'If I go out then I don't like to go on my own,' he said. He goes out every week and tries to ignore the insults but says, inevitably, the racism does get to him. 'It makes us feel very insecure and I don't think its worth going out because of the problems we face.'Īli from Bradford is a regular on the gay scene in the North of England. 'I have a fear now when I go out that there will be racism directed towards me and my friends,' he told BBC Asian Network. Naz from Wakefield explained that when he goes out on to the gay scene in Leeds and Bradford he always sees or suffers from racial abuse. They claim the problem means that some of them are fearing for their own safety and have decided to stay at home or just suffer in silence. Gay Asian men living in Yorkshire say they are facing increasing racial abuse from within the gay community.
