When will gays be able to show public affection comfortably?

i've only ever lived in london so have no idea what's going on in the rest of the UK, but i think a gay couple could show affection publicly in london. you see a lot of crazy stuff here and nobody even looks. seeing muslim women in burkas covering nothing but their eyes is a daily sighting but people dont really look at them, you get people with crazy hairstyles, crazy fashion sense. ive seen people dresses as darth vader in the tube at 8 in the morning and nobody even looks at them.

i know its not common to see gays publicly showing affection in london, but if some decided to, nothing would happen. i dont think people would even stare at them. and getting beaten up for it is as likely as being beaten up for being black, so not very likely.

find me a case where a ginger was brutally and horribly killed, beaten ,maimed and executed for being a Ginger and then we can talk, until then gays have the right to be sensitive; read this article

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-11831556

go tell the families of those dead gay guys who were murdered for being who they are not to be upset, tell the rest of the GLBT community too

some people are so uninformed on the prejudice and discrimination that GLBT people face, many with a constant fear of being killed or beaten...... dumb world

When do you think a gay couple will be able to walk down the majority of streets in Britain, hand-in-hand or showing reasonable displays of affection without looks, comments or even violence?

Just like how a mixed race couple can now do this in the majority of streets.

In today's news, happened in London:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-11990646

i didnt say it wouldnt happen. i said its as likely as being beaten up for being black, so not very likely.

I could very easily give you many many links to news articles about homophobic and racist violent crimes, but doesn't the fact that when I went looking for one I only had to go to the front page of BBC news say something?

I can't think of any attacks on straight people for being too demonstrably straight.

You speak from the privileged position of not having to worry about this sort of thing. If you're a straight white male you are lucky, be thankful for that, not dismissive of the prejudices and the very real dangers others face.

i just said it is as likely to be attacked for being gay as being attacked for being black. no it is not common. and no it doesnt say anything that you went on the front page of bbc to see that story because that story has been all over the news.

obviously people are not going to be attacked for being straight because straight people are in the majority, not hard to figure out. and btw you don't know what my sexual orientation or race is, so dont be too quick to pass judgements.

Ok, out of curiosity, what is your gender, race and sexual orientation?

i'm a male bisexual armenian from jerusalem, palestine who was raised in a religious christian family. lived in london for quite a while.

Originally, he made some crappy gay joke and consequently got loads of negative reputations. So then he edited his post to something more friendly.