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News (USA)
A taxi driver kicked a gay man out of his cab. He just got fined & suspended.
The driver denied everything, but the judge didn’t believe him.
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News (USA)
Things were fine until he mentioned his boyfriend. Then the cab driver threw him out.
He says the driver told him to get out of the car, after 2 a.m. in the rain, and about a half an hour from his home.
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News (World)
Same-sex couple kicked out of Uber taxi in London for kissing
An Uber spokesperson said the company does not tolerate any form of discrimination and that the driver “has been suspended from the Uber platform.”
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News (USA)
Houston gay couple kicked out of taxi for kissing, told they’re going to hell
HOUSTON — Two Houston men are the latest same-sex couple to be kicked out of a taxicab for being affectionate. Travis Player and Andres Orozco tell KTRK-TV they were booted from the cab during a ride home from a local bar. “We thought he was joking until he actually pulled over,” said Player.
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News (USA)
Ill. couple sues cab company after driver tried to kick them out of taxi for kissing
CHICAGO — An Illinois couple is continuing their fight against a Chicago cab company after they claim a driver tried to kick them out of his taxi for kissing in the backseat. Matthew McCrea and Steven White have filed a lawsuit against Sun Taxi after their original complaint, filed with the Illinois Department of Human Rights last October, was dismissed because the department said…
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News (USA)
Iraq war veteran alleges he was kicked out of taxi for kissing his boyfriend
TACOMA, Wash. — An Iraq war veteran says he and his boyfriend were kicked out of a Tacoma, Wash., taxi on July 4 after the couple exchanged a kiss.Eric Williams says he and his boyfriend Diego were in the cab for just a few minutes when they kissed — he describes it as “a peck” — prompting an objection by the cab driver…
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NYC cabbie wears swastika armband because gays carry ‘big rainbow flags’
NEW YORK — A New York City cab driver who wore a swastika armband while on the job has been suspended for 30 days. The city’s Taxi and Limousine Commission suspended Gabriel Diaz’s operator’s license Friday after a Jewish group and others complained.
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News (USA)
Cab drivers quit over promotional ads for Cleveland’s Gay Games
CLEVELAND, Ohio — More than a dozen taxi drivers are dropping out of a dedicated cab service at Cleveland’s airport because they don’t want to drive vehicles with signs promoting the upcoming Gay Games.
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News (USA)
Lambda Legal files complaint after cab driver kicks out gay couple for kissing
CHICAGO — Lambda Legal on Monday filed a lawsuit on behalf a same-sex couple who were refused service and kicked out of a Chicago cab after they exchanged a kiss.
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News (USA)
Chicago cab driver kicks gay couple out of taxi for ‘first base’ kiss
CHICAGO — A gay couple alleges an innocent kiss nearly caused them to be ejected from their cab onto a rain-slicked Kennedy Expressway in Chicago on Thursday night.