Irish gay man Evan Somers opens up about savage homophobic attack in Dublin earlier this year
pic.twitter.com/u4s6H1eXmt— Evan (@ebintosh) April 17, 2022One full month later on May 10, Somers arrived at a GCN photoshoot for the portraits accompanying this story still wearing a boot to protect his ankle on which he had surgery as a result of the attack.“The bones were smashed in the ankle and there were two fractures and a dislocation,” he told GCN. “They weren’t clean breaks so the boot is on ‘til May.
I’m not sure what happens once I get it off.” As well as that, a blow to the face from the assailant left Evan with a fractured eye socket.
A player with the Emerald Warriors rugby club, Evan’s future in the sport is now uncertain because of the injuries sustained.Describing the incident in his own words, he said: “We were in The George all night, I think he saw us leave.I’m not sure if he thought I was on my own.
We were all sort of separated, trying to get a taxi on Dame Street. I was probably running along trying to get a taxi and [my friends] were behind me trying to get a taxi.“He came over to me and basically started calling me names.
