Worst anti-gay defamation of 2007

The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) today identified several of the worst anti-gay voices in 2007. GLAAD worked diligently behind-the-scenes and publicly to address the anti-gay rhetoric from these public figures.

Anti-Gay Voices of 2007 (in chronological order):

• Isaiah Washington uses the “f-word” during a Golden Globes® interview.
• Snickers® promotes anti-gay sentiment with ad campaign.
• Tim Hardaway says he hates gay people.
• Ann Coulter calls John Edwards the “f-word”.
• General Peter Pace calls gay and lesbian soldiers “immoral.”
• Bill O’Reilly claims existence of “national network” of “lesbian gangs.”
• Rush Limbaugh uses vulgar slurs in discussion of transgender people.
• New York Post uses dehumanizing references to transgender people.

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