IDAHO Rainbow Flag
Greater Manchester Police (GMP) is showing its support for this year's International Day against Homophobia and Transphobia (IDAHO) by flying the rainbow flag from its headquarters.
Chief Constable Peter Fahy this morning, Tuesday 17 May 2011, raised the flag, which is the internationally recognised symbol for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender communities, outside Chester House, GMP's HQ.
Mr Fahy said: “We want everyone in our county to be able to go about their legal business in safety and free from the fear of crime.
“Supporting events like IDAHO and Pride helps to show LGBT communities that we take their concerns seriously and are committed to robustly tackling hate crime against them.
“Hate crime is under reported by many vulnerable communities. By flying the IDAHO flag we want to encourage people to report incidents so that we can help bring an end to homophobia and transphobia.”
All police divisional headquarters across Greater Manchester will also be flying the rainbow flag to tackle homophobic hate crime.
The 17 May was chosen because it marks the anniversary of the day that the World Health Organisation (WHO) removed homosexuality from its list of mental diseases.
For information about Greater Manchester Police please visit our website.
IDAHO Rainbow Flag
Greater Manchester Police (GMP) is showing its support for this year's International Day against Homophobia and Transphobia (IDAHO) by flying the rainbow flag from its headquarters.
Chief Constable Peter Fahy this morning, Tuesday 17 May 2011, raised the flag, which is the internationally recognised symbol for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender communities, outside Chester House, GMP's HQ.
Mr Fahy said: “We want everyone in our county to be able to go about their legal business in safety and free from the fear of crime.
“Supporting events like IDAHO and Pride helps to show LGBT communities that we take their concerns seriously and are committed to robustly tackling hate crime against them.
“Hate crime is under reported by many vulnerable communities. By flying the IDAHO flag we want to encourage people to report incidents so that we can help bring an end to homophobia and transphobia.”
All police divisional headquarters across Greater Manchester will also be flying the rainbow flag to tackle homophobic hate crime.
The 17 May was chosen because it marks the anniversary of the day that the World Health Organisation (WHO) removed homosexuality from its list of mental diseases.
For information about Greater Manchester Police please visit our website.