Britain In Grip Of Homophobic Crime Wave

[davidinalameda]

I love the headlines on this site

http://www.365gay.com/Newscon06/02/020206ukViolence.htm

A number of recent violent physical attacks on gays and lesbians has police urging caution when going out. The most recent attack left a Northern Ireland man in danger of losing the sight in one eye.

The 20 year old man was attacked as he walked along a street in Londonderry. The man, whose name is being withheld for his own safety, is in stable condition in hospital. But police say it is not the first time he has been attacked and other gay men in the city have also been beaten.

A week ago a gay couple near London escaped possible death when someone tried to set fire to their home. Peter Cameron, 56, and his partner Nick Hughes, 39, found their hallway ablaze but were able to extinguish the flames before the fire caught hold.

Police said that an incendiary had been pushed through the letterbox. Had the couple been asleep at the time they likely would have perished police said.

[bigscott]

1. last night

a young man walked into a bar in New Bedford, Mass and asked if it was a gay bar - when the bar tender said yes the man started attacking patrons with a hatchet.

You wonder what special rights I want? The right to walk into a bar without being axed.

[JudyM]

2. Whoa. Did that make the papers? Got a link?