Despite the effort to cancel Murder Music artist Bounty Killer from performing in the UK on Sunday November 23, 2008. OUTWEEKLY was able to talk with one of the master minder behind the Murder Music Campaign, Mr. Peter Tatchell of OUTRAGE!In a letter send via-email, OUTWEEKLY congratulate Mr. Tatchell on his hard work over the years and his great contribution to human rights and the LGBT community, we encourage him to continue the good fight against Dancehall artist how preach hate crime in there music.
“We at OUTWEEKLY support the ban on Bounty Killer and all other Jamaican artist who incite violence in there music against gay and lesbian people worldwide. There constant promotions for queer bashing as cause an increase in gay attacks in the island of Jamaica and there must be an end to it.
They may denounce there homophobia in other countries when they want to get working permits to perform there, but here in Jamaica they do not, and they continue to release new songs preaching hate crime.”
We also went on to encourage him that despite the Police and Homeland Secretary giving permission for Bounty killer’s concert there are still other things local LGBT groups in the UK can do to cause a cancellation of his show.
OUTWEEKLY will continue to encourage members of the LGBT community in Jamaica and Companies not to support artist who have a homophobic agenda.
In a response Mr. Tatchell thank us for being a supporter of the Stop Murder Music Campaign, encouraging us that despite the efforts to stop Bounty Killer from performing in the UK on Sunday the battle against Murder Music continues.
“We failed to stop Bounty Killer's concert, but we generated masses of media coverage and TV and radio phone-in discussions. We won the battle for hearts and minds. The public in the UK - both black and white - is against this music.”
He also when on to say that there will be a zero-tolerance to those who promote homophobia.
Efforts to contact Bounty Killer manager was unsuccessful.
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