People think we’re easy targets, that’s why I joined an LGBTQ+ self defence class

Julien Burnier and Titan Ong started self-defence training a few months ago (Picture: Titan Ong)‘As an LGBTQ+ person I know that I am intrinsically more likely to be attacked,’ says Daniel Ly, 24, a medical student from London. ‘Some people are still homophobic and they can express those views physically.’In recent months, there have been startling cases of homophobia across the UK. Two men were stabbed outside The Two Brewers nightclub in Clapham, south London in August.