When BBC Three Counties Radio reporter Justin Daley and presenter Iain Lee walked through a town centre in the south of England, they didn’t realise there would so many disgusted or awkward looks in such a short space of time. Within minutes, people had turned to stare, pulled their children away, or muttered ‘eugh’ and worse under their breath.
Using a hidden camera they recorded the results, and caught up with one young man, who, along with his mother beside him, describes it as ‘disgusting’ – despite having his hands down his track suit trousers so that he could play with his balls at the time.
i wish i saw you pricks in town, would have told you how i think its fucking disgusting and i think you people are messed up, somethings not right in your head! and if you followed me like that i i woulda turned round and said if you gay cunts dont move from me i gonna fuck you both up, fucking horrible!
You are the prick mate. Theres worse things in life than being gay. And I really hope you have a gay son one day or someone in your family is cos your whole perception will change then when its someone u love and getting abuse on the street
Yeah, we’re the ones messed in the head. Not the fact you’d wanna hurt a complete stranger because of something which quite frankly has nothing to do with you. Of course that’s a normal thing to think: ‘two guys holding hands so I should clearly attack them’. Psychopathic moron.
@malaki i would love to see you try. hahaha….FANNY!
Oh how I would love to psychoanalyse you. You’re a goldmine of denial.
I can’t reply to Malaki directly for some reason, so forgive me for hijacking your comment.
Malaki: something clearly isn’t right in your head for you to be that hateful and backwards. You’re also a complete coward, but I hope you find some peace in your life one day and find a way to deal with your issues. It must be toxic living with that level of bile.
@Malaki. You are a fucking prick. Theres nothing wrong with gays.
I’ve gotten verbal abuse over my choice in clothing so I can relate to the verbal abuse that those two had received though not on the level that they did. To go around was a huge risk, especially in luton, so I commend them highly for that. As for my personal opinions, I am highly for homosexuality as really, it’s people’s opinions. They can’t exactly help it if they like certain people. It’s how their individual minds work. Whenever I see people holding hands in public I smile and, I must admit I have double-taken looks just to confirm both genders, but after that I smile and carry on. It is not my life, I don’t know them. Even if I did, it’s not my relationship so why should I get involved.
This case study/experiment really shows a lot about people and how homophobia is a problem, even ironic in some cases.
It must be a little sick, when making love and all you can smell is shit from the ass your screwing. Dirty fuckers
I wouldn’t say any more ‘sick’ than what’s perceived as ordinary sex considering no matter what you’re slamming one of your most unhygienic places on your body into someone else’s. Sex is never anything but gross from a third person perspective. Its being in the moment that counts and that doesn’t matter who you’re with so long as you’re both able to happily express yourselves. But, if we are to continue in the same vein as your immaturity on the matter, I find this a little ironic coming from someone with the username ‘Ballpoint’.
Sorry in reply to ballpoint you must be really curious of what gay men are doing in their bedrooms are you sure you are not in the closet dear? or do you secretly bum your girlfriend at the back which stinks of poo? And btw IDIOT anal sex is practised by hetero couples too in many traditions and cultures whilst gay people don’t participate in anal sex get you facts straight stupid neartherdal bigot.
As a luton man I think ppl who live there jus need to grow up and get with the times who the hell cares if 2 men hold hands oh my god shocker. no! at the end of the end it’s joke that ppl are that sad to do that does it really matter!!!
This really doesn’t shock me. I have lived in Luton all my life and from what I have experienced; it is the most narrow minded place in the UK and has a long way to go for it to fully diversify and get with the times.
In my eyes Luton has never been a place that has accepted anyone who is different. But what has really shocked me is how it has become more obvious in the work place. I recently left a job purely for the fact that it wasn’t for me but the amount of abuse that was hurled at me afterwards was astonishing. According to them I left because I was a “Pretentious Faggot”. If people say Luton is diversifying into a more accepting place it must be going at a Snails Pace.
CDales,your reasons for leaving the job are you’re own reasons.The reasons people called you a “pretentious faggot” are their own reasons. My point it is what it is and people are allowed free speach really.
Wrong. Hate speech is not protected by freedom of speech or expression. Abuse based on race, gender, nationality, sexuality, etc. is not shielded by any law. The Public Order Act and the Human Rights Act is evidence of this.
The “reasons” people use hate speech are deplorable and have no place in a civil society.
By the way, it’s “your”, not “you’re”, and “speech”, not “speach”.
If you’re going to make a terrible “point”, at least do it without broken English.
