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A special #trainbow designed Intercity Express Train to promote Pride events across the Great Western Rail (GWR) network was launched yesterday (June 7). GWR unveiled the specially designed Intercity Express Train to celebrate the summer of Pride events taking place across the West of England and South Wales. In a proud first for GWR, the train company revealed the special liveried train at London Paddington before it continued in passenger service through Reading, towards Swindon, Bristol and South Wales. GWR Business Assurance...

A teenager was strangled and forced to apologise for being gay during a sick homophobic attack on a Tube train, police said. The 19-year-old's attackers allegedly threatened to stab him and placed him in a headlock until he struggled to breathe during the attack on a Jubilee line train. One of the victim's female friends, 25, was punched and pushed to the ground when she came to his defence, police said. British Transport Police said officers were treating the incident as a...

People panicked when the man started saying "death is not the end." A man shouting anti-gay passages from the Bible on a London train this week caused passengers to panic and flee onto the tracks. The South Western Railway line into Waterloo experienced delays after passengers became frightened of the man for shouting Bible verses that declared gay men should be put to death. https://twitter.com/cyclingbetting/status/914753896542859264?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.newnownext.com%2Ftrain-homophobic-bible-verses-evacuate%2F10%2F2017%2F One of the passengers spoke to the Richmond and Twickenham Times about the incident, saying that riders near...

"There is no bigotry, hatred and prejudice at this station." New Yorkers have to deal with subway notices all the time, but they're usually more frustrating then helpful. This week as May turned to June, Pride Train papered the MTA with some especially colorful Service Information posters, making riders aware that June was Pride month. Where it would usually say what subway lines would not be running the notices instead inform MTA riders that there is "no bigotry, hatred and...

Police are appealing for help after a man was subjected to homophobic abuse on a London train. British Transport Police put out a plea to help identify three men in connection with an incident on a London Overground train. The incident took place around 10:30 PM on March 31. The victim, a 21-year-old man, was on his way back from a concert with friends when he was targeted for abuse on board an Overground train from Highbury & Islington to Willesden Junction. Pictures...

A gay couple have faced homophobic abuse after an anti-gay article went viral in Singapore. An image, which shows the couple kissing on a Metro train in Singapore, was at the centre of a homophobic option piece written on a local news site. Melinda, the writer of the homophobic article, shared the image after she was ‘disgusted’ by the couple. She wrote: “I respect everyone’s rights, but this is simply disgusting in a public space. “What if my children saw this and asked...

A rare smile Aaron sighed heavily and let the pen fall onto the desk. It has been a long day at the office and all this signing and stamping of documents had left him exhausted. He spun around with his wheelchair and took in the sight that spread itself in front of him through the wall of glass – the young man was currently on the 20th floor of the 32-floor building that held his name. Aaron was in his...