'Bno' don't help gays - Los Angel Tim

Contents:

• ‘BNO’ DON’T HELP GAYS
• BRYNO H. GAY, MD
• DR. BRYNO HENRY GAY

‘BNO’ DON’T HELP GAYS

It is no secret that Bno is an out and proud homosexual.

I really WAS the only gay the village. But what really h home for me was that Bno was never allowed to exprs his love a way that was natural to him, and he was emed untouchable by the people who were supposed to protect ma me reflect on the ways which many of our fai n away or shun those who make unfortable — the “crazy” tia we never hear about, the tranged who's rehab who-knows-where, the gay nephew who mov far om the fay to be by himself.

BRYNO H. GAY, MD

The makers of the film “Bno, ” Sacha Baron Cohen’s jt-released follow-up to “Borat, ” have said that they tend to satirize and expose homophobia. In “Bno, ” the satire often los sight of the way gay people are treated real life. Y, some of this is aimed at mockg anti-gay attus -- and the film often hs s mark.

But far too much of , tentnally or not, ends up htg gay people some scen, the film’s method cleverly skewers anti-gay attus. In the film’s fale, a disguised Bno tak part a no-holds-barred ge match Arkansas (a state that November voted to effectively ban gay people om beg adoptive or foster parents).

DR. BRYNO HENRY GAY

”)Whatever this scene may reveal, is disturbg on a number of levels given the pervasive vlence gay people often face. Late last year, the FBI reported that anti-gay hate crim have been on the rise sce 2005.

Last month, the Natnal Coaln of Anti-Vlence Programs reported that vlent hate crim agast gay, lbian, bisexual and transgenr people creased 24% 2007 and addnal 2% 2008. Naturally, the talk show dience turns agast too many plac, scen like the are not gog to turn homophobia back on self.