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June 5, 2016 09:00 pm -07
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Uber sacks driver after passenger records vile homophobic rant
An Uber driver has been removed from the rideshare service after he was recorded hurling homophobic comments at an Australian couple over the weekend.
Lucy Thomas, the CEO of anti-bullying organisation PROJECT ROCKIT, was in an Uber in Melbourne with her girlfriend when their driver started calling them "faggots" after he realised they were in a relationship, she wrote on Cylps.
"The driver said he hated football because it was a bunch of 'faggots' jumping around and touching each other," she told the Star Observer. "He then asked us — why are you worried, are you gay?" Read more...
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