Sadiq’s London: Lesbian Couple Posts Bloody Photo After Four ‘Hooligans’ Beat Them For Kissing

By Amanda Prestigiacomo  @amandapresto

Mayor condemns “disgusting, misogynistic attack,” says police are investigating.

A lesbian couple was reportedly beaten and robbed after kissing on a London bus late last month.

“As they sat on the top deck they were approached by a group of four males who began to make lewd and homophobic comments to them,” a statement from police said, according to CNN. “The women were then attacked and punched several times before the males ran off the bus. A phone and bag were stolen during the assault. Both women were taken to hospital for treatment to facial injuries.”

Authorities are now asking for witnesses to come forward.

Melania Geymonat, one of the alleged victims, posted a photo of her and her girlfriend bloodied after the attack. In the Facebook post, Geymonat recalled four “hooligans” taunting the couple after they kissed; the men made sexual comments to the women before brutally assaulting them.

“Last Wednesday, I had a date with Chris. We got on the Night Bus, heading for her place in Camden Town, climbed upstairs and took the front seats. We must have kissed or something because these guys came after us. I don’t remember if they were already there or if they got on after us,” recalled Geymonat.

“There were at least four of them. They started behaving like hooligans, demanding that we kissed so they could enjoy watching, calling us ‘lesbians’ and describing sexual positions. I don’t remember the whole episode, but the word ‘scissors’ stuck in my mind,” she continued.

Geymonat noted that the bus was empty aside from the assailants and her girlfriend. She tried to diffuse the confrontation from the men with jokes, but to no avail.

“In an attempt to calm things down, I started making jokes. I thought this might make them go away. Chris even pretended she was sick, but they kept on harassing us, throwing us coins and becoming more enthusiastic about it,” she wrote.

The women were then viciously assaulted, she said.

“The next thing I know is that Chris is in the middle of the bus fighting with them. On an impulse, I went over there only to find her face bleeding and three of them beating her up,” Geymonat wrote. “The next thing I know is I’m being punched. I got dizzy at the sight of my blood and fell back. I don’t remember whether or not I lost consciousness.”

“Suddenly the bus had stopped, the police were there and I was bleeding all over. Our stuff was stolen as well,” she said, noting that she might have a broken nose.

Geymonat then highlighted how violence has “become a common thing.”

“[W]hat upsets me the most is that VIOLENCE HAS BECOME A COMMON THING, that sometimes it’s necessary to see a woman bleeding after having been punched to feel some kind of impact,” wrote the woman. “I’m tired of being taken as a SEXUAL OBJECT, of finding out that these situations are usual, of gay friends who were beaten up JUST BECAUSE. We have to endure verbal harassment AND CHAUVINIST, MISOGYNISTIC AND HOMOPHOBIC VIOLENCE because when you stand up for yourself s*** like this happens.”