Collision Resistance@lemm.ee to World News@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 years agoSwiss LGBTQ+ rights groups hail 60-day sentence for polemicist who called journalist a 'fat lesbian'abcnews.go.comexternal-linkmessage-square17linkfedilinkarrow-up157
arrow-up157external-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 · 2 years agomessage-square17linkfedilink
minus-squarequindraco@lemm.eeBannedlinkfedilinkarrow-up14·2 years 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-squarexorlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·2 years 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