LGBT figures have published an open letter condemning OUT Magazine for publishing a balanced profile of Breitbart Senior Editor, Milo Yiannopoulos.
The open letter was published on ThinkProgress.org by gay leftwinger and cop-killer apologist Zack Ford. Here are some excerpts from the letter which can be read in full here
“The Out Magazine profile of Milo Yiannopoulos is a serious problem. It’s not because Yiannopoulos was mentioned, nor even because he was profiled. It’s because the profile negligently perpetuates harm against the LGBT community. We expect more from our colleagues.”
The letter goes on to call Milo a “white supremacist.”
“The Out profile of Yiannopoulos represents the peak of this harm. Here is a white supremacist whose entire career has been built on the attention he can get for himself through provocation. His attacks against women, people of color, Muslims, transgender people, and basically anybody who doesn’t like him are as malicious as they come, and he catalyzes his many “alt-right” followers to turn on any target he deems worthy of abuse.”
“As members of the LGBT media, we believe we all must hold ourselves and each other to a higher standard. Many of us are members of the LGBT community ourselves, and we all develop content that serves the LGBT community either directly as an audience, or on its behalf by educating broader audiences about our politics and our cultures. We thus have an obligation, at a minimum, to ensure that what we publish — no matter how crass or sensationalized it may be — avoids fostering harm to queer people. Out failed in this regard.”
Many LGBT media figures signed the open letter, including Gabe Bergado of The Daily Dot, Marceline Cook of The Mary Sue and of course Zack Ford, who is featured in this article’s lede image.
Lucas Nolan is a conservative who regularly contributes articles on censorship and free speech to Breitbart. Follow him on Twitter@LucasNolan_ or email him at lucas@yiannopoulos.net
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