Steve Hofmeyr is facing the music from the South African Human Rights Commission for his Disney comments. Image via Twitter @MichaelKabese
Steve Hofmeyr under fire for Disney ‘bestiality’, LGBTQI+ remarks
The Human Rights Commission says Steve Hofmeyr’s harmful LGBTQI+ remarks affect the community’s rights to equality and dignity.
Steve Hofmeyr is facing the music from the South African Human Rights Commission for his Disney comments. Image via Twitter @MichaelKabese
Afrikaans singer Steve Hofmeyr has come under fire with the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) for comments he made about the LGBTQI+ community and about Disney’s efforts to make its content more LGBTQI+ inclusive.
According to The Citizen, the SAHRC has said Hofmeyr’s comments are in contravention of the equality act and as a result, he may be challenged in the Equality Court.
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STEVE HOFMEYR’S RANT ABOUT DISNEY
In a now-deleted Facebook clip originally posted on Friday 1 April, Steve Hofmeyr criticised Disney’s efforts to make its content more LGBTQI+ inclusive.
“While my generation learned to speak to mice, ducks and dogs, our children will be taught how to have sex with mice, ducks and dogs,” said Hofmeyr.
“Those relationships with animals are part of that ‘+’ at the end of the LGBTQI+”.
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STEVE HOFMEYR IN TROUBLE WITH SAHRC
As per The Citizen, the SAHRC highlighted that a non-profit organisation in Gqeberha reported the Afrikaans singer’s hateful comments as a human rights violation.
“The Commission has further determined that the comments, in equating a vulnerable section of society to criminals having sex with “mice, ducks and dogs” may seriously demean and humiliate members ascribing to the LGBTQI+ community, thereby affecting their rights to Equality and Dignity as determined in section 9 and 10 of the Constitution.”
As a result of the 57-year-old singer’s remarks, the SAHRC has issued a letter of demand to him.
“Should the Commission’s demands not be met, the Commission reserves the right to proceed to the Equality Court to provide it with appropriate relief herein,” highlights the SAHRC.
Hofmeyr could face community service for his comments at a centre that supports marginalised groups in South Africa.
OUT LGBTQ+ LAUNCH PETITION
OUT, an LGBTQI+ organisation based in Pretoria has started a petition against Steve Hofmeyr to apologise for his comments via a public statement.
“Please sign this petition and tell Steve Hofmeyr that we refuse to be marginalised, made invisible and silenced,” reads a portion of the petition.
The petition has already collected more than 1 000 signatures.
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