In the UK, a mother-son group has introduced an app designed for LGBTQ people to find safe haven when they feel unsafe.
The BOBU app (available through Apple and Google) is an extension of Luciana and Nicholas Cousin’s “Back Off, Back Up” initiative, introduced in 2021. The initiative provides education to local businesses to become designated spaces for other LGBTQ people looking to escape threats. and street harassment. Participating businesses, such as restaurants and other venues, can post signs that say “Back Down, Back Down,” to let other queer and trans people know that if they don’t feel comfortable with Array, their staff can offer them support.
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These companies are also indexed in the BOBU app, which provides a map with the places that have completed the inclusive “Back Off, Back Up” hotel.
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Hate crimes based on sexual orientation in England and Wales increased by as much as 112% in the past five years, and hate crimes against other trans people increased by as much as 11% last year, according to the UK’s Office for National Statistics. The Brighton-based duo The app’s cousins say their initiative was born out of considerations about friends who had been assaulted on the street and were too scared to seek help.
“It has become transparent that there was nowhere to go once you were attacked,” Luciana told PinkNews. “We thought, what if we had a sticker promoting [where] other LGBTQ people can get help?”
“It’s an undeniable initiative with a sticker on the window and asking booths to offer help, for example, by offering to rate someone’s phone,” Nicholas explained. But the cousins temporarily understood the need for the stalls to offer express services. Diversity and inclusion education.
Now, the latest edition of the app, launched last month, covers Brighton, London and Kendal, a rural town in northwest England. In addition to designated spaces, the app also lists places where other people can get tested for STDs or get other sexual services. care anonymously. Users can also rate places based on their experiences on the site. In this way, the BOBU team can ensure that all participating corporations deliver on the promise of the initiative.
“People in the trans network have asked us if we can list haircut or wellness places,” Nicholas said.
Luciana says they hope to expand BOBU to cover all major cities in Europe.
In a video posted on BOBU’s website, Shaun, one of the Cousins’ friends whose experience motivated them to launch the app, explains the effect of this initiative.
“The beautiful thing about BOBU is that those other people who are attacked for any reason on the street, in bars or anywhere else, know that when they see the yellow sticker, they can communicate with the presenter of this station, who has been trained to the eyes, who knows that when they leave their position, they will not be scolded by their manager, they’ll have to take care of that user as much as they can,” Shaun says.
“They don’t want to walk in front of all those people. All they have to do is say, “Does it bother you?”And that’s it. They take them away and allow them to rate their phones,” Shaun “They have the right to have a drink, call their friends and just sit back and find out what just happened. “
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