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The BBC realises that this past year has been one in which they have managed to annoy a great deal of LGBT people. From radio, to television, from "Munters" to oh-so-fun debates about whether we should be executed or not - old Auntie has NOT has an impressing year.
Which is a shame, because I really value the BBC, it does a lot of good things - but this crap has got to bloody stop.
And thankfully, the BBC seems to have realised this and has started consulting GBLT groups in the hopes of correcting their failings there's even an online survey there to try and get some more input about what they're doing wrong. Though they manage to fail at the same time by referring to that vile net debate as "valid." No, it is not VALID to debate the extermination of a minority, BBC. Why do we even have to say this?
Except the fail goes further. To ensure the BBC's problematic gay coverage is improved they're also going to consult... homophobes.
What...
If someone complained about how the BBC was anti-semitic in its broadcasting, would they consult neo-nazis?
If someone complained about how the BBC was racist in its broadcasting, would they consult the BNP?
I am so bloody sick of people treating bigotry against GBLT people as some kind of valid viewpoint. I am tired of it being treated as an "acceptable" bigotry and I am so bloody tired of homophobia and transphobia being accepted and broadcast as mainstream, acceptable, even laudable discourse. We wouldn't do it with other bigotries - so why is this acceptable?
Which is a shame, because I really value the BBC, it does a lot of good things - but this crap has got to bloody stop.
And thankfully, the BBC seems to have realised this and has started consulting GBLT groups in the hopes of correcting their failings there's even an online survey there to try and get some more input about what they're doing wrong. Though they manage to fail at the same time by referring to that vile net debate as "valid." No, it is not VALID to debate the extermination of a minority, BBC. Why do we even have to say this?
Except the fail goes further. To ensure the BBC's problematic gay coverage is improved they're also going to consult... homophobes.
What...
If someone complained about how the BBC was anti-semitic in its broadcasting, would they consult neo-nazis?
If someone complained about how the BBC was racist in its broadcasting, would they consult the BNP?
I am so bloody sick of people treating bigotry against GBLT people as some kind of valid viewpoint. I am tired of it being treated as an "acceptable" bigotry and I am so bloody tired of homophobia and transphobia being accepted and broadcast as mainstream, acceptable, even laudable discourse. We wouldn't do it with other bigotries - so why is this acceptable?