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Video-sharing site YouTube is yet again in the center of a controversy. Many people from the gay community were outraged at the censorship of a video of two boys kissing, while thousands of videos containing homophobic content are out there.
The video in question was a short clip of two boys lip-locking to show to the world the proof of their love and affection for each other. We haven’t seen the actual video yet, but reports say that the boys, Luke and Noah, submitted the video to remind the world that a kiss is still just a kiss.
What caused the outrage was that YouTube, the “bastion of democracy,” allows and does not censor videos of teenagers calling gay bloggers and gay men names, to the tune of obvious irrational homophobia.
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Gay activists are now fighting, not only for YouTube to have better, more rational and equal content management and editing, but also for its “mother” company, Google, to act on this issue:
“As a parent, Google should tell its swelled-head kid to play fair and just,” Francis adds about YouTube. “They should tell YouTube to be empathic and sympathetic toward others. While we applaud YouTube for publishing millions of videos 24/7, we were also distressed to note the absence of common courtesy and the lack of respect for gay teenagers and the LGBT community in YouTube’s part.
YouTube goes on to defend themselves and say that they are trying their best to be fair to everyone. And we here at Bakla Ako, May Reklamo? believe that they do try to be fair. However, like what other members of the LGBT community worldwide, we also would like to suggest that YouTube makes a positive thing out of this incident. We believe in YouTube’s power to influence and educate people. Instead of censoring harmless videos like these, why don’t they start a campaign for fighting homophobia. OR something like that. They’re pretty much smart people, so we’re sure that they can come up with great campaigns in our quest for equality and… world peace!
News Source: Edge Boston




































