“I was threatened to be beaten up outside of a mosque after Friday prayer as I was leafleting. And the main thing that they said, the thing they constantly said, you’re the gay party, you support LGBT.” Hanooshi Hassan is a Green party candidate for Birmingham City Council. He spoke to Aaron Bastani about the homophobic intimidation he’s faced at the hands of the Independent Candidate Alliance in his North Edgbaston ward whilst campaigning ahead of the local elections tomorrow. Head to our YouTube channel to watch the full report.

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