>> Sainsbury’s staff threaten to kick lesbian couple out of store if they ‘don’t stop kissing’
Annabelle Sacher, 22 ans, a eu un geste tendre pour sa petite amie dans un supermarché Sainsbury à Brighton, en Angleterre : elle l’a embrassée sur la joue. Une cliente a surpris ce geste romantique, l’a rapporté à un garde de la sécurité qui a prié les deux jeunes filles de quitter la boutique.
On leur a expliqué que leur « corps-à-corps lesbien était dégoûtant » et que la cliente était « inquiète » pour son enfant.
Annabelle, furieuse, a raconté cette histoire sur un site défendant les droits des homosexuels. « On ne devrait pas être humiliées parce que nous sommes deux femmes. C’est notre droit légal et humain de nous exprimer et aujourd’hui, on m’a donné l’impression d’être moins qu’un être humain. Je suis indignée et profondément humiliée par cet incident », a confié l’étudiante.
Le porte-parole de la chaîne Sainsbury a présenté ses excuses: « Cela n’aurait jamais dû arriver. Elles n’auraient pas dû être traitées de cette façon. » Sainsbury a promis, en guise d’excuses, un don à un organisme de bienfaisance du choix d’Annabelle.
>> Sainsbury’s has been forced to apologies after a security guard threatened to kick a lesbian couple out of a supermarket if they did not stop kissing.
Student Annabelle Sacher, 22, was shopping in her local supermarket in Brighton where she gave her girlfriend a spontaneous peck on the cheek.
The subtle display of affection was too much for one customer, who reported the romantic couple to a security guard – describing the clinch as ‘disgusting’ and that she was ‘worried for her child’.
A female guard then allegedly asked the pair to leave.
In a post on gay rights charity Stonewall’s Facebook page, Miss Sacher said: « The security guard later apologised, saying that she herself was gay and had simply been asked to speak to us by another customer.
« I felt sorry for the guard. However, the fact is that she perpetrated a hate crime on behalf of Sainsbury’s.
« My partner and myself should not have been made to feel humiliated simply because we were two women.
« It is our legal and human right to express ourselves and today Sainsbury’s took that right away and made me feel like a lesser human being. »
Sainsbury’s has made a full apology and donated money to a charity of Miss Sacher’s choice.
A spokesman told the Times: « This should never have happened – it is clear that she and her partner were not behaving inappropriately and we are very sorry that they were treated in this way.
« We have called her to apologise and will be making a donation to a charity of her choice. »
avec Deborah Laurent
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