Humiliating.
A gay couple who were celebrating their anniversary were asked to leave a Dublin restaurant because they were making other customers “uncomfortable”.
According to independent.ie, one of the men said he was only holding his partner’s hand when the incident unfolded in the restaurant, which has not been named.
He wrote this letter in Irish magazine GCN, which will be published in November, and it needs to be read.
“My partner and I were in a Dublin city centre restaurant celebrating our second anniversary and we were being physically tactile with each other. Not kissing the faces of each other or anything, but holding hands and looking into each other’s eyes,” the letter read.
“A waiter came to out table and told us that customers at another table were complaining about us. He suggested that we stop showing each other physical affection.”
“When we said we had every right to show each other affection, the manager said that it was unfortunate that other customers were uncomfortable, and suggested that we leave. He told us we wouldn’t be charged for our meal.”
The man elaborated on what occurred when the manager escorted them out of the premises.
“As we were leaving the restaurant, feeling humiliated, a woman at one of the tables, probably the one who had complained about us, said the word “disgusting”.
Finally, the new post-referendum Irish attitude was questioned by the individual.
“This is not the indication, on any level, of acceptance or even tolerance. The whole experience has really shaken the foundations of what I had come to believe post-referendum about my country,” he wrote.
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