Call On Liberman Broadcasting Corp. to Stop Violent Anit-Gay Broadcasts

GLAAD ALERT: CALL ON LIBERMAN BROADCASTING CORP. TO STOP VIOLENT
ANTI-GAY BROADCASTS
Date: 05-02-18
From: gutierrez [at] glaad.org (Eddie Gutierrez)

GLAAD Alert
Feb. 18, 2005

CALL ON LIBERMAN BROADCASTING CORP. TO STOP VIOLENT ANTI-GAY BROADCASTS

The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD), the National
Coalition of Anti-Violence Programs (NCAVP) and a coalition of diverse
local and national lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) civil
rights organizations today called on Spanish-language media group
Liberman Broadcasting Corp. to stop promoting physical violence
against and verbal abuse of LGBT people on its television shows "José
Luis Sin Censura" and "El Show de María Laria" (which recently stopped
production but whose defamatory past episodes continue to be
frequently aired by Liberman) and its popular Los Angeles radio show
"Los Guapos de la Mañana."

On the TV shows, audience members are allowed to get up from their
seats to attack the guests, slap them, punch them, and drag beaten
panelists across the stage. The shows also broadcast audience members'
use of defamatory epithets such as "puñales," "joto," "maricón" [all
three of which translate as "faggot"] and "marimacha" [dyke], and
other offensive comments such as "All gays have AIDS." The "Los Guapos
de la Mañana" radio program regularly features a transgender female
character who discusses celebrity gossip while "Simón," a song about a
gay man who dies of AIDS, is played in the background.

To watch clips from "José Luis Sin Censura" and "El Show de María
Laria" and to listen to defamatory segments on "Los Guapos de la
Mañana," visit
http://www.glaad.org/action/calls_detail.php?id=3783

GLAAD met in August with Miguel Banojian, producer of the two
television shows, and José Luis Gonzalez, host of "José Luis Sin
Censura," to discuss the show's promotion of anti-LGBT violence and to
set up future meetings on the issue. At that meeting, Banojian and
Gonzalez promised to eliminate verbal and physical abuse of LGBT
people on their shows. Since January, however, the violence depicted
on these shows has escalated, and GLAAD has repeatedly requested --
through Liberman Vice President of Corporate Relations Andrew Mars --
another meeting with Liberman executives. Mars and other Liberman
representatives have refused to respond to those requests.

In recent weeks, Nissan, Chevrolet and Kentucky Fried Chicken have
withdrawn their ads from the shows.


* MAKE YOUR VOICE HEARD! TAKE ACTION NOW! *

Liberman Broadcasting Corp. must be held accountable for its violent,
hate-filled broadcasts and must be encouraged to embrace its
responsibility to produce fair, accurate and inclusive representations
of our community.

Please take this opportunity to express your concerns about these
programs by using GLAAD.org's online Take Action Center. View the
video and listen to the audio clips, available at URL and URL. Then
click Take Action! above (right) to send your message to Liberman
Broadcasting Corp.

Call on Liberman to immediately stop promoting anti-gay violence and
verbal abuse in its programming. And call on them to meet with GLAAD
and other coalition members to discuss ways to create fair, accurate
and inclusive media representations of the LGBT community.

Your e-mail will be sent to Andrew Mars (Liberman VP of Corporate
Relations), Lenard Liberman (Vice President and General Manager),
Miguel Banojian (Executive Producer), Jose Luis Gonzalez
(host/producer), Lucy Anguiano (executive producer), Pepe Garza
(producer), and Berta Jacinto (producer).

Members of the coalition participating in the Call to Action include:
Amigas Latinas, Chicago, Illinois; Amigos de Lesbianas, Gays,
Bisexuales y Transgéneros), New York; Arcoiris Latino de Cristo, New
York; Bienestar Human Services, Southern California; Central American
Resources Center (CARECEN), Los Angeles; Colombian Lesbian and Gay
Association (COLEGA), New York; Entre Hermanos, Seattle, Washington;
Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD); The Gay and Lesbian
Dominican Empowerment Organization (G.A.L.D.E.), New York; GLOBO,
Houston, Texas; Grupo Vida Media, Dallas, Texas; Homofrecuencia &
Radio Arte 90.5FM- Chicago, Illinois; L.A. Gay & lesbian Center; Las
Buenas Amigas, Nueva York; La Gente Unida, Inc., Denver, Colorado;
Latino Gay Men of New York; The Latino Straight and Lesbian, Gay
Alliance of Nevada (SALGA), Mano a Mano, Nueva York; The National
Coalition of Anti-Violence Programs (NCAVP); National Gay and Lesbian
Task Force, New York; NYC LATINO PFLAG (Padres, Madres, Familiares y
Amigos de Lesbianas, Gays, Bisexuales y Transgéneros), New York; PFLAG
NYC (Parents, Family, Friends of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and
Transgender Persons), New York; Proyecto ContraSIDA Por Vida, San
Francisco, California; Primer Movimiento Peruano LGBT en NYC; Puerto
Rico Rainbow Foundation, Inc., San Juan, Puerto Rico; Puerto Rico Para
Tod@s, San Juan, Puerto Rico; Quisgleya - Dominican Gay & Lesbian
Association, New York; "Sin Fronteras," GLBT Latino radio KNON 89.3
FM, Dallas, Texas; The Seattle Commission for Sexual Minorities;
Soluciones Visuales, New York; Somos Latino/as LGBT Coalition of
Massachusetts; Las Vegas, Nevada; The Wall-Las Memorias Project, Los
Angeles, California; Unity Coalition, Miami, Florida; Venezuela &
American Lesbian and Gay Organization (VALGO), New York; and Valiente
- Dallas/Ft.Worth LGBT Latin@ Alliance - Dallas, Texas; The Wall-Las
Memorias Project, Los Angeles, California.

To read Chevrolet's letter explaining the removal of their ads, visit
http://www.glaad.org/publications/resource_doc_detail.php?id=3784#sopp

To read Bienestar Human Services' letter condemning these shows, visit
http://www.glaad.org/publications/resource_doc_detail.php?id=3784#bienestar


The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) is dedicated to
promoting and ensuring fair, accurate and inclusive representation of
people and events in the media as a means of eliminating homophobia
and discrimination based on gender identity and sexual orientation.