LGBTQ+ couple feel pressured to move out after receiving abusive notes from neighbours

An LGBTQ+ couple from York, UK have revealed that they feel pressured to move out after they have been subjected to abusive notes from their neighbours.

Huntington-based Alex Houlden and Rachel Roustoby recalled being spat on in the street, as well as receiving anonymous notes through their front door, including an abusive message graffitied on their front door on Christmas Day. 

Houlden told the BBC that they started to find the anti-gay notes appearing through their door over the last three months, with the content of the comments becoming “progressively worse”. 

On Christmas Day, the couple found a homophobic phrase written on their front door in permanent marker, as well as a bag of dog waste on their door handle. 

They also said that neighbours removed rubbish from their bins,

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