Tag: humiliation

“Who told you to get dressed?” In the past week, a disturbing and homophobic video has surfaced of two police officers taunting and humiliating a gay couple in Pieter­maritzburg, South Africa. The video (not shown here, although screen grabs are below) is suspected to have been filmed by the two police officers, who caught the same-sex couple engaging in sexual acts in a car at Camps Drift. The video shows the distraught couple with their pants down trying to cover their genitals,...

Failed Republican Senate candidate Roy Moore still hasn’t conceded the Senate race to Democratic rival Doug Jones — but that hasn’t stopped him from bitterly posting articles that cast blame on “Muslims” and “Marxists” for his humiliating loss. In a pair of Facebook posts that have gone up over the past two days, Moore has promoted an article from conspiracy theory website World Net Daily that alleges “a coalition of Muslim and Marxist-led groups” was instrumental in defeating Moore’s Senate...

In 2006, Indian Crown Prince of Rajpipla Manvendra Singh Gohil came out publicly, shattering global news as the world's first out prince. This news caused his family to disown him because of the humiliation they felt from his public display of self-affirmation. Since then, Manvendra has used his removal from his family as a means to create change for not only the people of India, but for the LGBTQ community that is so under represented. Despite his family's disapproval of his...

A man who miraculously survived Chechnya's relentless anti-gay campaign has stepped forward to share his horrific, distressing story. For 12 days, Maxim Lapunov said he was held captive in a blood-soaked cell, beaten, threatened, and humiliated by authorities. The 30-year-old man, originally from Siberia, had been living and working in Chechnya for two years. Then, one night in March, he says he was kidnapped by two men in a car. By his account, he had been taken to a police facility, where...

A shocking eyewitness reports the random tortures Over the last several days, LGBTI activists in Azerbaijan report a sudden crackdown on people who do not correspond with ‘national traditional values.’ Eyewitness reports claim authorities detain LGBTI people, beat, verbally abuse and force medical examinations on transgender people. Some reports even suggest authorities are shaving the hair of transgender women. Samad Ismayilov, president of Minority Azerbaijan, said it started several days ago. He received an anonymous testimony from a detained LGBTI person. He shared...

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...

In Scotland, we use the word 'jessy' as an insult. Urban dictionary describes it as follows: "Scottish/Northern English phrase to suggest someone is a coward. (your mate wont ask a girl out) "aww come on, stop being a Jessy" (someone runs away from a fight with you) "Haha, ya big Jessy"" It's also an insult thrown at many gay guys when they're young. We're seen as weak, ineffectual, unable to stand up for ourselves. Is this true? Is it something inherent in the...