Gay Advocy Group Objects to 'South Park' Episo - The New York Tim

Contents:

• GAY ADVOCY GROUP OBJECTS TO ‘SOUTH PARK’ EPISO
• 'SOUTH PARK' CREATORS TIP THEIR HAND: PRO GAY MARRIAGE, PRO GUNS
• SOUTH PARK IS GAY

GAY ADVOCY GROUP OBJECTS TO ‘SOUTH PARK’ EPISO

Origatg 1960s Japan, where  was known as “yaoi, ” BL typilly picts two men a homoerotic relatnship. Some LGBTQ activists have acced BL stori of fetishizg and appropriatg gay culture. Wily regnized as South Korea’s first openly gay K-pop artist, the sger and actor Go Tae-seob, who the stage name Holland, starred a BL drama last year and believ that the growg visibily of BL books, TV seri and movi is a posive step.

Bdette, who also intifi as gay and is a longstandg BL fan, said the genre will shake up nservative views on genr and sexualy South Korea. “Whether you are a heterosexual woman tryg to ject your sexual tonomy to the world, or you are a gay man who wants to see posive reprentatns of male-male romance, BL n be ed, ” he said.

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'SOUTH PARK' CREATORS TIP THEIR HAND: PRO GAY MARRIAGE, PRO GUNS

But the episo did not s easy wh the Gay & Lbian Alliance Agast Defamatn, an advocy group that monors issu of genr inty and sexual orientatn the media. The statement, which do not e the word directly, says that the ephet “remas a hateful slur that is often part of the harassment, bullyg and vlence that gay people, and gay youth particular, experience. sult or that promotg s e has no nsequenc for those who are the targets of anti-gay bullyg and vlence.

This is a slur whose meang remas rooted homophobia.

SOUTH PARK IS GAY

04/30/2003Full Ep21:59S7 • E8South ParkSouth Park Is GayThe town of South Park celebrat the new, hip metro-sexual craze. “Gay marriage and guns, ” Parker said.