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Behind the Aegis

(54,808 posts)
Sun Sep 8, 2019, 07:39 PM Sep 2019

This footage of an Uber driver kicking out a lesbian couple is jaw-dropping

A New Jersey woman named Kristin Michele claims that she and her girlfriend Jenn Mangan were kicked out of an Uber car by a driver named Cynthia because the couple shared a kiss on the cheek while being driven to a concert.

In a public Facebook post, Michele wrote, “This woman picked me up as my Uber driver. We took off. I gave my girlfriend a kiss on the cheek and she pulled the car over and said, ‘You need to get out of my car.’ I asked why. She said, ‘I won’t have that in my car.’ I asked what she was referring to. She said, ‘You need to get out of my car because you are gay.'”

In the video Michele posted of her encounter with Cynthia, Michele asks, “Are you kicking me out because I’m gay?” The driver responds, “Yes, I am.”

Michele begins swearing and calls the driver an “*sshole” as the driver repeatedly tells her to “get out” and tries to push her out of the car while swatting away Michele’s phone from recording.



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This footage of an Uber driver kicking out a lesbian couple is jaw-dropping (Original Post) Behind the Aegis Sep 2019 OP
does the driver think that a lesbian can pass on the "condition"? demigoddess Sep 2019 #1
That is just sad. madaboutharry Sep 2019 #2
Absolutely stupid and ignorant driver. n/t RKP5637 Sep 2019 #3

demigoddess

(6,673 posts)
1. does the driver think that a lesbian can pass on the "condition"?
Sun Sep 8, 2019, 07:55 PM
Sep 2019

stupid, if I were a driver, I would rather drive lesbians than straight guys. Less chance that they would be violent.

madaboutharry

(41,231 posts)
2. That is just sad.
Sun Sep 8, 2019, 07:59 PM
Sep 2019

I don't even understand how it got to the point of who was or wasn't gay. I mean seriously, women who are not gay kiss each other on the cheek all the time.

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