在现实生活中，对同志的歧视无影无踪中无处不在 2

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-13096519

Gay kiss pub protest at Soho's John Snow
A mass same-sex "kiss-in" has been staged outside a pub in central London where two men said they were ejected on Wednesday for kissing each other.
Hundreds of people gathered at the John Snow pub on Broadwick Street, Soho.

The men in question, James Bull and Jonathan Williams, attended the protest and held hands outside the building.

But Daniel Griffiths, ex-president of the Federation of Licensed Victuallers Associations, said if they did not like the house rules, "don't use the pub".

Earlier Thomas Paget, the licence holder of the pub, had refused to comment on the row.

Asked whether the venue - which closed early on Friday - had been the victim of a "misunderstanding", Mr Paget said: "I don't have anything to say."

Samuel Smith's brewery, which owns the venue, has also not commented.

'Gone viral'

Mr Williams said the turnout had been "absolutely amazing".

"I think the landlord has to reconsider his position," he told BBC London.

"I think the landlord should realise that you can't do this kind of thing in Soho, because obviously people will react.

"Not just because it's wrong, but because people realise it's not acceptable any more."

Asked whether it could have been any kissing couple who were ejected, and not just two men, Mr Williams replied: "Show me a straight couple that has been kicked out. I would gladly reconsider my position."

The pub had shut at about 1600 BST, and Richard Lally, 26, of Clapham, south London, said "people started piling out".

"The doors were then locked," he added.

"You wouldn't think in Soho, this kind of thing would happen."

Friday evening's protest was planned on the social-networking website Facebook and had "gone viral", protest organiser Paul Shetler said.

"It seemed rather than us just sort of accepting that we should be hiding away from a place like this, we should just go there instead and have a massive kiss-in."

The Metropolitan Police is investigating Wednesday's incident.

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The original story:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-13087715

Gay couple 'removed from Soho pub for kissing'
A man has told of how he was ordered to leave a central London pub after a staff member objected to him kissing a man he was on a date with.

James Bull, 23, said he and Jonathan Williams, 26, were thrown out of the John Snow on Broadwick Street, Soho.

Mr Bull said he was "shaking" after a woman claiming to be the pub's landlady removed them for being "obscene".

The Metropolitan Police are investigating the incident, while the John Snow pub is yet to comment.

Samuel Smith's brewery, the owner of the pub, declined to comment on the incident.

'Felt dirty'

"I felt belittled. I felt physically sick and we were both shaking," said Mr Bull, a charity worker from Kentish Town in north London.

"It made me feel dirty. I've never experienced anything like this before."

Mr Bull said a man claiming to be the pub's landlord first objected to their kissing shortly after 2145 BST.

"We were kissing and a guy who claimed to be the landlord came over and told us to stop. I don't want to see that. It offends me," he said.

"We had just kissed. It was nothing obscene. He said if we didn't tone it down, we would have to leave.

"We were going to finish our drinks and leave but another person at the bar said the man had no right to do that."

'Venom and anger'

Jamie Morton, 23, from Canary Wharf, who witnessed the incident, said: "I was really shocked. I said: 'That's outrageous - you can't say that.'"

Mr Bull said: "We had another drink and, getting up to leave, I gave Jonathan a quick peck on the lips."

"A woman claiming to be the landlady came over and said: 'You need to leave, you're being obscene.'"

"The man who said he was the landlord grabbed Jonathan by the collar before we left."

Mr Morton said: "It was shocking and aggressive. There was a lot of venom and anger inflicted on these polite guys who were genuinely doing nothing wrong at all."

A Metropolitan Police spokesman said: "Police are investigating an incident which occurred at approximately 2250 BST on Wednesday at a venue in Broadwick Street, W1.

"There have been no arrests and inquiries are ongoing."

katsura

1。如果是两个直人， 在那里接吻， 会赶他们走吗？ 可能连眼皮都不会动一下。
2。舍身处地的把你自己放在这个位置上想一下， 如果你在Pub喝酒， 老板要赶你走， 因为你是中国人， 你会怎么想。

                               
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即使是在西方，对同志的有意无意的歧视还是无处不在的。可能一些直人朋友并不是有意的。
就好像某些男人喜欢开女性的玩笑，他们并不觉得是歧视，但是很多女性就会觉得被冒犯。