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"Police in Western Australia are investigating flyers distributed to homes
across Perth targeting members of the state’s LGBTIQ+ community.
The flyers, which are anonymous, display photographs of LGBTIQ+ people and
falsely accuse them of crimes such as paedophilia.
WA police confirmed they had received several reports about the flyers and said
inquiries were under way.
A Pride WA board member, Gregory Helleren, is featured on one flyer. It shows a
photograph of him alongside false allegations of paedophilia.
“I’ve been quite disturbed by it. Not for my on personal safety or reputation
but more that this is something that is still happening all these years after
gay law reform,” he said.
“The other flyers I’ve seen … the claims are outrageous but they’re plausible
enough that your average person looks at it and … goes ‘maybe they do traffic
drugs’.”
Helleren said he first learned about the flyers last year but his brother
alerted him to the one with his image in January. He reported it to police the
following month."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
