‘Why me?’ Gay musician angered after hearing slur during performance at legion
HALIFAX — A gay musician says he’s angry and upset that he heard someone yell a homophobic slur at him during a recent performance in Halifax that he was then asked to cut short.
“I’m trying to deal with it and I’m not doing a good job of it. Today I’m upset, today I’m scared, today I’m angry. Today I’m asking myself, ‘Why me?’” said Bernie Doucette in a phone interview on Tuesday.
Doucette said he and his partner of 20 years, Eldon Gallant, were parked roughly 150 metres from the Royal Canadian Legion Halifax Branch Vimy 27 last Sunday having a cigarette before the show when they noticed a man in a blue jacket staring at them.
When it was time for him to start playing, Doucette said he gave Gallant a peck on the cheek and left the van.