Collision Resistance@lemm.ee to World News@lemmy.mlEnglish · 11 months agoSwiss LGBTQ+ rights groups hail 60-day sentence for polemicist who called journalist a 'fat lesbian'abcnews.go.comexternal-linkmessage-square18fedilinkarrow-up163arrow-down14
arrow-up159arrow-down1external-linkSwiss LGBTQ+ rights groups hail 60-day sentence for polemicist who called journalist a 'fat lesbian'abcnews.go.comCollision Resistance@lemm.ee to World News@lemmy.mlEnglish · 11 months agomessage-square18fedilink
minus-squarequindraco@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up15arrow-down1·11 months agoWait. Did they just get “lesbian” legally declared an insult? Because that sounds like a huge step in the wrong direction for the gay community.
minus-squarexor@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down1·11 months agoDiscrimination based on sexual orientation is, rightly, illegal in Switzerland Saying someone is a lesbian is fine, using it as an insult to degrade them publicly on TV is not
Wait. Did they just get “lesbian” legally declared an insult? Because that sounds like a huge step in the wrong direction for the gay community.
Discrimination based on sexual orientation is, rightly, illegal in Switzerland
Saying someone is a lesbian is fine, using it as an insult to degrade them publicly on TV is not