Tag: homophobic insult

Diaz Bravo was attacked with a broken glass to the face A Chilean events host was savagely assaulted with a broken glass at a pub during a homophobic attack. Patricio Díaz Bravo was allegedly attacked on Sunday by a woman who had been shouting homophobic insults at him. He was attacked at a pub in Puerto Natales in the southern Patagonian region of Chile. LGBTI organization, Movilh, reported that Yerka Torres Ojeda was hurling slurs such as, ‘colipato’ and ‘maricon’, Spanish colloquialisms for...

Two men were subject to humiliation and homophobic abuse after they shared a kiss at an ice hockey fixture in Sheffield. David Simms, an executive and public announcer at the Sheffield Steelers, ordered for security “to get rid of them” and deemed their kiss as “disgusting”. The kiss-cam – which is a popular trait at American sporting events – was selecting couples to win free tickets as Simms made the derogatory comments about the pair. He later justified his comments, telling BBC...