Hiss-off homophobia

Hiss-off homophobia

Get your opportunity to boo down Tony Abbott, and hiss off the Salt Shakers, all in the name of good fun, of course, at the inaugural Gay and Lesbian Outrageous, Ridiculous and Ignorant comment Awards.
Based on the Ernies — the awards night of sorts set up by Meredith Burgmann to ‘honour’ the most shamefully sexist men in public life — the GLORIAs will seek to name and laugh at the more ludicrously homophobic comments made over the past year.
“The purpose is to shine a light on the outrageous comments that are made in public life about members of the GLBTI community,” event creator, Labor Party MLC Penny Sharpe said.
There will be seven categories — media, politics, sport, religion, the law, online and silliest GLBTI comment made from within the community.
“Based on the Ernies experience, two things will happen: people nominated will be terribly horrified that they’ve qualified,” Sharpe said. “The other is that there are some commentators around the place who seem to actually be trying to win.”
The Ugandan Government and the International Association of Athletics Federation — for its comments about South African runner Caster Semenya — top Sharpe’s list of possible winners. She hasn’t ruled out the possibility of going through NSW Parliament Hansard to find some of her colleagues’ clangers.
Top offenders in each category will then be dealt with, at a gala dinner on International Day Against Homophobia, May 17. Attendees will get to take part in a ‘boo-off’ to decide who takes home the trophy for absolute worst offender.
“I don’t think the GLORIAs are going to change the world, but I do think it might make a few people in the public eye think a little bit more carefully about what they casually say at the moment,” Sharpe said.
GLORIA nominations are now open.
Reservations can be made to attend the award night on May 17. Tickets are $130 and include a three-course meal.
info: For more information, visit www.theglorias.com.au

You May Also Like

6 responses to “Hiss-off homophobia”

  1. This is a silly concept that will do nothing to assist the delivering of legislative change’s or respect for us gay and lesbian folk.
    I wouldn’t mind if this function was being used as a fund raiser for a gay charity but the majority of Ms Sharp’s Legislative Council colleagues are scum bags.
    This makes this event a non event.
    This is like the samesame most influential gay & lesbian awards concept.
    Why do we as a community continue to do silly things like this ?
    Why don’t we show more pragmatism ?
    The last function I attended at Parliament House the rack of lamb was so tough when I tried to get my fork into it it slid off the plate onto the floor.
    The food was dreadful !

  2. Tanya – BOO! HISSSSS!!! can’t stand that woman who thinks that abstaining from a vote is showing us support! NO TANYA, it’s sitting on the fence!!!

    I suggest we nominate Carmel Tebutt for withdrawing anti-homphobia resources from schools when the Daily Terror started causing some bad publicity around the time she was trying to move from the upper house to the lower house!

    there’s another one i’d like to Boo and Hissssss at!!!

  3. I’d like to nominate federal Labor MP Anthony Albanese for his “sometime’s you get what you deserve, not what you want” comment in relation to same-sex marriage – such a condescending a**hole!

    To think that he and fellow Labor MP Tanya Plibersek’s electorates have the largest concentration of gays and lesbians in Australia, yet they continue to vote against our interests and support legislation that discriminates against gays and lesbians!!!

  4. How about Penny’s colleagues, Joe Tripodi, Richard Amery, Marie Andrews, Paul Gibson, Kevin Greene, Noreen Hay, Grant McBride and Tony Stewart- all current ALP members of the NSW Legislative Council who voted against equalising the age of consent in 2003?

    Or Joe “The Dutchman who hates Dykes” De Bruyn, National Secretary of the Shop, Distributive and Allied Employees Association and a member of the ALP National Executive who opposes any federal recognition of same-sex couples and in 2000 backed John Howard’s attempts to have the sex discrimination act changed to exclude lesbians from IVF?

  5. Giving Tony Abbott a big, sloppy kiss could strike a blow against homophobia. Bags not me.