Tag: homophobic

A Utah café worker is being applauded for defending a gay couple who were being harassed by a large group of men. While participating in Utah’s Pride Festival on Saturday, a gay couple was walking around downtown Salt Lake City. Around 10 p.m. that night, the two men found themselves being harassed by a group of 10 to 15 white men. The men yelled out homophobic slurs at the couple and followed them as they fled. The gay men then came across...

A hardware store owner in Tennessee once again made national news yesterday because he decided to put back up a sign that read "No Gays Allowed" after the Masterpiece Cakeshop ruling this week. This is a pebble in what could eventually become bricks being thrown at this incredibly strong house that the LGBTQ community has built for decades, so its better to address this issue now than to let it fester and allow people like this owner to do what...

A local business owner from Iowa is accused of throwing a homophobic temper tantrum during his town’s Pride celebration. It all started when two port-a-potties were placed near John Wisor’s restaurant during Pride Fest in East Davenport, Iowa last weekend. That’s when at least half a dozen volunteers say Wisor, who owns a restaurant called 11th Street Precinct, flew into a rage. According to witnesses, he ran out onto the street and shouted antigay insults at them, including calling them “f*cking...

Thugs have also told gay football fans they could be 'killed' if they attend the World Cup in Russia Gay kissing in public will be reported to police at the Russia World Cup, a homophobic group has warned. The international soccer competition will kick off across 11 Russian cities next week, and LGBTI rights groups are very concerned. A gay insider at the Russia Football Union has revealed to Gay Star News higher ups ‘don’t care whatsoever’ about LGBTI fans being assaulted,...

Guards allegedly ignored the Michigan inmates' repeated requests to be separated The family of a gay man murdered by his homophobic cellmate while incarcerated in a Michigan prison is suing the Michigan Department of Corrections, M Live reports. Rodriguez Burks, 23, serving a two-year sentence at the Alger Correctional Facility for fleeing and eluding officers, was killed last July, nine months before he was eligible for parole. DeShawn Madden, 23, has been convicted of the first-degree murder. Recently transferred to Alger, he...

His attackers escaped jail time – so now this gay student wants to use his attack for good Will Mayrick is the gay student who was forced to apologize for being gay, threatened with being stabbed and strangled. This month his attackers pleaded guilty, but as they are underage and pleaded guilty – escaped any jail time. At the Bexley Magistrate Courts in London, the sixteen and seventeen-year-olds received a referral order of 12 months. But if they fail to comply with...

It's called 'The F*G Train' A classical orchestra in Sweden has responded in the best way to homophobic hate mail it received. The Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra received a hate filled letter from an anonymous sender last month after it performed music by LGBTI composers. It said the decision made the author of the letter ‘want to vomit’. The author also accused the orchestra of ‘hopping on the fag train’. Rather than throw the letter away, composer Fredrik Österling has used it construct lyrics...

Even speaking up for LGBTI rights in Nigeria can get you into trouble A group of brave Nigerians have taken to the streets of the capital Lagos to show their solidarity with the country’s LGBTI people. The protesters hit the streets on the country’s National Day of Mourning to raise awareness about the homophobic violence and murders of LGBTI people. The National Day of Mourning commemorates the countless Nigerians who lost their lives to different kinds of violence. The Bisi Alimi Foundation...

Assaulted by her family, this woman survived two oceans and a hurricane to find a safe haven You might think traveling a thousand miles or climbing any mountain might just be in the songs, but a lesbian couple proved there is no distance when love is a possibility. A lesbian has shared how she escaped her homophobic family in Russia by boat and sailed for nearly a year to Canada, Prospekt Mag reports. Elena is from Ivanovo, a city 250 km east...

A hardware store in Virginia is facing criticism after an employee there allegedly shouted homophobic remarks at a Boy Scout and his father. According to an eye witness, a worker at Nichols Hardware in Purcellville, Virginia yelled at the Boy Scout in front of other customers, telling the child to “get out” and that the store doesn’t “support homos.” Carly Hamilton was shopping at the store when it happened. “I thought it was a joke,” she tells WUSA9. “All of a sudden,...

"The sad reality is, this is everyday life for the LGBTQ community," says Brandon Wolf. Following some comments he made about Vice President Mike Pence, Brandon Wolf has found himself on the receiving end of intense online attacks from right-wing activists, as online threats on his life. A Pulse shooting survivor and now visible LGBT activist, Wolf is doing his work to speak out on anti-LGBT violence and shed light on the necessity of equality in the country. During a Monday night...

This is quite the turnaround. A man was fired within hours of being offered a job after going on a “drunk, homophobic rant” at his new would-be workplace. Danny Crook of Southhampton, England, had just landed a job at the Mango Thai Tapas Bar & Lounge and was in a mood to celebrate. We’re with you so far, Danny. His first mistake was his celebration venue: his new workplace. It would be his first mistake of many that night. After knocking back drink...

When Australian rugby star Israel Folau spoke up last month in a since-deleted Instagram comment about his views that gay people end up in hell unless they “repent their sins and turn to God”, folks were understandably upset. Among those were fellow athletes who’ve been actively trying to combat the homophobia that’s long been associated with professional sports. But despite Folau’s comments clearly being at odds with Rugby Australia’s inclusion policy, the institution did not impose a sanction on him. And that’s...

An Australian man said alleged workplace homophobic bullying has derailed his career and caused depression. Glenn Hall worked as a marketing director in the southern city of Melbourne. He claimed staff routinely excluded him and made homophobic comments about him. One of the company’s directors even allegedly called him a ‘greedy faggot’ when he asked the company to pay his entitled bonus. ‘Those two words completely destabilised me, they left me powerless.’ Hall told the Herald Sun. Hall posted a photo of text messages...