Colourful way to get his own back on abusive lout
A GAY man subjected to vile homophobic abuse by a yob in a passing car responded in the most incredible way.
Nick Hurley was walking home from work along Whitworth Street in Manchester city centre on Friday when he was called a ‘f **** t.’
The 27-year-old designer was carrying bags of glitter - biodegradable, of course - ahead of attending Pride weekend in Brighton. When the car stopped at a set of traffic lights, Nick knew exactly what to do. He emptied a tube of glitter into the car through the passenger window.
Nick said the two men looked horrified before the car sped away.
He decided the share details of the incident on Twitter and the response has been phenomenal.
Nick’s post has been retweeted close to 17,000 times and ‘liked’ more than 150,000 times.
The tweet read: “If you think it’s okay to shout ‘f **** t’ at me out of your car window while you drive past, then I think it’s okay for me to empty a tube of glitter through that window when you stop at the traffic lights. Your casual homophobia has super-gay consequences.”
Thousands of people have praised Nick for his actions and his method of ‘glitter activism,’ which, it appears, is more widespread than people may think.
One person said a friend takes glitter to nightclubs to throw over people who try to grope them.
Nick, who lives in the city centre, said: “In a moment of creative frenzy I realised I had a bag full of glitter. I opened one tube and reached inside the window. I thought, ‘this might be a bad thing to do’ and launched the tube of glitter in the passenger window.
“The traffic lights changed and the guys in the car looked flummoxed, as if to say ‘did that really happen?’ “I didn’t expect the Twitter response that followed.” Nick added: “I have had death threats, a glass bottle thrown at me, a brick thrown at my house, all of these things have happened in Manchester. “I have been thrown off my bike while cycling to work. “This isn’t the most horrific crime that has happened to me, but I wanted to raise awareness in a funny way.” Nick has used the opportunity to raise money for LGBT charity Stonewall. He added: “Out of that terrible thing that happened something nice and positive has come out of it. People have been sharing screenshots of donations.”
Your casual homophobia has super-gay consequences Nick Hurley