LGBTQ+ groups are hailing the 60-day jail sentence a court in Switzerland gave to a writer and commentator for deriding a journalist as a “fat lesbian” and other critical remarks
  • quindraco@lemm.ee
    151·
    1 year ago

    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.

    • xor@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
      61·
      1 year ago

      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