No trial over "gay" horse.Can a police force be too sensitive to homophobia homophobia Psychology An irrationally negative attitude toward those with homosexual orientation, or toward becoming homosexual. See Closet, Gay-bashing, Heterosexism. Cf Gay, Homosexual, Phobia. among youth? Just ask 21-year-old Oxford University graduate Sam Brown Sam Brown may refer to:
Brown said he was only speaking in jest for mere sport or diversion; not in truth and reality; not in earnest. See also: Jest when he approached the officer during a night out drinking with friends after final exams and said: "Excuse me, do you realize your horse is gay?" Brown was charged under Oxford's Public Order Act and spent the night in jail. But the Crown Prosecution Service "Part of me quite wanted to see this go to court so the police could put their argument across, because it was really quite remedial," Brown told the Press Association, the U.K.'s national news service. "One of my best friends, who is actually gay, was with me at the time, so I do not know how they could have proved that I'm homophobic." |
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