I just wonder at times the mentality of people and when I saw this news flash on my computer as I never thought sexual prejudice still existed in the UK. In fact for it to exist in Brighton is beyond belief, Brighton is fifteen miles along the coast from me and has a Gay Parade and a Gay week. Gays and lesbians come from all over Europe for the calibrations, and I mean thousands of Gays and Lesbians, and the week is an official event on the calendar of the local council.

Lesbians start legal fight after being denied hotel room

Two lesbians who were denied a double room at a hotel are launching a legal challenge with the help of civil liberty advocates.

Rebecca Nash and Hope Stubbings were allegedly denied the hotel room at the Brunswick Square Hotel in Brighton because it only accepted 'couples and families'.
"Laws prohibiting hotels and guesthouses from discriminating against gay men and lesbians have been in place for four years now, but clearly the message still isn't getting through," said James Welch, legal director of Liberty, which is bringing legal proceedings against the hotel on the couple's behalf.

"With the Equality Act 2010 now in force, my clients intend to show that they have as much right to enjoy a quiet weekend away together as any other couple."

The manager of the hotel insisted to <i>politics.co.uk</i> that the two women had not made a booking and that they had not been rejected because of their sexuality.

But according to Liberty, the manager had told the women "no two boys, no two girls" before losing his temper and ushering them out the hotel.

The Equality Act, which forbids discrimination in the provision of goods and services, applies to hotels, but claimants would need to demonstrate that they had been treated differently to a heterosexual couple. The case follows a row over the John Snow pub, which recently saw hundreds of gay men conduct a 'kiss-in' after a young gay couple on their first date were allegedly thrown out for kissing.

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If this guy loses he might just lose the hotel he was protecting! Why are there still these dinosaurs about? I thought everyone in the UK had moved on but it seems I stand corrected. At sixty three I have lived through all these prejudices, Blacks, Pakistani’s, Indian [Asia] and Gay. They are history and that is the way it should stay, girls have sleepovers and sleep with their friends does this mean they are Lesbians? Give me strength because the mind boggles.

Be well IAN 2411