Boris Johnson supports anti-homophobic bullying film

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Mayor of London Boris Johnson has given his support to a film designed to stamp out homophobic bullying.

DVDs of FIT, the film directed by Rikki Beadle-Blair and produced by gay charity Stonewall, are to be sent to all schools in Britain next month.

Stonewall held a premiere of the film last night at the Curzon theatre in Soho.

Today, Johnson said: “Homophobic bullying is not only distressing, it can have tragic consequences, so I am pleased to have been able to put funding into Stonewall’s new film for schools.

"I hope it will help to increase teachers' confidence to tackle the problem in secondary schools and this in turn will encourage young people to report incidents.

"This resource should go some way in fostering an environment in which homophobic bullying is recognised as being utterly unacceptable and doesn't occur in the first place.”

http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2010/01/29/boris-johnson-supports-anti-homophobic-bullying-film/

[Kerrytravelers]

1. And, if I'm not mistaken, he is a Conservative.

So, basically, other country's elected Conservatives aren't all as batshit crazy as ours in terms of social issues. (Not that I would advocate voting or supporting other country's Conservatives, mind you.)

And I am glad to see someone is tackling the issue seriously. If we tried to use public money here for such a thing in the schools, you'd have a line of homophobes out the door screaming and yelling about "gays being in their faces." :eyes:

[Betsy Ross]

2. Good for him. n/t