London Bus Driver Allegedly Boots Gay Couple After Kiss

A bus driver in London allegedly kicked a same-sex couple out of his bus and spewed anti-gay slurs at them after they shared a kiss in August, according to the London Evening Standard.

Jack James, 23, and his partner say they were told to leave a bus after the driver hurled anti-gay rhetoric at them.

"The bus driver shouted 'Oi you two don't do that on my fucking bus or you can get off, I don't want to watch that," James told the newspaper. He added that he didn't think the driver was speaking to him.

"When the bus stopped at our stop I walked up to the driver and politely asked the driver if he was talking to us," he continued. "His reply was 'Yes, it's my bus it is my rules and I don't want to watch that, it's disgusting, get off the bus'. Once we got off the bus we were fuming and I was shaking. The bus stopped again and he shouted and told us we were not real men and we should fuck off."

The alleged incident occurred around 10:30 p.m. on August 8 when James was headed home from work.

Officials from the company, Transport for London, say they are currently looking into James' complaint and will review security camera footage from the bus. They've already identified the driver who allegedly booted the couple.

"London might be viewed as a tolerant and diverse city, but gay people still all too often face abuse and ridicule," Richard Lane, a spokesman for the British LGBT rights group Stonewall, told the Independent. "We hope TFL looks in to this issue as a matter of urgency so that all passengers - regardless of their sexual orientation - feel safe on public transport."

The incident comes just after a gay couple was kicked allegedly kicked out of a cab in Houston for locking lips. You can read the full report on that story here.