Anti-Gay Latino Show Cancelled After Complaints

The Spanish talk show “Jose Luis Sin Censura” was cancelled after organizations across the country called for action in response to some pretty strong homophobic  content on the show. We wrote about the incident previously and have also questioned the way Latinos respond to homophobia.

Here’s a snippet from The Miami Herald:

WSVN-7 in Miami has dropped the Spanish-language talk show, Jose Luis Sin Censura, following complaints from national gay activists and an Hispanic media coalition.AT&T and Time Warner Cable also stopped advertising on the program after the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) and the National Hispanic Media Coalition (NHMC) filed a complaint this year with the FCC.

Last year, the show broadcast sexual situations and anti-gay and anti-Latin slurs “never displayed or is bleeped out of pre-taped English-language programs. … Many episodes showed the audience standing and shouting anti-gay epithets and profanity at guests,” according to a GLAAD news release.

Moving forward as a society we need everyone — gay, straight, Latinos, non-Latinos, tall, short, etc. — to be in on the plan. We all need to be working to move the U.S. forward in a global marketplace. So, honestly, I think censoring shows like this one, removing them from airing, is the right thing to do. What do you think?

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