In London sind im vergangenen Dezember zwei nicht schwule Männer Opfer homophober Gewalt geworden:
Ali Abdulrahman, 18, and Mohammed Munye, 19, assaulted the two men on board a N38 bus close to the Angel in December last year.
The victims, aged 29 and 31, were wearing commando-style fancy-dress costumes, having attended a Christmas party. They were jeered at and asked if they were gay.
When one of the men, who is not gay, said he was and joked with the group, they reacted violently and punched and kicked him and his friend to the floor before stamping on them. The 29-year-old victim sustained a broken cheekbone and substantial bruising to his face and body and the second victim sustained cuts and bruises.
Munye also attempted to burn part of one of the victim’s outfits.
Solche Vorfälle sollten insbesondere nicht schwulen Menschen zu denken geben, denn Opfer schwulenfeindlicher Gewalt kann jeder werden; dazu muss man nicht einmal ‘fancy-dress costumes’ tragen.
Welche Ausmaß antischwule Gewalt angenommen hat, zeigen diese Meldungen aus den letzten Tagen:
In London wurden einem 61 Jahre alten Mann von einem 17jährigen tödliche Verletzungen beigebracht.
In Italien hat ein 58jähriger Mann seinen schwulen Sohn mit einem Messer angegriffen und verletzt.
Und Shannon Gilreath berichtet aus den USA:
Sean is dead. In May 2007, he was assaulted in Greenville, S.C., by a young man who called him “faggot” while punching him so hard that he broke every bone in Sean’s face. Sean fell to the pavement; the impact caused his brain to separate from his brain stem.
Shortly after driving away, Sean’s killer left a message on the cell phone of one of Sean’s friends: “Tell your faggot friend that when he wakes up he owes me $500 for my broken hand.”
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