Sizzla Got Back His Canadian Visa After Ten Years, Gay Rights Groups Upset - Urban Islandz

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• HOMOPHOBIC REGGAE ARTIST SIZZLA FORCED OUT OF SAN FRANCIS SHOWAN LGBT GROUP KNOWN AS QUEER HUMBOLDT PROTTED THE NCERT DUE TO THE MICIAN'S ANTI-GAY SENTIMENTS. BY ADAM SALANDRAAUGT 29, 2016/7:11 PMBY ADAM SALANDRAAUGT 29, 2016 / 7:11 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"HOMOPHOBIC REGGAE ARTIST SIZZLA FORCED OUT OF SAN FRANCIS SHOW","DATEPUBLISHED":"2016-08-29T23:11:39.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2016-08-29T23:11:39.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"ADAM SALANDRA"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}REGGAE MICIAN SIZZLA WILL NO LONGER BE PERFORMG SAN FRANCIS NEXT MONTH DUE TO PROTTS OM LOL LGBT GROUP QUEER {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE GROUP CREATED A MPAIGN THAT OUTLED THE MICIAN'S LONG HISTORY OF ANTI-GAY STATEMENTS TO PRENT TO 1015 FOLSOM, THE VENUE WHERE THE NCERT WAS SCHLED TO TAKE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“WE HAVE WORKED TO TE PEOPLE ON ‘MURR MIC’ AND WE HAVE HAD LOTS OF SUCCS," SAID QUEER HUMBOLDT’S TODD LARSEN. "THEREFORE, WE WILL NTUE TO TE WHERE WE N SO THAT VENUE OWNERS N UNRSTAND AND WILL NOT ACMODATE ENTERTAERS LIKE SIZZLA, WHO SEEK TO BRG VLENCE UPON GAYS AND LBIANS VIA THEIR MIC."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}LARSEN SAID THAT THE GROUP IS TRYG TO PROVI RMATN TO PROMOTERS WHO HAVE BOOKED SIZZLA, AS MANY DO NOT KNOW ABOUT THE MICIAN'S HOMOPHOBIC {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"WHEN WE REACHED OUT TO 1015 FOLSOM, WHICH HAS SUPPORTED THE LGBTQ MUNY FOR S, TO QUIRE AS TO WHY THEY BOOKED THE SHOW, THEY WERE SURPRISED," LARSEN SAID. "AN EMPLOYEE TOLD HE WASN’T AWARE OF SIZZLA’S ANTI-GAY SENTIMENTS."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE OWNERS OF 1015 FOLSOM RELEASED A STATEMENT ON THEIR FACEBOOK PAGE RMG FANS THAT THEY NCELED THE SHOW AT THEIR VENUE AND MOVED TO NEARBY OAKLAND {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}H/T: JAMAI {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
• SIZZLA GOT BACK HIS CANADIAN VISA AFTER TEN YEARS, GAY RIGHTS GROUPS UPSET

HOMOPHOBIC REGGAE ARTIST SIZZLA FORCED OUT OF SAN FRANCIS SHOWAN LGBT GROUP KNOWN AS QUEER HUMBOLDT PROTTED THE NCERT DUE TO THE MICIAN'S ANTI-GAY SENTIMENTS. BY ADAM SALANDRAAUGT 29, 2016/7:11 PMBY ADAM SALANDRAAUGT 29, 2016 / 7:11 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"HOMOPHOBIC REGGAE ARTIST SIZZLA FORCED OUT OF SAN FRANCIS SHOW","DATEPUBLISHED":"2016-08-29T23:11:39.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2016-08-29T23:11:39.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"ADAM SALANDRA"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}REGGAE MICIAN SIZZLA WILL NO LONGER BE PERFORMG SAN FRANCIS NEXT MONTH DUE TO PROTTS OM LOL LGBT GROUP QUEER {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE GROUP CREATED A MPAIGN THAT OUTLED THE MICIAN'S LONG HISTORY OF ANTI-GAY STATEMENTS TO PRENT TO 1015 FOLSOM, THE VENUE WHERE THE NCERT WAS SCHLED TO TAKE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“WE HAVE WORKED TO TE PEOPLE ON ‘MURR MIC’ AND WE HAVE HAD LOTS OF SUCCS," SAID QUEER HUMBOLDT’S TODD LARSEN. "THEREFORE, WE WILL NTUE TO TE WHERE WE N SO THAT VENUE OWNERS N UNRSTAND AND WILL NOT ACMODATE ENTERTAERS LIKE SIZZLA, WHO SEEK TO BRG VLENCE UPON GAYS AND LBIANS VIA THEIR MIC."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}LARSEN SAID THAT THE GROUP IS TRYG TO PROVI RMATN TO PROMOTERS WHO HAVE BOOKED SIZZLA, AS MANY DO NOT KNOW ABOUT THE MICIAN'S HOMOPHOBIC {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"WHEN WE REACHED OUT TO 1015 FOLSOM, WHICH HAS SUPPORTED THE LGBTQ MUNY FOR S, TO QUIRE AS TO WHY THEY BOOKED THE SHOW, THEY WERE SURPRISED," LARSEN SAID. "AN EMPLOYEE TOLD HE WASN’T AWARE OF SIZZLA’S ANTI-GAY SENTIMENTS."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE OWNERS OF 1015 FOLSOM RELEASED A STATEMENT ON THEIR FACEBOOK PAGE RMG FANS THAT THEY NCELED THE SHOW AT THEIR VENUE AND MOVED TO NEARBY OAKLAND {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}H/T: JAMAI {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

In October 2019, Foota Hype, a loud broadsi, rpondg to attacks om the LGBTQ muny, had clared that he was ready for a spirual battle between himself and LGBTQ activists, this after gay activists tagged the US and UK embassi and lled on them s to revoke his visas, followg an anti-gay post that he had ma.

Reggae mician Sizzla will no longer be performg San Francis next month due to protts om lol LGBT group Queer group created a mpaign that outled the mician's long history of anti-gay statements to prent to 1015 Folsom, the venue where the ncert was schled to take place. "Therefore, we will ntue to te where we n so that venue owners n unrstand and will not acmodate entertaers like Sizzla, who seek to brg vlence upon gays and lbians via their mic. "Larsen said that the group is tryg to provi rmatn to promoters who have booked Sizzla, as many do not know about the mician's homophobic past.

"An employee told he wasn’t aware of Sizzla’s anti-gay sentiments. The artist has many tractors due to his ntroversial anti-gay and homophobic lyrics songs such as “Nah Apologize”.

SIZZLA GOT BACK HIS CANADIAN VISA AFTER TEN YEARS, GAY RIGHTS GROUPS UPSET

For several ncerts due to their homophobic lyril ntent. Protts, led maly by gay rights associatns, have also seen Sizzla ncerts pulled France and Canada. In Barcelona, two gay lobby groups — Colectivo Gay Barcelona (CGB) and Front d’Alliberament Gai Catalunya (FAGC) — had lled on the Generalat regnal ernment of Catalonia to ban Sizzla’s ncert.