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Couple say they were 'shocked' after being turned away from a cocktail bar in Leeds for being gay A gay couple was refused entry into a bar in Leeds, UK when bouncers said it was ‘mixed-couples’ only. Patrick Hannon and Jake Archer had gone to Jake’s Bar in the northern English city for a drink at 10pm on 24 March. They were left ‘speechless’ after they were not allowed in for being a same-sex couple. Venue bosses they are investigating and claims it...

We have the latest update in the story of English cricket star Ben Stokes. Stokes was caught in controversy last year when camera footage emerged of him in the middle of a bar fight. Later, the story came out that Ben Stokes was in the fight to allegedly defend two gay men who were being attacked. Then later, two men came out of the woodwork to confirm this story. Unfortunately, despite that reasoning, Stokes is still in trouble with the law. After a...

Hate crimes on the rise? Well so aren't security camera usage and thank goodness! Horrific footage has been released showing the moment one man smashed a glass into the face of another manas he walked into a bar holding hands with his boyfriend. Anjungi Lam, 35, was caught on CCTV running up and glassing the young man in a homophobic attack in Kentish Drovers pub in South London. The victim, 23, suffered cuts to his nose, lip and neck, a chipped tooth...

Net time you try and slide through a crowded room, make sure that action isn't illegal in the country you're partying in at the time. One poor Scottish man is realizing that you can't maneuver through a pub in the Middle East like you can in the rest of the world. A Scottish man is reportedly facing three years behind bars in Dubai for accidentally touching a man’s hip in a bar. Through a representative for the defendant, 27-year old...

The name has led to resignations from the local Pride Center and a heated town hall meeting last night You’d expect the news of a new LGBTI venue opening in Vermont to be greeted with excitement by the local community. However, it has instead prompted deep division. The reason? Its name. Mister Sister is due to be open shortly in Winooski, Burlington. It’s a rebranding of the business currently at the venue: Oak45 wine bar. It will be the first dedicated LGBTI...

After reportedly defending a gay friend who was being harassed in a bar, one of the Kennedys has found himself in legal hot water. Conor Kennedy, 22, grandson of Robert F. Kennedy, was arrested shortly after the scuffle, which took place at the Bootsy Bellows nightclub in Aspen, Colorado. The Aspen Times reports that the brawl began when a group of men began harassing Kennedy’s gay friend with antigay slurs. According to reports, Kennedy asked the men to apologize, and that’s when...

A man was attacked on his way home because he was wearing a pink shirt. Kent Morgan was walking past an alleyway after finishing his shift at a local bar in New Zealand when two men appeared and called him a ‘pink shirt wearing homo.’ Morgan ignored the two men, but they continued to harass him over his clothing, before attacking him. “I just carried on walking because I thought there’s no point answering back because it sounded like they’d had a...

After the shooting at Pulse Nightclub in Orlando earlier this year, there was renewed talk about the importance of gay bars and other “safe spaces” where LGBTQ people can come together. But what happens when those spaces become infiltrated by straight people? “For someone who’s gay, a night out in a gay bar means that they don’t have to brush off homophobic comments disguised as ‘banter’ and aren’t at risk from violence and harassment from people who don’t agree with their sexuality,” Lottie Tiplady-Bishop...