Best Gay Blogs » Qwelane http://www.bestgayblogs.com Bringing you the best gay blogs on the web with daily updates! Mon, 23 Jan 2012 16:22:27 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Don’t Call Me Gay http://www.bestgayblogs.com/2008/07/featured-political-blogs/dont-call-me-gay/ http://www.bestgayblogs.com/2008/07/featured-political-blogs/dont-call-me-gay/#comments Thu, 31 Jul 2008 11:07:32 +0000 James http://www.bestgayblogs.com/?p=2155 The rainbow gay and lesbian flag flew high when about 200 protesters gathered in Joburg on Tuesday.
Bright colours, high heels and heart-shaped glasses did not detract from the serious nature of the protest at the Sunday Sun’s Media Park offices in Auckland Park.

The group were there to voice disapproval of a column written by Jon Qwelane which appeared in the newspaper.Headlined, “Call me names but gay is NOT okay“, the column caused a huge furore for its homophobic sentiment.

On Tuesday the Press Ombudsman ruled that the article was in breach of the Press Code, in that it published “denigratory references to people’s sexual orientation” and implied that homosexuals are a “lower breed” than heterosexuals.

Rad more at iol.co.za.

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