Local police have blasted hoodlums who continue to travel to Oxford Street and surrounding areas and get involved in drunken violence, following an early morning assault over the weekend on a police officer that left him with injuries to the head and jaw.

VICTORIA: Two men have been charged over the death and robbery of a gay man near Geelong last week.

NSW Police are appealing for witnesses to a brawl on Oxford Street over the weekend which resulted in a man being struck to the head with a glass bottle.

BRITAIN: Five men have faced court this week in Derby, England after allegedly handing out leaflets calling for the death penalty for gay people in what is Britain’s first ever prosecution under new laws banning the stirring up of hatred based on sexual orientation.

BRISBANE: It has been revealed that the New Zealand man at the centre of one of Australia’s largest ever fraud cases was well-known on the local Auckland gay scene a decade ago, where many were also convinced that the high-spending, flashy dresser was a member of Tahitian royalty.

The Australian Defence Force (ADF) has said that it has taken “administrative action” against 40 of its members after they joined and participated in a homophobic Facebook page which targeted serving gay and lesbian personnel, some of whom were officers.

USA: More alleged transgender victims of a woman who posed as a doctor and cosmetic surgeon in Florida have come forward following global media attention on the bizarre case which centres around claims that substances like cement, tire sealant and super glue were used in low-priced, backroom procedures targeting trans women.  

The use of ‘non-violent homosexual advance’ as a legal defence by offenders facing criminal charges in Queensland may be nearing an end, with a newly established committee tasked with looking at the state’s provocation laws due to report back to Attorney-General Paul Lucas next January.

NIGERIA: The Nigerian Senate has passed a bill to criminalise same-sex marriages.

A Commonwealth Civil Society Statement to be presented at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Perth in late October urges for the decriminalisation of homosexuality.

SYDNEY: Police will be cracking down on “known trouble spots” like Oxford Street and Kings Cross every Friday and Saturday night until March next year, after today announcing the launch of Operation Simmer IV will target alcohol-fuelled crime and anti-social behaviour.

SYDNEY: Five more police officers with LGBTI liaison training will be on the beat in inner Sydney, with NSW Police announcing Surry Hills Police Station has been allocated five of the 111 new probationary constables sworn into duty at the Goulburn academy recently.

There has been a significant reduction in robberies and assaults in inner Sydney and surrounding suburbs over the past two years, according to crime figures from the Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research (BOCSAR).