned homophobia.

Long before kids know what being gay actually means, they are implicitly sanctioned to use the word as a catch-all term of abuse.

Clearly the majority of teachers are consistently failing in their legal responsibilities to protect kids in their care.

LGBT youth are one of the most at-risk groups in society. They are less likely to finish school, less likely to go on to higher education, and more likely to self-harm and commit suicide.

Not one word of this report will come as a surprise to gay adults. Yet while gay and lesbian adults talk a lot about freedom, and about the strides forward we have made, the kids have been left behind.

We can get married while many gay teenagers still can't even come out without being beaten and abused. (ADDED:-..and thats just by the police!)

Stopping homophobic bullying and the protection of gay and lesbian kids at school should be our first priority as gay adults.

We got away, we escaped into the land of Oz and look at us now with our houses and our careers and our civil partners. As adults, we forget too easily what it is to be fifteen, gay and scared senseless.

Gay kids are our kids and we have to stand up for them. We have to take on complacent schools, not with surveys or petitions, but with legal threats. The rights of children are enshrined in law, and schools are failing to protect gay kids - our kids.



(ADDED:- That would mean the police, social services, youth services & education services being HONEST & NON-HOMOPHOBIC...but they just ARE NOT in Cornwall)

It is time to use our fancy law degrees to threaten and cajole and argue with educational institutions until homophobia is as taboo as racism.

We need to empower gay kids by our visibility but more importantly we need to start fighting their battles with them. We need to organise in a way that targets homophobia to the exclusion of all other forms of bullying. (ADDED:- I did and see the violation & intimidation & abuse I recieved from Cornwall police)

We will not have the message that the gay 'community' does not tolerate abuse and violence against gay kids diluted into a 'wider' message.

We fought for an equal age of consent and an end to Section 28, both of which should have had a positive impact on the lives of gays still at school.

The depressing anecdotal evidence suggests that homophobia is a growing problem and that more visibility for gay adults makes life harder for gay kids.

For every lard-arsed Radio 1 gobshite DJ that thinks he is being down with the kids by calling a record 'gay' there are 100 real kids having the shit beaten out of them for actually being gay.

We need to react much more strongly to incidents like Chris Moyles' unfortunate comments. He is causing homophobia. How I long to find those lesbians who invaded the 6 O'Clock news studio back in 1988 and see if we can have a repeat performance.

Direct action, protests and angry shouting are what we need to show every scared gay kid in Britain that they are not alone. We need to rain if not death, then severe discomfort, on the closet gay-haters like that tub of lard Moyles.

The fight to highlight and eradicate homophobic bullying should be our first priority. Let us stand up for the future members of our 'community.'

But let us be clear about what is wrong with much gay lifestyle and what needs to be changed.

We are failing gay teenagers just as much as homophobic teachers and complacent headmasters.

Instead of sugar daddies, I want to see a massive expansion in mentors. The system of mentoring has some success with young black men.

For many gay and lesbian teenagers, the problems can be similar. They just can't see anyone who is gay and happy and anything like them.

If you are captain of your rugby team, Graham Norton is not really speaking to you.

Mentors for gay and lesbian teenagers will help them come to terms with their sexuality, help them fight bullies, and prepare them for the crazy life of a gay.

It falls upon us as citizens to give help, support and advice to younger people.

It is our responsibility, not a word you hear that often in gay conversation.

With more rights comes more responsibility. We got what we asked for, we got equality in marriage and an equal age of consent. (ADDED:- well, NOT in Cornwall, where Crown Court Judge Rucker in Sept 2006 inferred that the equal age of sexual consent did not come into effect in Cornwall until the Sexual Offences Act 2003 (effective 1st May 2004). Whereas in reality the equal age of consent came into effect on the 1st of January 2001...but seemingly not in backward, homophobic Cornwall.)

We have our rights, (ADDED:-theoretically) it is time to start taking responsibility for our behaviour and for our wider 'gay family.'

Article ends:-

Pink Pasty Opinion:- The problem is that in my own and the experience of some gay people in Cornwall, the HOMOPHOBIC Cornwall police force will hound you, persicute you and violate your life relentlesly...if you, as a gay person DO any of the above in order to help others!

