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Anti-lesbian attack prompts locals to found Somerset town’s first ever Pride event
PETE STEVENSON tells a positive story of a community who fought back after a homophobic and misogynist hate crime in the harbour town of Watchet
Attendees at Watchet Pride

IT WAS a sunny afternoon in July and two young women sat on a beach in Watchet, Somerset, near to their homes holding hands. 

It was a new relationship and they were in love. Suddenly they heard homophobic abuse and stones were thrown at them by a man who lived nearby. A stone hit one of the women on the head and the police were called.

A meeting was quickly called by friends and neighbours and it was agreed to form a Watchet Pride Group. 

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