GAY BASHING NOTTING HILL NOTTING HILL GATE CARNIVAL RIOT WEST LONDON 1970s 11.jpg |
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A gay couple, the older man was attacked and robbed. Violence against gay men was know as “Queer Bashing”. Notting Hill, London. 1970s
Notting Hill, London. 1977
A distraught gay couple; the older man was attacked and robbed his wallet was stolen. Gay bashing or queer rolling were terms used at the time when gay men were often seen as an easy target by homophobic youths who set about to bash them up and rob them.
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