Always right,thanks for correcting the grammar in my post,appreciated.You make some valid points,however (and i’m not saying he/she is) but what if CDales is indeed a pretentious faggot? Neither of us know either way,so maybe the people calling him/her have a better idea.Also which civil society you living in? Equally the Acts you cite so well are only law in some countries and not others making your point lame at best.None of my points are meant to be rude,so please don’t take them that way,just making point really that were both coming at same point from different directions.me from common sense and real life experiance you from the top of a high horse and from the covers of a book from you’re points.
regardless of if he’s pretentious or not, why should he be subjected to hate speech? its people like you that side with these archaic fucks that believe people should be shunned for being different that make me sick
Roy,thanks for reply. Good to see you’re able to use wide sweeping statements such as “people like you” to advance your argument when in reality you have no idea about me, other than the few words written here. It’s also odd that you ask the question about why he/she should be subjected to hate speech, then finish your post by lumping me into same catagory of people which makes you sick.There’s an irony in you defending free speech whilst shouting down mine (and that of others) I find pleasantly amusing. Seems to me your missing the point,if he/she is pretentious,then they are pretentious,maybe if he/she is informed they are retentious (in the opinions of others of course) that person could address this issue,or not address this issue depending on their own ideologies.Seems CDales didn’t like being called pretentious,so maybe now they will change and not be so well,pretentuious. As for free speech,it doesn’t exist.
Being pretentious is one thing. Being called a faggot is just hateful abuse, end of story.
Ali,if name calling was the worst thing than was happening today and the worst thing in someones life then they should count themselves lucky.There’s a whole lot of worse things than being called names.Now that’s the real end of the story.”They” call someone “faggot”, someone calls them a “range of names”,hardly goning to make the world stop spinning is it?
They could just be video game fans who hate iain lee for his various endeavors…
I saw the 2 of them holding hands in town and the only thought I got from it was that I wish my husband would hold my hand more! Unfortunately not everyone sees the love
I live in Luton and in bring up 3 children in Luton . I hate all the negative press Luton gets. I’d have had looked at you both as I would have recognised you from TV. Your both tall and we’ll dressed people would have looked at you for lots of reasons. I hate that the only thing on TV about Luton is always negative. There are good hard working people everywhere in Luton.
We ♥ Luton !
You are in denial about the level of bigotry around you.
Your probley right harry, but I’m making sure my family are going to be different. I’m our own way ain’t we all judging each other? What area we live in, whom we spent time with, what we do for a living how much we earn?? Anyways thanks harry I still think Luton gets to much bad press.
This is really sad, i live in Luton and think of it as a fairly open and modern place (in fairness i have always lived there and know no different)
But i suppose that as someone who has never recieved any abuse (White, heterosexual, male) i just expect everyone to have the same mentality as myself. However if i were to see this kind of abuse going on, i would like to think i would stand up for people. I myself would probably not even notice a gay couple, instead just seeing another couple, who are happy and minding their own business.
Normally I never make derogatory comments, but these pricks that has rather narrowninded, Neanderthal stupendous remarks on “shit ” and brutal abuse calling them “cunts” makes me laugh! I pity you two and I’m so sorry your parents have such disgusting kids to love..
I don’t wish you two ever have kids, let alone gay kids cause it’s clear with stated remarks you would actually end up murdering them, shocks me!
I find it pityfuj you two even excuse your ways by using such profanity and calling it disgusting. Grow a brain, if possible!
I find your behavior disgusting really!
I grew up in Luton and couldn’t get away fast enough, it’s a horrible, small-minded town. I lived for many years in France but due to financial circumstances had to move back to England. I ended up in Sheffield where two men holding hands would barely raise a conservative eyebrow. It’s a very welcoming and diverse city, even the stauncher, more conservative and/or Islamic areas are very tolerant and welcoming to people of all sexualities, on display in the form of holding hands or not. Much happier here for sure.
Couldn’t agree more. I moved from East Anglia to Sheffield approx 8 years ago and I’ve never experienced anywhere else as accepting and friendly when it comes to diversity.
I am surprised that they are surprised, I live in a major metropolitan area and I would not walk down the street holding my husbands hand because I KNOW we would get stares and possible verbal abuse. I am always so happy when we go on vacation to an area where we can hold hands freely without any consequence. I enjoy holding my husbands hand and walking with him and its sad that STILL in 2015 that is an Iffy thing to do. I am happy that we are legally married now and the movement has come a Long way very quickly, but there is still gay bashing and verbal gay bashing. Its sad, really.
I am a straight woman with this kind of homophobic experience in Newcastle shopping centre after I and a friend walked arm in arm through the centre one night. We were attacked by a group of young people who threw their Macdonalds dinner over us – I mean bits of hamburger, ketchup, chips shouting ‘f’ing lezzies’. Astonishing. This country is so backward. I don’t see why you have to necessarily be ‘gay’ to hold hands with your own sex anyway. Try telling that to the French!
I’m from Luton and being multicultural it’s full of different religions, disagreement at some point is inevitable.
I sometimes can’t help myself and go ‘ew’ at guys with their hands town their pants, that’s disgusting, but when I see a gay couple I either let them get on with their lives, or I give them a smile. I know that they will get looks/abuse etc.. I can relate with being female, tattooed, piercied, wear japanese fashions etc. but I mean males with females can kiss in public, why can’t the same sex couples, how would they feel if they had to keep their feelings away from people.. that opinions shouldn’t matter.