Will Young : I’ve been threatened by knife for being gay
Will Young has revealed he was once threatened with a knife for being gay.
Will Young was threatened with a knife for being gay.
Out singer has recalled his previous experiences of homophobia and has claimed he was threatened with the weapon by a homophobic person.
He said: ”I’ve had to run away from knife threats, hide in shops. I’ve also taken people on.”
He also recalled a particular incident on a street in Oxford, south east England, where he confronted a group of people who were being homophobic, contactmusic.net reports.
He added: ”The whole of the street turned against them and I think that was a palpable sign of how it’s simply not tolerated now.”
Photo By neal whitehouse piper from UK (Will Young – Glastonbury 2008) [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons