GLAAD Wants Perez Hilton to Apologize Gay Slur

Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation, GLAAD, is not taking the side of Perez Hilton in his use of the word faggot against Will.i.am who is heterosexual. In fact, GLAAD is asking Perez to apologize for using the word faggot to attack Will.i.am.

Perez used the word faggot, and more, to provoke a violent response from Will.i.am, but instead someone else responded with a punch to Perez’s face, and let some air out of his ego. After returning home Perez continued to verbally assault Will.i.am, while at the same time referring to himself as a victim. Perez said in his video to Will.i.am:

"I don’t need to respect you, and you’re a fag. You’re gay, and stop being such a faggot, motherf*cker."

Perez also attacked Fergie with profanities.

In response Rashad Robinson, senior director of Media Programs at GLAAD said:

"These are vulgar antigay slurs that feed a climate of hatred and intolerance toward our community. For someone in our own community to use it to attack another person by saying that it is ’The worst possible thing that thug would ever want to hear,’ is incredibly dangerous."

"It legitimizes use of a slur that is often linked to violence against our community. And it sends a message that it is OK to attempt to dehumanize people by exploiting antigay attitudes."

"We have reached out to Hilton and asked him to apologize for promoting this antigay slur, and we would ask media outlets to avoid repetition of the slur in their coverage of this story."

"While not all the facts in this case are known, the violence that appears to have been committed against Perez Hilton is unacceptable and ought to be condemned in the strongest possible terms."

Perez wrote on Twitter that he was shocked at the number of people who said he deserved to be hit. Here at HG we pointed out that Perez did everything he could to provoke a violent response, and that is what he got. We respect the fact that whoever hit Perez didn’t continue on to a worse beating, and showed some restraint. When one person pushes another person’s button to deliberately provoke violence, the other person’s brain reacts before the person even realizes it. It’s called a fight-or-flight response. It’s hard wired in all of us. Perez knew what he was doing, so he has no right to claim he is a victim, and by doing so Perez shames real victims.

Perez responded to the GLAAD request for an apology, not with an apology, but with this statement to avoid taking responsibility for his actions, and the consequences of his actions:

"I am saddened GLAAD chose to victimize me further by criticizing me for how I nonviolently dealt with a very scary situation that, unfortunately, turned violent. While I doubt I will get an apology from GLAAD, nor do I expect one, I would just hope people know how difficult it is to intellectualize a situation and think rationally when a thug disguised as a musician is screaming at your face and intimidating you. I am just very fortunate and grateful that nothing more serious happened to me."

During the confrontation Perez knew exactly what he was saying, and said later in his video he wanted to provoke Will.i.am by offending him as much as he could. Too late to try to make excuses now as if he was somehow confused. Can’t lie your way out of this one Perez. Perez is so self absorbed, and pathologically narcissistic, he actually expects GLAAD to condone his behavior, and apologize to him. Perez has learned from his female friends that once they are labeled a victim they are not required to answer for their own bad behavior, and they can be as mean, vicious, and vindictive as they want to the man they claim hurt them. The problem for mentally ill Perez is the fact that he is still a male, so he will not be treated like a woman. In fact, Perez may have his day in court, but not get what he expects.

We are relieved GLAAD is standing by their beliefs. Perez has already done a lot of damage for gays in this country, and his hypocritical use of the word faggot has set gays back to where they started in that fight.

GLAAD may expect an apology from Perez, but he is neither man nor woman enough to own up to his mistake and apologize. Perez cannot even act appropriately within the framework of his own gay community. It’s no wonder no one will date him.