For Dominic Crouch: His Dad Speaks

Dominic Crouch, a 15 year-old kid from Cheltenham, committed suicide after being bullied and teased at school cause people thought he was gay.
Here's the eulogy his dad, Roger, gave at his funeral.
More tributes here.

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• This video was made by Manchester's LGFoundation, here's a link to their Enough Is Enough! campaign.

Equality Act: Under Threat?

"Is the Government considering scrapping all legal protections for lesbian, gay, bisexual or trans people?", asks Manchester's LGF Foundation.
The Cabinet Office website Red Tape Challenge asks "Should the Equality Act 2010 be scrapped?" Scary stuff.
Public Sector Equality Duty only came into effect a week ago.
Fagburn has been boring you with this riff on the right-wing press's war against equality laws for some time - its main cheerleaders are The Daily Mail, The Daily Express and the Telegraph.
The Pink Paper is so brain dead it probably wants it to happen.

Update: Right on cue here's Quentin Letts on The EHRC in The Daily Mail; 'You're all invited to make a racket about equality'