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 on Saturday.

Lucy Thomas, the CEO of anti-bullying organisation PROJECT ROCKIT, was in an Uber in Melbourne with her girlfriend, Chelsea Lang, when their driver started calling them "faggots" after he realised they were in a relationship.

"We'd been out for dinner with friends and jumped in an Uber," she told Mashable Australia. They tried to make small talk and told him they were going to be watching a football game. Read more...