A gay woman has told how she was kicked unconscious in Birmingham’s Gay Village after confronting a straight couple for ‘touching her inappropriately’.
Rebecca Tebbett was enjoying a night out in the city ‘safe space’ with her friends as she had done many times before when she says the pair approached her.
The 39-year-old lesbian claims the strangers began touching her inappropriately in a pub, but when she made it clear that she wasn’t interested the situation turned violent.
Rebecca said: “I was dancing with my friends, like I have done a million times before when I was approached by a straight couple.
“They started touching me inappropriately and making me feel very uncomfortable. But when I told them to stop, the woman threw her drink over me.
“I then threw the last of the drink I had over her but that was when the man pushed me to the ground shouting homophobic comments at me.
“His friends started kicking me and I ended off unconscious for a few seconds.”
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