Gay man almost beaten to death for
wearing girl's jacket' after moving to new
city that he thought supported gay rights
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An unassuming young gay man wster in
the UK thinking the city supported gay
rights and was 'inclusive' was almost
killed in a homophobic attack.
Morgan Fevre, 22, ended up with a bleed
on the brain and a severely fractured eye
socket and cheekbone following the
attack in the early hours of April 10
Before the attack, Morgan was a support
worker for adults with learning difficulties
and moved to Manchester from the small
market town of Retford, Nottinghamshire,
for work more than a year ago.
Reacting to the homophobic crime, his
father Paul Fevre said: The man said to
him Why are you wearing a girl's jacket
you f*king f*g?"
That's the last that he remembers. In
2022, that people are called these names
and these things happen to them - it is
absolutely horrendous.
Police confirmed the incident happened in
Chinatown at 1.35am and it was a
homophobically aggravated assault
An eye witness, Paul, 53, from Retford,
Nottinghamshire, said Morgan had been
out in Manchester city centre with friends.
Paul says he believes Morgan's attacker
first asked Morgan for a cigarette before
attacking him.
He said: The man said to him "why are
you wearing a girl's jacket, you f*king f*g
Paul added: Morgan has gone to
Manchester thinking it's great - you can
go out and be who you are.
Then this happens. This has knocked him
back, but we are all here for him. Without
a shadow of a doubt, one of the reasons
he came to Manchester was because of
the city's inclusiveness.
Morgan, who lives with his partner Elliot
Lyte in Didsbury, was taken to
Manchester Royal Infirmary by ambulance
at around 2.15am.
Morgan's boyfriend, Elliot, 30, said he was
last seen walking from a pub.
He sent his last text message to a friend
at 1.30am,' said Elliot, who believes
Morgan may have been followed by the
man who attacked him.
Morgan was transferred to Salford Royal
Hospital for emergency surgery to save
his life.
He also had three broken teeth and a
badly broken nose, which was fractured in
four places.
More than 40 staples that doctors used
following Morgan's emergency
craniotomy have been removed and he
was discharged on Wednesday evening,
April 21.
Elliot added: In a country of progression
and in a city which has somewhere called
the Gay Village, that this can happen, and
these words said, is baffling and
upsetting.
Morgan is doing well, but this will leave
lasting scars both physically and mentally.
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