App tries to “out” gay youth

A new Google Android app is claiming to be able to identify whether or not your son is gay, with a simple game of 20 questions.

The controversial app asks a list of question for parents querying their son’s sexuality to answer. These question adhere to some very offensive stereotypes, including questions like:

. Does he take a long time to do his hair?
. Is he a fan of divas (Madonna, Britney Spears)?
. Is his best friend a girl?
. Does he like football?

The app even asks more intimate and somewhat indeterminate questions like:

. Within your family, is the father absent at all?
. Are you divorced?
. Is he modest?

The most obscure of which being,

. Before he was born, did you wish for a girl?

Once the quiz is completed, parents will receive one of three possible outcomes. “No need to look the other way! … He is gay! … ACCEPT IT!”, ““Your son is a normal young man: modern and concerned about taking care of himself…while maintaining his attraction to girls. However, he may have already had some homosexual experiences with his best friend. These things happen…” or “You do not have to worry, your son is not gay. So there are chances for you to be grandmother with all the joys it brings.”

The Android app was created by French developers “Emmene Moi,” who have told the Huffington Post “This app was conceived with a playful approach.”

However, while this may have been their intention, gay rights group are worried about the negative affects it may have on LGBTI youths. Online lobby group “All Out” have posted a petition in an attempt to get the app removed, and so far have 26,762 people supporting the campaign.

This petition can be reached here.