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Posts Tagged "media"

LGBT content in video games: here come the old bullies
April 11th 2012 - Dennis Farr "This isn't about protecting children, it's about political harassment." These are the words of Jeff Brown, the VP of corporate communications of video games company EA, given to Gamesindustry International when asked about the letter campaign that has targeted the LGBT content…
Emirates gay ‘cure’ video gets press attention for first time
The National, a respected newspaper in the United Arab Emirates has reported on the removal of a gay 'cure' video made in the UAE from YouTube. The response from the country's most widely respected English language broadsheet follows the story on Gay Star News about the video.  Local LGBT activists…
Tunisia Human rights minister pledges to deny freedom to gays
Tunisia’s human rights minister has attacked an online gay magazine while being interviewed by homophobic TV presenter Samir El-Wafi. Minister Samir Dilou said ‘freedom of expression has its limits’ and agreed homosexuality was a ‘perversion’ which needed to be ‘treated medically’. Continues: http://gaymiddleeast.com/news/news 352.htm
The Caribbean—not so gay
Sir Ronald Sanders column published in various Caribbean media during week of February 5, 2012     IN Barbados, with a population of about 250,000 people, approximately 3,426 people are living with HIV, and the minister of health, Stephen Lashley, has warned "that is not likely the…
From homophobia to a moving apology in Turkey
As a groundbreaking film launches, Turkish attitudes to gay and transgender people are slowly improving – in the media at least. Last week was tumultuous for Turkey's gay and transsexual people. A groundbreaking indie movie, Zenne Dancer, finally hit the screens, after winning five major awards at the country's foremost film…