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Peter Tatchell of the LGBT Human Rights Group, Outrage! has accused the new The Metropolitan Police Commissioner, Sir Paul Stephenson, of being soft on homphobia and having a poor record when it comes to supporting the LGBT community.

Last November, he approved and facilitated a London concert by Jamaican murder music singer, Bounty Killer, despite appeals by Tatchell to cancel it.

"The Met does not allow racist singers to perform in London. Why the double standards?" queried Tatchell.

He continued,
"The Commissioner is hypocritical on hate crimes. He permits homophobic singers to perform in London, but not racist ones. Racist artists are banned on the grounds that they are a threat to public order and good community relations. This same principle should be applied in the case of homophobic singers. It isn't.

Sir Paul is part of the problem. He gave Bounty Killer the green light to perform, even though the singer was on record as inciting the murder of lesbian and gay people."

OutRage! is urging people to protest to the new Commissioner, urging him in future to adopt a zero tolerance policy towards singers who advocate homophobic violence and murder, on the grounds that allowing them to perform threatens public order and community cohesion.

You can email Sir Paul Stephenson: commissioner@met.police.uk

Stress that the issue is not offensive homophobic language, but incitement to murder LGBT people, which is a criminal offence,