Britain's anti-transgender bent is weakening its LGBTQ support. Melania Geymonat and her girlfriend, Chris Hannigan, got on a London bus and were attacked by a gang of four teenagers. Geymonat said the young men “started behaving like hooligans,” asking the couple to kiss, calling them “lesbians” and describing sexual positions. She ended up with a broken nose in the May attack, which was condemned by London’s mayor, Sadiq Khan, and the country’s then-prime minister, Theresa May, who both said that violence against the LGBTQ community would not be tolerated. But the attack was a reflection of what observers say are increasingly homophobic tendencies in the United Kingdom. Britain has dropped from the most LGBTQ-friendly country in Europe in 2014 to seventh this year. |