According to a known Cornwall police detective constable, allowing 16/17yr old gay/bi student employees to attend a GU Clinic in work time to recieve professional sexual health advice, screening and Hepatitus innoculations...was according to this HOMOPHOBIC copper... "Sexual Grooming". This in Cornwall with an abysmal reputation on teenage sexual health education and the HIGHEST pregnancy rate in the whole of Europe!

Mind you the same police officer has testified in Court that "Anal sex is ALAWYS an act of sexual violence". Interesting in that the 2002 Gay mens sexual survey in Gay Times established that 70-80% of gay men engage in anal sexual practise. QED:- So according to this Devon & Cornwall police officer 70-80% of gay men commit acts of sexual violence. (Mind you this is the same Detective Constable accused (but never investigated)of having attempted to blackmail a gay youth (on tape), he's also the same police officer who lied or at least tried to mislead a court and over as to who owned a property.

Cornwall Police...in particular Helston & Camborne police stations...a HOTBED of HOMOPHOBES in my personal experience!

...and despite this ALL having been reported to Cornwall LGBT officers, they simply blind eye it and collude with their homophobic colleagues!

Devon & Cornwall Constabulary Chief Constable Messege

I don't feel reassured...do you?



This was the Devon & Cornwall Chief Constables 2007 Christmas messege (since it had only recieved two views, I thought I'd try to help him out a bit with his viewing figure). Since the viewing figure of my own Pink pasty videos ON youtube in total have surpassed 22,000 views todate! (...and Youtube is just one of ten video sites I now post information too!)

The problem I have with this potentially misleading? public police messege, is that correspondence regarding Cornwall police misconduct, abuse of power, even criminality?...is IGNORED when reported to the Chief Constables office at Middlemore Headquarters in Exeter, via their own Devon & Cornwall Constabulary website.
Even when reported too individual officers..even LGBT officers...its ignored, even when reported to GPA.
Even when reported to the Cornwall Police Authority.
Even when reported to the IPCC, they hand over to the internal local Professional (I use the word 'professional' very loosely) Standards Unit, who subsequently bury complaints regarding homophobic police misconduct
...UN-INVESTIGATED!

This is even more concerning as it flies in the face of recommendations made regarding correspondence, by the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC)recomendations made in 2007 against Devon & Cornwall Constabulary.

Following the STOCKWELL tube shooting, I like many other members of the British Public have had my faith in the police shaken to the core, I now realise that corruption? or at the very least blatant Dishonesty, is becoming the 'benchmark' of our Police force conduct...seemingly, from the very top down. The lies, misinformation, misconduct, failure of 'Duty of care', public execution? murder? of a Brazilian left me COLD. Then there was the pathetic manor in which it was dealt with by the useless? ineffectual? toothless? pubic watchdog over police abuse of power, the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC).

Seeing how NOBODY in the police force is seemingly responsible for the bloody butchering of this Brazilian who had seven bullets pumped into the back of his skull by police. There is clearly absoloutly no hope whatsoever of ANY HONESTY, IMPARTIALITY, INTEGRITY or TRANSPARENCY of Police CONDUCT to investigate something as trivual, minor as numerous incidents by numerous Cornwall police officers homophobic attitudes & conduct as have been experienced by some gay people in Cornwall.

Do I have faith and trust in the Chief Constable of the Met police...NO!
Do I have faith and trust in the Chief Constable of the Devon & Cornwall police...NO!

Why?

Well I think we all accept police are going to make human errors from time to time, after all in theory they are only human, but it is ESSENTIAL that when an organisation such as the police, with whom we the public entrust with so much power, police make a botch job, it should be investigated HONESTLY & thoughroughly...but what do we get...lies, cover up, disinformation, evidence goes missing, etc. etc....and NOBODY in the police held accountable or responsible!

