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Anti-homosexual slogan was removed!
Reported by Liu Xiao Yan
The words,homosexual is not good,were on the poster.
Shenzhen homosexual community was riled by a
slogan published by a local government office.After reading the piece of news
online,some netizens said that they would go to court to protect their right
if it is necessary.The slogan was removed by the local government office
immediately after those complaint appeared.The office claimed that the slogan
was a mistake and didn't mean to express any form of discrimination.
Recently,a slogan caused a storm of protests and an intense discussion on the
internet.The slogan,"homosexual is not good",was shown on a poster which was
published by a local government office of marriage and procreate.Some netizens
said this is an obvious discrimination.This post on a BBS drawed a great
attention on the internet and more than 600 replies appeared in only 2 days.
Feb.23,a journalist went to the office and found the controversial poster.It
was between a series of 20 posters used to propagandize marriage and procreate
knowledge.The slogan,"homosexual is not good",was not very obvious,followed by
a sentence,"homosexual is an appearance of mental abnormality and not
civilized,it should be forbidden."
This short sentence hurt homosexual people's feeling so bad.A netizen called
"starxuan" said that this kind of propagand made people feeling scared,it
uglified the whole homosexual community.He considered that homosexual people
should go to court to protect their right.
Dingdong, who first discovered the poster and released the piece of news
online, enumerated the process of homosexual normalization. He said
homosexuality was no longer a mental disease, which had been announced as such
by the government five years ago. Today, this kind of slogan is unacceptable.
The office said they had already removed the poster and felt very sorry for
the 'mistake. The slogan was copied from a book named "Adolescent Education".
They didn't intend to set up any form of discrimination. A person's
orientation and their privacy were protected and respected, said the office.
They also appealed to all Shenzhen citizens to respect the homesexual life
style.
The publisher of the book, "Adolescent Education", said the book was published
between 1999 and 2000. At that time homosexuality was still considered a kind
of mental disease. Today, however, it is has been taken off the list of mental
diseases.
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