Do we need laws forbiddg the "gay" sult?
Contents:
- JON QWELANE’S ‘CALL ME NAM, BUT GAY IS NOT OKAY’ ARTICLE WAS HURTFUL, URT HEARS
- “LL ME NAM, BUT GAY IS NOT OKAY”
- ‘GAY IS NOT OKAY’ LUMNIST NO LONGER GUILTY LG WHICH CHANG SA HATE SPEECH LAWS
- THE SOLUTN TO "GAY" INSULTS: FREEDOM OF SPEECH
JON QWELANE’S ‘CALL ME NAM, BUT GAY IS NOT OKAY’ ARTICLE WAS HURTFUL, URT HEARS
* call me names but gay is not okay *
The SCA Bloemfonte is hearg Qwelane’s appeal agast the South Gteng High Court lg which found him guilty of hate speech 2017 followg a lumn he had wrten a Sunday newspaper 2008 agast gay people. The High Court judge led that he was guilty of hate speech and was cg propaganda hate agast homosexuals and the transgenr muny.
“LL ME NAM, BUT GAY IS NOT OKAY”
Legal reprentative for Qwelane, Advote Mark Oppenheimer has submted that the article was no way promotg vlence agast the lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and tersex (LGBTI) muny.
The lumn, tled “Call me nam, but gay is not okay” was published his pacy as a journalist.
‘GAY IS NOT OKAY’ LUMNIST NO LONGER GUILTY LG WHICH CHANG SA HATE SPEECH LAWS
In this lumn, Qwelane exprsed his opn about homosexuals and he highly praised former Zimbabwe Print Robert Mugabe’s unapologetic stance agast gays and lbians. "You're So Gay.
THE SOLUTN TO "GAY" INSULTS: FREEDOM OF SPEECH
" Homophobic Name Callg as Bullyg Behavr. E., lbian, gay, and bisexual; LGB) are at a particularly high risk for peer victimizatn and bullyg experienc.