In 2007, we did have a very successful Cornwall Gay PRIDE gathering on a beach in Cornwall, however due to Cornwall police intimidation & homophobic conduct & practises, that Gay PRIDE steering group disbanded out of concerns & fears of yet further HOMOPHOBIC reprisals by Cornwall police officers. Then the local Cornwall police diversity officer lied? or at least clearly mislead the National Gay Press with a misleading inaccurate statement...so gay people in Cornwall cannot even trust specialist police officer appointed as LGBT diversity officers!

So although I've posted the Devon & Cornwall Chief Constables Christmas messege, however I personally consider it to be SPIN, HOGWASH, BULLSHIT, whilst complaints of his Cornwall police officer misconduct remain un-investigated!

Devon & Cornwall Constabulary.....and Jack Schitt!

Who is Jack Schitt & How much is he worth?

Following hollow reassurances from Devon & Cornwall Constabulary that they are tackling the problem of homophobia throughout the Cornwall force, these reassurancess are said by some to be worth “Jack Schitt”

...raising the question is ‘who’ is ‘Jack Schitt’ and ‘how’ much is he actually worth?

Many people are at a loss for a response when someone says
"You don't know Jack Schitt!" or “That’s worth Jack Schitt”

Well after lengthy internet research we’ve established who Jack Schitt is and his family tree ...

Jack is the only son of Awe Schitt and Oh. Schitt. Awe Schitt, the bankrupt fertilizer businessman, married Oh. Schitt, a distant cousin and daughter of a partner of law firm Kneedeep, Incrappe & Schitt, solicitors.

Jack Schitt married Noe Schitt. The couple ran off to marry, very much against their parents wishes, who disowned them. On the dole, the financially bereft couple had six children: Holie Schitt, Fulla Schitt, Giva Schitt, Bull Schitt, and the twins, Deap Schitt and Dip Schitt. They had so many kids, purely for the child benefit payments.

After 15 years of marriage, Jack & Noe Schitt divorced. Noe Schitt later married a Mr. Sherlock, and out of devotion to her children, decided to hyphenate her last name, and became Noe Schitt-Sherlock.

Against her parents' wishes, Deap Schitt married Dumb Schitt.
The son, Dip Schitt married a woman named Loda Dung, who became Loda Schitt. The couple produced a sickly hyper-active nervous son, Chiken Schitt.

The daughters, Fulla Schitt and Giva Schitt, inseparable throughout childhood subsequently married the Happens brothers. The local newspaper announced the Schitt-Happens wedding, which was quite an event. The Schitt-Happens three children were Dawg, Byrd, and Hoarse.

Bull Schitt, the eldest son, had left home to tour the world. He returned from his travels with his Italian bride, Pizza Schitt.

As to how much Jack Schitt is worth?

Well, after several tragic family accidents & and illnesses, Jack Schitt died penniless, the remaining family fortune all ended up with a distant second cousin, Who-givsa Schitt .

So, now if someone says "You don't know Jack Schitt" or ‘its worth Jack Schitt”, you can beg to differ.

You not only know Jack Schitt, ..but everyone on the Schitt family tree, and you know how much Jack Schitt is worth, plus you also know it all ended up, with Who-givsa Schitt.


...and Devon & Cornwall Constabulary reassurances regarding tackling homophobia….Well that’s STILL worth ‘Jack Schitt’ whilst homophobic attitudes & misconduct of Cornwall police officers remains un-investigated.

From :- The Independent Newspaper

Hadrian the gay emperor & Antinous his youthful boyfriend

YOUTUBE video by PinkPasty





Article from The Independent Newspaper: Published: 11 January 2008

The bust is classically Roman, the face imperious. But this is no ordinary emperor. As a major new exhibition at the British Museum makes clear, Publius Aelius Traianus Hadrianus was not only a peacemaker who pulled his soldiers out of modern-day Iraq. He was also the first leader of Rome to make it clear that he was gay.

Hadrian: Empire and Conflict will see the bust make pilgrimages to both ends of Hadrian's Wall, the first time it has left the British Museum since being found in the Thames 200 years ago. But it is the singular life-story of the gay emperor that is likely to capture the interest of most visitors.

After being made emperor AD117, he inherited a Roman Empire in its prime, which had thrived on a policy of endless expansion and conquest.

