According to BBC news:
Gay Asian men living in Yorkshire, UK say they are facing increasing racial abuse from within the gay community. They claim the problem means that some of them are fearing for their own safety and have decided to stay at home or just suffer in silence.
Naz from Wakefield explained that when he goes out on to the gay scene in Leeds and Bradford he always sees or suffers from racial abuse. "I have a fear now when I go out that there will be racism directed towards me and my friends," he told BBC Asian Network.
"It makes us feel very insecure and I don't think its worth going out because of the problems we face." Ali from Bradford is a regular on the gay scene in the North of England.
He goes out every week and tries to ignore the insults but says, inevitably, the racism does get to him. We don't get served in bars unless we protest and we get called Paki or have to deal with comments like 'here come the suicide bombers' Ali from Bradford
"If I go out then I don't like to go on my own," he said. "I always go with friends.
"We get looked at in a funny way. We don't get served in bars unless we protest and we get called Paki or have to deal with comments like 'here come the suicide bombers'."
"We get looked at in a funny way. We don't get served in bars unless we protest and we get called Paki or have to deal with comments like 'here come the suicide bombers'."
Both Ali and Naz go to get help and advice from a group called ABC in Bradford who provide a support network for Asian and black gay men in West Yorkshire.
Arshad Khan runs the group and he said: "Being gay and Asian means we suffer from many more problems than other gay men do and it takes great courage for us to go out on the scene and mix in public.
Mr Khan concluded: "We get rejected in many of these bars and clubs and the gay community need to work together and get rid of racism."
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