People living in a street in Bristol have responded to a homophobic attack on a gay couple’s rainbow doormat by going out and buying their own. Now the street in Bedminster is gradually filling with the colourful doormats, and the couple who were left shocked by the attack say they have been overwhelmed by support.
Susie Day and her partner moved to their new home in Bedminster recently, and put down the £6 Dunelm doormat down in time for this month’s Pride celebrations. But the doormat was soon stolen, so they went out and bought a new one, but this time glued it down so it couldn’t be taken.
Instead, whoever it was that objected to rainbow colours on a small doormat, returned with a can of black spray paint. Susie and her wife found their new doormat had been blacked out earlier this week.
