This violence has shaken the city, prompting LGBTQ+ people and allies to march in protest.Īttacks of this nature aren’t confined to Liverpool. The man, who was eventually charged, shouted a homophobic slur during the attack. Josh Ormrod, 19, was left similarly bloodied and bruised after a man attacked him in the city centre three nights later.
Police are investigating a string of attacks against young gay and bisexual men in Liverpool in recent months. “They shouted something, and I tried to walk quickly to get away from them, but then he ran towards me and hit me, headbutted me, then hit me again.”Ĭurtis isn’t alone. The attacker was a man, accompanied by three women. A few minutes after I dropped them off, that’s when it happened,” Curtis Stewart, 19, tells Dazed. Walking home in central Liverpool in the early hours of June 14, Curtis was violently attacked. We were talking home and I wanted to make sure they got back to the hotel safely.
“I was with my sister and her friend, who were visiting.
