"Me and Em hold hands everywhere we go, I'm aware we get stared at, might even be dangerous sometimes which scares me but I really believe it's a basic human right to express my love for my girlfriend so I do it anyway. It's funny not long after this photo was taken, we were walking in Islington (holding hands) when a teenage boy threw his drink over Em stating the obvious by calling us lesbians. We confirmed his suspicions and decided to educate him further by having a good old snog in front of him. He couldn't believe our audacity and decided to coax his friends to follow us on the bus. By this point I was pooping my pants,thinking we may have gone a bit too far, but thankfully one of his friends saw sense (or noticed that a bus full of people might not tolerate any blatant homophobia quietly) and said "Leave em alone, they're not hurting anyone, it's up to them what they wanna do." At which point they promptly got off the bus at the next stop and no doubt went on to harrass someone else. I was angry and scared, cautious about holding hands in public, but amazingly it also made me realise that their behaviour was because of ignorance, and the importance of A Day In Hand campaign."
Alice & Em, Charing Cross, London, March 09
by Mark Weeks
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