• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer
  • Advertise
  • Contact Us
  • About Towleroad
  • Towleroad on Social Media
  • Privacy Policy

Towleroad Gay News

Gay Blog Towleroad: More than gay news | gay men

  • Body
  • Daily Resist
  • POLITICS
  • Travel
  • Music
  • Theatre
  • Film
  • TV
  • Sports
  • Business
  • Men
  • Marriage Equality
  • Space
  • Trans Rights
  • Books
  • Science
  • Gay Iconography
  • TowleREAD

Gay London Man Targeted by Hate Mail, Vandals Who Spray-Paint ‘Sinner’ Across His Front Door

September 28, 2011 by Andy Towle

Sinner

Anthony Rivers, a gay youth support worker living in Thamesmead, London, woke up one morning to find the word "sinner" tagged across his front door.

Rivers The graffiti, Rivers said, followed weeks of hate mail, This is London reports:

One letter told the 30-year-old to “burn in hell” for being homosexual while another said “men should only lay with women”.

Waking up to the graffiti on September 8, Mr Rivers said: “I was horrified someone could do this.  Loads of questions went through my head and then I realised people would walk past my door and see it. I was embarrassed more than anything else.”

Mr Rivers, who works as a youth support worker, called Gallions and asked the housing association to clean his door. He said: “I was told someone would be round to clean the door in 24 hours but no-one came. It should have been done straight away. Instead I had to come home to see the door in that state. I was stuck with the haunting of what happened.”

Rivers says the door still hasn't been fully repainted. He wants to move.

Thamesmead gay man haunted by hate mail and "sinner" graffiti [this is london]

Filed Under: London, News Tagged With: London, News, Vandalism

Recent Posts

  • More Twists, Turns and Tiny Purses on ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ [RECAP and RANKINGS]

    More Twists, Turns and Tiny Purses on ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ [RECAP and RANKINGS]

    13 hours ago
  • Chris Hayes Reveals Scale of Threat to U.S. Lawmakers During Capitol Attack with New Footage: WATCH

    Chris Hayes Reveals Scale of Threat to U.S. Lawmakers During Capitol Attack with New Footage: WATCH

    14 hours ago
  • FBI Issues ‘Wanted’ Poster Seeking 10 Individuals Involved in Pro-Trump Capitol Insurrection

    FBI Issues ‘Wanted’ Poster Seeking 10 Individuals Involved in Pro-Trump Capitol Insurrection

    15 hours ago
  • Senior Trump Official Says President is ‘Ballistic’ Over Twitter Ban

    Senior Trump Official Says President is ‘Ballistic’ Over Twitter Ban

    16 hours ago
Previous Post: « 9th Circuit Court Halts Order to Unseal the Prop 8 Trial Videotapes
Next Post: Lawrence O’Donnell Blasts the NYPD for ‘Occupy Wall Street’ Arrests: VIDEO »

Primary Sidebar

  • More Twists, Turns and Tiny Purses on ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ [RECAP and RANKINGS]

  • Chris Hayes Reveals Scale of Threat to U.S. Lawmakers During Capitol Attack with New Footage: WATCH

  • FBI Issues ‘Wanted’ Poster Seeking 10 Individuals Involved in Pro-Trump Capitol Insurrection

Recent Posts

  • More Twists, Turns and Tiny Purses on ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ [RECAP and RANKINGS]

    More Twists, Turns and Tiny Purses on ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ [RECAP and RANKINGS]

    13 hours ago
  • Chris Hayes Reveals Scale of Threat to U.S. Lawmakers During Capitol Attack with New Footage: WATCH

    Chris Hayes Reveals Scale of Threat to U.S. Lawmakers During Capitol Attack with New Footage: WATCH

    14 hours ago
  • FBI Issues ‘Wanted’ Poster Seeking 10 Individuals Involved in Pro-Trump Capitol Insurrection

    FBI Issues ‘Wanted’ Poster Seeking 10 Individuals Involved in Pro-Trump Capitol Insurrection

    15 hours ago
  • Senior Trump Official Says President is ‘Ballistic’ Over Twitter Ban

    Senior Trump Official Says President is ‘Ballistic’ Over Twitter Ban

    16 hours ago
  • Lisa Murkowski is First GOP Senator to Call for Trump’s Removal: ‘I Want Him to Resign — I Want Him Out’

    Lisa Murkowski is First GOP Senator to Call for Trump’s Removal: ‘I Want Him to Resign — I Want Him Out’

    1 day ago
  • Lindsey Graham Mobbed by Trump Supporters at Reagan Airport: ‘You Traitor…You Piece of S**t’ — WATCH

    Lindsey Graham Mobbed by Trump Supporters at Reagan Airport: ‘You Traitor…You Piece of S**t’ — WATCH

    1 day ago
  • ‘Incitement of Insurrection’, Kings of Leon, Capitol Police, Betsy DeVos, Ted Cruz, Leslie Jordan, Saweetie, Zayn: HOT LINKS

    ‘Incitement of Insurrection’, Kings of Leon, Capitol Police, Betsy DeVos, Ted Cruz, Leslie Jordan, Saweetie, Zayn: HOT LINKS

    1 day ago
  • ‘Cannot Afford to Wait’: Rashida Tlaib Leads Letter Demanding Congress Immediately Reconvene to Impeach and Remove Trump

    ‘Cannot Afford to Wait’: Rashida Tlaib Leads Letter Demanding Congress Immediately Reconvene to Impeach and Remove Trump

    1 day ago
  • Trump: ‘I Will Not Be Going’ to Biden’s Inauguration

    Trump: ‘I Will Not Be Going’ to Biden’s Inauguration

    1 day ago
  • By Popular Demand, Randy Rainbow Slams Trump, Ted Cruz, and Josh Hawley with ‘Fiddler on the Roof’ Parody: ‘Sedition’ — WATCH

    By Popular Demand, Randy Rainbow Slams Trump, Ted Cruz, and Josh Hawley with ‘Fiddler on the Roof’ Parody: ‘Sedition’ — WATCH

    2 days ago

Most Commented

  • Advertise
  • Contact Us
  • About Towleroad
  • Towleroad on Social Media
  • Privacy Policy

Footer

Copyright © 2021 · Log in