His first move, within hours of coronation, was to withdraw his troops from Mesopotamia, now Iraq, and fortify the empire's boundaries by building his eponymous wall in northern England and others in the Danube and the Rhine valleys, ushering in a new era of peace. The reign that followed can be traced through 200 ancient treasures, many of which have never been display in Britain.

Several of the artefacts relate to his male consort, Antinous, who accompanied him on his travels around the empire. These items include a poem written on papyrus, featuring the two men hunting together, and new finds that include memorials to the dead lover at Hadrian's villa in Tivoli.

Although it was not uncommon for his predecessors to have taken gay lovers alongside a female spouse, Hadrian was unique in making his love "official" in a way that no other emperor had before him.

When Antinous drowned in mysterious circumstances, Hadrian was so distraught that he chose to commemorate the young Greek by naming an Egyptian city in his honour. Thorsten Opper, curator of the exhibition, said what was unusual in Hadrian's attitude towards Antinous was the way in which he publicly deified him.

"He had to marry, and he had a politically arranged marriage to Sabina, who was the great-niece of the former emperor Trajan, which in effect, set up his succession. But clearly, it was a loveless marriage with no children. What was unusual is that he had a lot of flings, and then after his lover drowned in the Nile AD130 he made him a god.

"Hadrian was clearly bereaved and he had lots of images put up. When a city was founded close to the spot where Antinous drowned, he named it Antinopolis. It was a sort of hero cult-worship of Antinous," he said.

The emperor's sexuality was by no means the only unusual aspect of his reign. The decision to pull his troops out of Mesopotamia might have been frowned upon in an empire that had built its might on a bellicose foreign policy, but Hadrian's charisma won over the masses.

Neil MacGregor, director of the British Museum, said: "The exhibition will provide an opportunity to assess the important legacy of the emperor Hadrian, a classical figure whose reign has telling relevance to our lives today."

Mr Opper said there were similarities between second-century Mesopotamia and present-day Iraq, with the Roman occupiers finding themselves in a hotbed of violence and resistance.

"We must not mistake [Hadrian's] motives for pulling his troops out of Mesopotamia," Mr Opper said. "He didn't really have a choice. It had just been conquered by his predecessor and there was a lot of guerrilla warfare, which is eerily just like modern times. What he did was give the empire breathing space and while he was a very experienced military leader, we also get the impression he was very cultured and he fostered Greek identity and made them partners in leadership."

As the "people's king" – he travelled with his troops and ate the same rations – he laid the foundations of the Byzantine Empire and changed the name of Judea to create Palestine, among other legacies.

At times, however, even Hadrian's Rome played the role of violent occupier. During a suppression of a Jewish rebellion in Judea, Roman warriors were dispatched to take control ofthe region, leading to the death of 580,000 Jews. "It was probably as a punishment that he changed the name of Judea to Palestine," said Mr Opper.

The exhibition, which brings together loans from 31 countries, will display sculpture, bronzes and architectural fragments. Highlights include the Vindoanda tablets from Hadrian's Wall and a bronze head of the emperor discovered in the Thames in 1834, which will travel to both ends of Hadrian's Wall. The head comes from a statue that may have been erected in a public space in London AD122 to commemorate Hadrian's visit to Britain.

Other highlights are a bronze bust from Israel found in 1975, a papyrus fragment of Hadrian's autobiography from the Bodleian Library that has never before been on public display, fragments from Hadrian's tomb and gilded bronze peacocks measuring two metres lent by the Vatican's Museum for the first time.

The show runs from 24 July until 26 October

Opinion:- If the homophobic Cornwall Police had their way the youthful sculptures of young Antinous would be destroyed...going on their hostile & homophobic attitude towards Art depicting the youthful male in Cornwall.

From:- The Cornishman Newspaper

From:- The Cornishman newspaper


SANCTUARY SUCCESS

09:00 - 03 January 2008

A pioneering scheme aimed at allowing people in fear of violence or hate crime to have the choice of staying safely in their own home has celebrated its second anniversary. The West Cornwall Sanctuary Project was launched in December 2005 by the Devon and Cornwall Constabulary, Penwith and Kerrier district councils and Cornwall Fire Brigade and, although based on a scheme operating in Harrow, was the first of its kind in Cornwall.

