Some members of the 2007 Cornwall (UK) LGBT Gay PRIDE steering group have stood down out of fear of homophobic police reprisals against them as gay persons.
The Cornwall PRIDE group had previously voted on three separate meetings to exclude involvement by (Cornwall*) police on this years PRIDE day, due to gay community growing concerns about police attitudes towards gay persons. Just days before the PRIDE day held on the August bank holiday at Hayle Beach, police arrested of one of the organisers, and held him in custody for over 16 hours.
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