A gay couple in the UK is trying to recover following a brutal beating outside a gay club that left both with serious injuries.Dan Wilson and Rob Morris suffered violence at the hands of five men outside the nightclub Colors in Basildon, England in the early morning hours of October 10.
The two had spent the evening out partying, and Rob had dressed in drag for the occasion.As the two walked home toward their flat, the gang approached them shouting homophobic slurs.Related: 20-year-old hero stabbed in the back in possible anti-gay hate crime“It was terrifying, we didn’t know if they had any weapons,” Dan told the UK outlet Echo News. “Rob had been dressed in drag at the time.