That is for the police,stewards and the clubs to decide,perhaps obscene gestures and foul mouthed abuse(both criminal offences) are the obvious examples of hate crime but "Does your boyfriend" should be regarded as Banter.
What takes place week in week out is just pointless abuse not Hate crime...
The point I am trying to make,and the folly of this weeks over-reaction from BHAFC fans groups is that no one believes all BHAFC fans are gay,the opposition fans use it as banter.Homophobia is a hate crime and it is up to the Authorities to deal with it(by arrest,ejection and by exclusion) but...
No we don't.Brighton has always largely been a tolerant town,a place where the outsider can feel welcome but just because we have a considerable outsider gay population it does not follow that we have a larger than normal gay fanbase.To set ourselves up as a club that promotes the gay cause is...