And since its launch 128 Sanctuary provisions have been provided across Penwith and Kerrier which fund the project from their prevention of homelessness funding.

Every district in Cornwall now has a Sanctuary scheme. This allows the person to have the choice of staying or leaving the area.

A spokesman for the project said: "Being able to choose to remain in their homes and feel safe means that the household can remain in their communities without the disruption and upheaval usually associated with domestic violence and hate crime.

"This ensures that children especially, are not uprooted from their schools, friends, family and support networks."

The project works in partnership with registered social landlords, private landlords, owner occupiers, support agencies and other service providers.

Article ends:-


This is to be applauded in Cornwall, unfortunateluy it does NOTHING to tackle the problem of one of the BIGGEST and GREATEST sources of intimidation, violation & abuse of homophobia against gay persons in Cornwall:- THAT CARRIED OUT BY CORNWALL POLICE!

2007 Gay Southwest Person of Gay Influence

2007 Gay Southwest Person of Gay Influence

The votes are in.

Andy Harley of UK Gay News http://www.ukgaynews.org.uk has been named the most influential person working in the ‘gay sector’ in South West England in 2007.

1st. Andy Harley, who runs the international LGBT non-commercial web site from Gloucester, topped the South West of England list, out of the votes counted.

2nd. Bristol West Lib-Dem MP Stephen Williams took second place

3rd. Cornish LGBT activist Malcolm Lidbury ending third.
(Yep, yours truely!)

4th (joint places)
Gary Jefferson (Gay Men’s Health Wiltshire & Swindon),
Sue Bonnick (Out Back Cornwall)
Craig Denney (Queer West News) http://www.queerwest.co.uk

Joint 5th.
Simon Nelson (Terrence Higgins Trust)
Haydn Price (The Pink Paper)
Rev Kieren Bourne (Living Springs MCC)
Christine Fleetwood (Lesbian, Gay, Bi-sexual and Transgender Coalition)
Paula (Gloscats)
Berkeley Wilde (LGBT Activist)
Rev. Dwayne Morgan (Bournemouth MCC)
Kate de Wreede (Cornwall Lesbian Line)

It shows the Queerwest online newspaper readership South West’s most influential person in the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender arena in the region.

Andy Harley, editor of UK Gay News, said: “It means a lot to win this award in the South West, where I live and work.

“UK Gay News covers the world, highlighting the problems faced by the LGBT communities in countries as diverse as Russia, Iraq, Iran, Somalia and Nepal.”

The non-commercial website, started four years ago when Andy – a journalist – retired, now attracts more than six million page reads a year, and is run on a voluntary basis.

All the nominees were real winners as many persons who contribute time & energy to moving lgbt equality & health issues forward, often in the face of considerable opposition, are seldom aknowledged.

On a Personal note, I was truely delighted to see my dear friend Sue Bonnick up there. Sue has quietly contributed voluntarily to women's issues, gay men's issues & HIV/AIDS issues in Cornwall for almost two decades. Also big thanks to Craig Denney of Queerwest for his support for helping raise awareness of the continuing problems of Institutional homophobia in Cornwall's Authorities.

I'm quietly suprised to have come third, my outspoken condemnation of inherent homophobia within institutions such as the police in Cornwall, frightens many, who would rather ripples were not put on the stagnant Cornwall gay pond. There are plenty, and I mean plenty of people who simply do not want to believe the reality of other gay persons experience of gross homophobic attitudes & practises still embedded and entrenched within the Cornwall police force and other Cornwall institutions.

Thank you all those who voted for me.

The last time I was voted in such a poll was by the readership of the national LGBT Pink Paper, who kindly voted me 119th of the 500 people who had the greatest influence in history upon gay life in Britain. Before that was 1995, when Gay Times magazine named me as one of the top 200 Gay people in Britain.

Stockwell:- Charles De Menezes

I think it was when this happened and it became quite apparent that police lied repeatedly about the situation and circumstances of Charles De Menezes death (Murder? Execution?), I realised that there was little chance of there being ANY honesty by the police or other related authorities of complaints regarding our experiences of homophobic conduct & practises by Cornwall Police officers.



