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15.08.2022 - 13:49 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
A journalist has described the shocking moment an 'aggressive drunk' hurled vile homophobic abuse at him and a friend then shoved him into the side of a taxi.
Daniel McLaughlin, a podcast producer based at the Manchester Evening News , was waiting for a taxi in the early hours of Friday morning (August 12) after a night out in Manchester's Gay Village.
The 28-year-old, who is bisexual and was wearing a rainbow badge, was stood with his non-binary friend waiting for the taxi to arrive on Sackville Street at the time. Daniel said he noticed a man who appeared to be in his early 20s heading towards them from Sackville Gardens.
The man could be heard 'muttering to himself', Daniel said, then directed 'absolute hatred' towards them. Daniel said: "He was calling us nonces, f******s, perverts - every homophobic slur under the sun. He fixated on calling us names.
"I started saying 'we're not nonces, we're puffs, there's a difference' - to which he became more aggrieved, shouting the same slurs. He was clearly inebriated, clearly angry about something.
"He started to get right up in my face, pushing me, shoving me, grabbing me and kicking me in the legs quite hard, then he went to go towards my friend. He said 'you are in my space, you are trying to touch me, you queer'."
Daniel, from Lancashire, said that as the taxi was still moving before pulling up to pick him up, the man pushed him into the side of it. He then continued to hurl abuse and followed Daniel as he tried to get into the car on the other side.
The man begun shouting 'get in the f****** car right now', Daniel told the M.E.N. As soon as they got inside, the driver swiftly pulled away.
Daniel said the 'old slurs' that were hurled towards him and his friend were
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