Robert Ortiz, the sufferable gay Lyft passenger who went viral last week after hurlg racial slurs at a driver, apologized a new vio.
Contents:
- A NEW BOOK CHRONICL THIS GAY ATHLETE’S EXPERIENC DRIVG FOR UBER AND LYFT
- LYFT DRIVER INDIANAPOLIS ORRS GAY UPLE OUT OF HIS R AFTER THEY KISS
- LYFT DRIVER TELLS GAY MAN TO ‘BURN HELL’ AFTER STONEWALL RTS DNER
- GAY LYFT PASSENGER WHO HURLED RACIAL SLURS AT BLACK DRIVER APOLOGIZ NEW VIO: WATCH
A NEW BOOK CHRONICL THIS GAY ATHLETE’S EXPERIENC DRIVG FOR UBER AND LYFT
Yet, a recent study shows that the adjtments have not dimished bias across the board and that black rirs, rirs perceived to be lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr or queer, and rirs who are perceived to be LGBTQ supporters are nceled on more equently before pickup than whe and perceptibly straight passengers. “There’s a lot of next-step actns platforms might nsir to ensure a good oute and that everybody has a safe, fortable, nonbative ri, ” Parker this study looks at bias that occurs before an LGBTQ passenger or ally enters a r, stanc of discrimatn the backseat of rishar have been December 2018, a gay uple Hoton said they were kicked out of an Uber ri after sharg a quick kiss. Then May of this year, a gay uple Indianapolis claimed they were booted om a Lyft ri for sharg a “short kiss on the lips.
” In June, a gay man said a New York Cy taxi driver told him, “I don’t drive gays, ” and that same month, a lbian uple claimed they were thrown out of an Uber ri for sharg a “peck.
” In perhaps the most ighteng cint, a gay man last November claimed a Lyft driver Miami pulled a gun on him after exclaimg, “I want to kill everyone that’s gay.
LYFT DRIVER INDIANAPOLIS ORRS GAY UPLE OUT OF HIS R AFTER THEY KISS
I’m gay, somethg I didn’t readily advertise to my passengers. They jt assumed otherwise and would ment as such, om quirg about whether or not I had a girliend to g adjectiv like “gay” or “faggy” mixed wh sual speech. “I’m gay, ” I admted.
To Gay Lyfters the Transportatn Exchange Revolutn (GLITTERs), how have your rirs been when they do or don't realize you're queer? On May 5, the driver orred the gay llege uple out of his r.
"We basilly pecked, nothg out of the ordary, " said Martella, who's gog to his sophomore year at Butler.
LYFT DRIVER TELLS GAY MAN TO ‘BURN HELL’ AFTER STONEWALL RTS DNER
""Indianapolis enforc that ordance aggrsively, " said Steve Sanrs, an associate profsor at Indiana Universy Mrer School of Law and an expert on gay rights. Sexual asslt claims:Uber, Lyft end forced arbratn for sexual asslt claims by passengers or employeWag:Uber, Lyft drivers actually earn ls than mimum wage, MIT survey suggtsThe Chigo Tribune reported on a lawsu allegg that last September a Lyft driver pulled a gun on two male passengers and ed a homophobic slur. A Hoton televisn statn reported that a gay uple was kicked out of an Uber ri after they kissed.
"Said Sanrs: "Some of have a tenncy to be rosey-eyed about LGBT acceptance now that we have gay marriage. A man om Washgton DC has said he was told to “burn hell” by his Lyft driver bee he is gay, as he was driven home om an exhib markg the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall rts.
Lyft driver tells gay man to “burn hell”. Speakg to the Washgton Bla, Alexanr said he replied: “It’s for the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall rts … which helped lnch the gay rights movement.
GAY LYFT PASSENGER WHO HURLED RACIAL SLURS AT BLACK DRIVER APOLOGIZ NEW VIO: WATCH
He said that the driver, known only as Jeremy, rpond: “Gay rights?
Is no need for gay rights.