After all if the police can so blatantly get away with publically killing someone and nobody is held accountable, what's a little abusive, violating and intimidating homophobic behaviour conduct and attitudes by so many Cornwall police officers.

Police:- I no longer trust this police force as in my experience there is NO Honesty, NO Integrity, NO Impartiality & NO Transparency of Conduct operative within the Devon & Cornwall Constabulary.

LGBT Stonewall 2008 Workplace Equality Index (WEI)

Stonewall published its 2008 Workplace Equality Index (WEI)

Will Martin, Manager, Workplace Programmes said that 'Stonewall’s Workplace Equality Index showcases employer good policy and practice on sexual orientation equality in the workplace. We strongly encourage employers to enter the Index to benchmark themselves against Britain’s leading employers for lesbian and gay people and to set themselves goals for improvement in this area'

Devon & Cornwall came 77th on the STONEWALL list?

How on Earth given the abusive, intimidation & violating HOMOPHOBIC practices of SO MANY Cornwall police officers AGAINST gay persons?




Some questions to ask Cornwall Police?

...because we have ...and gotten absolutely nowhere due to the continuing homophobic attitude prevalent & protected within this police force.

1. Why was ONLY an 'OUT' gay person arrested from a group of people engaging equally in lawful activity. (This is not the first time an OUT gay person has been targeted by Cornwall police as the sole ONLY person arrested when a group of persons have been equally involved in lawful activity)

2. Why did police attempt to take a statement from one of the witnesses over the phone?
When the witness declined (through distrust of honesty of Cornwall police in gay cases) but the witness offered to make a statement in writing with an independent witness present ...the police declined/refused!

3. Why did police decline to take witness statements from two other gay/bi eyewitnesses? (This is COMMON police practise in Cornwall to IGNORE defence witnesses, especially if they are gay/bi!)

4. Why did police ignore (poked at, but ignored) pertinent physical evidence when searching the falsely accused persons home?

5. Why did police ignore (admission and) withdrawal of a false allegation by an accuser within days/weeks of an allegation being made...unless it was intentionally to further abuse and intimidate the gay victim falsely accused?

6. Why did police ignore information the accuser had admitted in text messages (held on record) that the allegation was false?

7. Why did police ignore information there was an independent witness who had received a phone call from the false accuser admitting it was a false allegation?

8. Why did a Cornwall police diversity officer put out a false and misleading statement to the gay press (Pinkpaper) that the arrest of one of the primary PRIDE organisers would not effect the PRIDE event. The Cornwall PRIDE gathering WAS at risk of cancellation. How would this ARROGANT diversity officer know since he had had NO contact with the PRIDE steering group!

NB:- Prior to any arrest, the group of twenty gay persons on the PRIDE steering group had voted on three separate PRIOR occasions NOT to involve Cornwall police in the beach day out of serious lgbt community concerns regarding continuing homophobic attitudes and practises in Cornwall carried out by police.

9. Why did the police d-r-a-g out the case for over two months before finalising
it?

10. Why did police STILL not returned property seized from the gay persons home almost a month after the case has been finalised and NFA'd?

11. Why have the police not taken ANY steps to prosecute the person who made the false allegation against the gay person arrested?

12. Why did/does Middlmore Police Headquarters in Exeter completely and utterly ignore emails sent to them on gay related issues such as the above....this contrary to recommendations made by the Independent Police Complaints Commission 2004 & 2006?

13. Why did Cornwall police send round two police officers in an unlogged visit
to further threaten and intimidate the falsely accused gay person and other members of his household AFTER the case was finalised?

In Cornwall multiple experiences and observations of treatment of gay/bi persons.... the most likely person to violate and abuse a gay person, disrupt negatively their life, cause financial & health distress and trauma through prejudicial attitudes and conduct...is UNQUESTIONABLY ....a Cornwall Police Officer.

...and here are some MORE questions about Devon & Cornwall police continuing corruption & homophobia within the Devon & Cornwall police force as EXPERIENCED by some gay persons in Cornwall.

1. What is happening