The woman shouted ‘shame on you’ at the Pride marcher (Picture: YusufJP)

A woman has been filmed hurling homophobic abuse at Pride marchers in east London.

The Pride marcher was wrapped in an LGBT rainbow flag when the woman, who was wearing a niqab, started yelling: ‘Shame on you, you despicable people’.

She was also heard shouting a line from Alan Partridge: ‘God created Adam and Eve, not Adam and Steve.’

Despite the shocking abuse, the victim replied: ‘We still love you, you will not shame me,’ as a steward in a yellow vest tried to separate them.


Police are now investigating the suspected hate crime, which happened yesterday during Waltham Forest Pride in Hoe Street, Walthamstow.

Disgusting homophobic abuse at those on Waltham Forest Pride today. No matter what form hate comes in, we must stamp it out and say no to all forms of hate! Also, very importantly we cannot call out one form of hate but be silent/complicit on others. @GalopUK @stonewalluk pic.twitter.com/kDAFoAb8Vw — Yusuf Patel (@YusufJP_) July 27, 2019



Stella Creasy, the MP for Walthamstow, said she was ‘gutted’ to see ‘such hatred’ in her hometown.

She wrote online: ‘Gutted to see this and clear such hatred isn’t acceptable anywhere let alone in our home town.’

She added she was ‘proud‘ to see people ‘from all faiths’, including Islam, joining the Pride march on Saturday.

Baroness Warsi condemned the homophobic abuse and called on the police to find the woman.

The Tory peer wrote online: ‘This woman needs to be found, the facts established and if a criminal act has been committed she must be charged.

A man in a yellow vest had to separate the woman and the Pride marcher (Picture: YusufJP)

‘Failure to do so will encourage bigots to inflame tensions between communities.’

In a statement, the Met Police said: ‘We are aware of footage circulating on social media of abuse directed at those taking part in the Waltham Forest Pride event and enquiries are underway.

‘Abusing someone because of their sexual orientation or gender identity is a hate crime.

‘If you have been verbally or physically abused, harassed or attacked in any way by someone because you are or they think you are LGBT+ please report these crimes to police or through a third party agency.’

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