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Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Reggae singer and noted homophobe Buju Banton playing the Cuban Club

Posted by David Warner on Wed, Oct 28, 2009 at 7:07 PM

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Jamaican dancehall singer Buju Banton, whose notorious song "Boom Bye Bye" advocates gay-bashing and murder, was originally supposed to play The Ritz Ybor and Jannus Landing this weekend. Those gigs are no more — cancelled like so many of the gigs on Banton's U.S. tour. But now we hear the show is back on — at the Cuban Club in Ybor on Oct. 30. Here's the promoters' defiant announcement:

This is the show Gay Activists have tried to shut down. Originally scheduled for The Ritz Ybor then forced to move to Jannus Landing - Now CONFIRMED for The Cuban Club - The Buju Banton Freedom Tour! is an event for All Peoples of All Colors and Choices to embrace the Music from Jamaica BACK now in Ybor City where it should never have been made to leave!

Equality Florida had been calling for a letter-writing campaign to protest Buju Banton shows in Jacksonville, Miami and St. Pete, receiving what the organization calls "an unprecedented flood of hate mail and threats" as a result. Now that the St. Pete gig has been moved back to Ybor, expect a call to action there as well.

BB claims he's all about peace and love now. The club owner who's hosting Banton's show in Jacksonville points out that he wrote the offending lyrics when he was 15. But Jamaica is still a dangerous place for gays and lesbians — Banton himself was charged with a gay-related beating in 2004 (charges were later dropped) — and as Equality Florida points out with the following anecdote, "Boom Boom Bye" has become an "international gay-bashing anthem."

In 2004, Brian Williamson, Jamaica's leading gay activist, was violently chopped to death with a machete in his apartment in Kingston. A reporter walked to his street shortly after the murder and found a crowd of people gathered outside Williamson’s apartment singing and celebrating his murder and shouting the chorus of “Boom Bye Bye”.

The Cuban Club is lending tacit support to an "artist" who condones gay-bashing and gay murder. You might want to give them a call: (813) 248-2954

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You have Kobe Bryant shouting out the word Faggot...then again with the jets guy and David Tyree speaking out against Gay Marriage...and of course you have Tracey Morgan being downright hateful against gays and there are no ramifications. Even the sight of Weiner's Weiner has brought down a Congressman. Are people that afraid of Gays in this day and age? Well Marc Freden, too, has been given pause with the issue. As a gay man, even he feels the need to apologize for the blatant use of the word "Faggot" in his new book "REALLY!?!" Now Freden using the "F" word should get a tacit pass...much like black people using the "N" word to describe themselves. His harmless use of the word...(And you must read the book to understand) has lead him to a video mea culpa on YouTube "Marc Freden Must Apologize to the Gay Community". Furthermore, Freden has pledged that if Kobe Bryant can be fined $50,000 then he too should pay a price. A percentage of every book sold as a result of his apology will go to the Trevor Project - a gay hotline for distressed teens looking for a voice of calm and understanding. It is the least he can do. Who will join Freden in this cause?

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