Gay couple sues amusement park: Employees shared ‘fags’ photo
“Mr. Yang was in the process of coming out, and it was very difficult for him to deal with this type of ridicule based on his sexual orientation.”
Attorney Elisa Stewart, who is representing Edmund Yang and Craig Person in a lawsuit against California’s Great America amusement park, where the couple were allegedly humiliated by the park’s staff in 2008. (ABC News/AP)
The San Francisco Chronicle reports that two friends of Yang and Person spotted a copy of a photo of the couple holding hands on a roller coaster at another ride with the addition of a thought bubble reading, “Were (sic) Fags!”SFGate.com)
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