Gay Man Attacked by Group Liverpool

Contents:

• THE 5 BEST LIVERPOOL GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS LIVERPOOL
• GAY MAN ATTACKED BY GROUP LIVERPOOL
• GAY BARS IN LIVERPOOL
• BEATEN UP FOR BEG GAY - STUNT LEFT VERED BLOOD AFTER HOMOPHOBIC ATTACK LIVERPOOL
• THE VELVET MAFIA: THE GAY MEN WHO HELPED SHAPE MIC THE 60S

THE 5 BEST LIVERPOOL GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS LIVERPOOL

Hundreds of thoands of fans attend English Premier League match this weekend for the first time nearly 18 months, though one game was marred by homophobic chantg and another by “isolated cints of disorr” ahead of kick off. Norwich Cy midfielr Billy Gilmour, who was playg for the newly promoted club on loan om Chelsea, was allegedly targeted by homophobic chantg by some Liverpool fans durg the visg team’s 3-0 w at Carrow Road on Saturday. “Great rult today marred by homophobic chantg by some of our fans targetg Chelsea loanee Billy Gilmour, ” tweeted Kop Outs, Liverpool’s LGBT+ Fans Group.

Acrdg to Gee Starkey-Midha, who worked for anti-discrimatn anizatn Kick It Out, the homophobic slur origat om the 1980s “and is tend as an sult to suggt all Chelsea fans are gay.

Chelsea’s official LGBTQ+ & Friends Supporters Group, tweeted that would “ntue to work wh clubs and thori across the game to ensure homophobia, biphobia and transphobia are kicked out of the game. Vio LoadgVio Unavailable Follow for live updat as protters are marchg through Liverpool cy centre today after a seri of homophobic attacks sent shockwav through Merseysi’s LGBT+ muny.

GAY MAN ATTACKED BY GROUP LIVERPOOL

The prott has been anised by people who work Liverpool’s gay quarter and are iends wh people attacked recent asslts.

Another uple were attacked by knife-wieldg thugs who spouted homophobic slurs on June 11. 14:19Alan WtonThe scene the cy's Gay QuarterThe route of the march is om the rner of Church Street and Paradise Street, to St Johns, through Williamson Square to Victoria Street.

13:49Ben Turner-LELattThe march has reached the Gay Quarter13:47Ben Turner-LELatt scen om Liverpool cy centreDanny Rigg is jog the protters today - latt om him. 12:42Danny RiggHello and wele to our verage of today’s prottHello, I'm Danny Rigg and I'm on Church Street now verg the prott over recent homophobic and transphobic attacks Liverpool cy least four vlent attacks on trans, gay and bisexual young people have e to light recent weeks sendg fear and anger through the cy's LGBT+ will close the top floors of their cy centre store so staff n attend the prott. A spected homophobic attack which left a man fearg for his life has been nmned as "sickeng" by people across the cy.

GAY BARS IN LIVERPOOL

The 24-year-old om Belfast, was attacked Liverpool cy centre the early hours of this morng by a group of men llg him homophobic slurs.

BEATEN UP FOR BEG GAY - STUNT LEFT VERED BLOOD AFTER HOMOPHOBIC ATTACK LIVERPOOL

He said: "He went, 'Don't speak to me like that, you f***** c***, you gay f***** c***'.

" The attack is the latt a seri of vlent asslts Liverpool cy centre, many of them spected to be motivated by homophobia and transphobia. A group of gay women were also attacked and threatened wh rape and murr.

A gay uple and their iend were threatened wh a knife and lled homophobic slurs durg an attack early June. Speakg of the impact of the attack, the victim told the ECHO: "Hontly like, I'm so proud of my sexualy and so proud of beg gay. But I hontly, if this is what this means then like, No, then I'll jt not be gay if you jt leave me alone.

THE VELVET MAFIA: THE GAY MEN WHO HELPED SHAPE MIC THE 60S

" In statement, Detective Inspector Sean Kelly-Martland said: “It's hugely ncerng that someone has been subjected to homophobic abe and asslt our cy centre. A gay man feared for his life while he was attacked Liverpool, England, over the after midnight on Saturday, a group of men attacked Aodhan Benson, a 24-year-old om Belfast, while hurlg homophobic slurs.