Bryno H. Gay, MD Orlando, FL

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• ‘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.

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.

BRYNO H. GAY, MD

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). ”)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.

DR. BRYNO HENRY GAY

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.