60% of gay upl won't hold hands public | Newstalk

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• FALLY, A 'GAY UPLE HOLDG HANDS PUBLIC' VIO THAT WON'T YOUR DAY
• GAY UPLE TERRIFIED OF HOLDG HANDS PUBLIC AFTER BEG PELTED WH ABE OM CEL HOMOPHOBE
• NEW SUBWAY STATN HAS PUBLIC ART RARELY SEEN: A GAY COUPLE
• GAY UPLE SPAT AT AND LLED ‘DIRTY HOMOS’ BROAD DAYLIGHT FOR SIMPLY HOLDG HANDS PUBLIC
• MOST GAY PEOPLE ‘ARE STILL AAID TO HOLD HANDS THE STREET’
• 60% OF GAY UPL WON'T HOLD HANDS PUBLIC
• NEARLY 60 PERCENT OF GAY UPL IRELAND FEAR HOLDG HANDS PUBLIC

FALLY, A 'GAY UPLE HOLDG HANDS PUBLIC' VIO THAT WON'T YOUR DAY

But for gay and queer upl, such a seemgly simple act n rry much more weight.

GAY UPLE TERRIFIED OF HOLDG HANDS PUBLIC AFTER BEG PELTED WH ABE OM CEL HOMOPHOBE

Beg openly gay or queer is still not safe or accepted everywhere, so we gave our rears the optn of beg anonymo or omtg their last nam.

Perhaps was growg up at a time where homosexualy wasn’t talked about. I was still very much the closet — only a few close iends knew that I was gay. I remember feelg relief and excement about my future as a gay man which motivated me to live openly and thentic.

NEW SUBWAY STATN HAS PUBLIC ART RARELY SEEN: A GAY COUPLE

I never really felt danger until after gay marriage was legalized. Once that happened, people were a lot more open about their homophobia and we toned our public affectn down even further. There are several gay bars, and throughout June, many bs here have a rabow flag schoolyard excement of fad quickly to fear, as I glanced up and saw two men.

In the past two weeks, viral vios om Ukrae, Rsia, and Israel have shown how dangero n be for gay men to holds hands public.

Lorenzo and Pedro, a gay uple Portugal who make edy and okg vios for YouTube, saw the Kyiv and Mosw vios and were disgted. "We felt what any straight or gay uple should feel: fortable.

GAY UPLE SPAT AT AND LLED ‘DIRTY HOMOS’ BROAD DAYLIGHT FOR SIMPLY HOLDG HANDS PUBLIC

Rsia has done the oppose, enactg laws like s 2013 ban on "propaganda of non-tradnal sexual relatns, " which effect eras homosexualy om public life, and a 2014 law that allows police to arrt foreign visors spected of beg gay. Human Rights Watch warned a December 2014 report that anti-gay vlence and public harassment were on the rise Rsia. A gay uple New Zealand have scribed beg harassed and verbally abed for holdg hands as they walked through central Auckland.

The uple were walkg hand--hand on Karangahape Road on their way to the supermarket when they were nonted by a voice shoutg “homos” and “f****ts”.

MOST GAY PEOPLE ‘ARE STILL AAID TO HOLD HANDS THE STREET’

When the pair tried to ignore him he actually followed them, ntug to yell homophobic slurs om his r as he showed them his middle fger.

Feelg threatened, the gay uple retreated to a nearby Turkish fe for safety, where they lled the police at 11.

60% OF GAY UPL WON'T HOLD HANDS PUBLIC

Acrdg to Auckland Pri director Max Tweedie, s of verbal and physil abe agast gay people are on the rise New Zealand. “It’s perfectly legal to say homophobic and transphobic thgs.

When the women refed, the group began to ll them homophobic slurs, and the event lated to the pot where the two women were btally beaten.

Ined, news stori about gay male upl beg attacked for holdg hands or kissg public are not equent. People hold hands as they take part the annual Lbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgenr (LGBT) Pri Para Milan, on June 27, 2015.

NEARLY 60 PERCENT OF GAY UPL IRELAND FEAR HOLDG HANDS PUBLIC

Both people sually datg and upl who have been married for years have been nonted wh homophobic acts when showg affectn to their partner public spac. A uple hold hands as they march the Gay Pri para 26 June 2005 New York (Don Emmert/AFP/Getty). “[We] have had homophobic abe shouted across the street.

The two live Oxford, but have to thk refully about where they go, choosg their travel statns on the basis of their perceived gay-iendls.

Participants attend the Gay Pri para Paris on June 30, 2018 (Geofoy Van Der Hasselt/AFP/Getty).