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A 27-year-old straight man and father of two in Sioux Falls, S.D., suffered a head injury after telling a passing woman that using the word "faggot" was "rude," according to Sioux Falls news station KELO-TV.
Drew Bartscher says he and two friends were leaving Wiley's Tavern in Sioux Falls just before 2 a.m. on Sunday, when he heard a woman use an antigay slur to refer to men she perceived as gay.
"I hear a woman
make a comment to her boyfriend," Bartscher told the local news station. "Along the lines of, 'These F-ing F-words,' referring to homosexuals."
Bartscher said he was polite, but did confront the woman and told her "it's rude" to use such derogatory language.
"Then I hear this guy yell at me, 'What the F did you say to my girlfriend?!'" Bartscher recalled. "I turned just a little bit and then the next thing I know, my friends are picking me up off the sidewalk, [because] I had gotten punched pretty good."
http://www.advocate.com/crime/2014/09/19/watch-straight-dad-punched-calling-out-antigay-slurs
WARNING: Graphic picture at link.
I'ts a damn shame this happened to him for standing up for the LGBTQ community. But is is people like him that help us a lot and for that kind sir
Yes we have come a long way, but we have so much farther to go.
Raster
(20,998 posts)irisblue
(32,982 posts)AverageJoe90
(10,745 posts)Drew, my hat's off to you, man.
sheshe2
(83,791 posts)Thank you, Drew.
And ouch, you warned me about the graphic image,William.