Tag: homophobic slur

Two men were viciously attacked early Sunday morning as they left a gay bar in Brooklyn, New York. According to the local ABC affiliate, the two men - one 29-years-old, the other 34-years-old - had just left the Metropolitan Bar in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, when a man approaching them called out with a homophobic slur. The incident quickly escalated with the attacker punching the 34-year-old in the face, and throwing the 29-year-old against a tree. Both were knocked unconscious. The good news is...

After a bartender in Orange County ordered the trio removed, the bouncer violently threw them onto the street. Three California men claim they were victims of a “gay bashing” at a Newport Beach restaurant earlier this month, when a bartender used a homophobic slur and a security guard physically threw them to the ground before shoving them out the door. Angel Bonilla, Colton Moyer, and Clement Serafin filed a lawsuit in Orange County Superior Court on Monday, claiming that, on April...

England rugby player Denny Solomona has received a ban for making a homophobic slur. Solomona, who also plays for rugby union team Sale Sharks, has been handed a four-week suspension for verbally abusing Worcester Warriors’ Jamie Shillcock during their Aviva Premiership match on 24 March. Shillcock alleged that Solomona used the anti-gay slur “faggot” towards him twice during the match, according to The Times. Solomona contested the charge, but was found guilty at a Rugby Football Union disciplinary hearing on Thursday 5...