Flashy Spanish culture may be viewed as gay, but don't call it that, fa**ot!

We're always amused by a company that doesn't seem to learn, and even after GLAAD got MAAD at Liberman back in 2005, along with other companies and organizations, still LBI seems to think that anti-gay slurs and remarks are acceptable.

So, they're back to producing anti-gay television with one of their gayest hosts, Jose Luis! From GLAAD:

The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) asks you to join calls for the reality talk show José Luis Sin Censura to immediately stop using defamatory terms and apologize to viewers. The terms “maricón” and “puñal,” which in English translate to “fa**ot” were chanted by audience members on the June 8 segment of the program. The same pattern occurred on the June 10 segment of the show, when audience members chanted “puto,” a word that also means “fa**ot” in many Spanish-speaking countries.

They continue:

In the past, GLAAD has called attention to the show’s use of defamatory language and violence against gay and transgender guests. GLAAD’s efforts resulted in national advertisers KFC and Chevrolet pulling their ads from José Luis Sin Censura. At that time, producers vowed to improve their record, but recent shows make it clear that defamatory language is acceptable to LBI and the show’s producers.

We hope that other large advertisers will find that this is just unacceptable. Oh, and, as if we didn't already know it, GLAAD gives us some contact information:

Lenard Liberman
Executive Vice President
Liberman Broadcasting, Inc.
1845 Empire Ave. Burbank, CA. 91504
818 729-5300
lliberman@lbimedia.com

Bill Garcia
Director of Distribution & Television Syndication
818 729-5300
bgarcia@lbimedia.com

Jose Luis Gonzalez
Host and Executive Producer of José Luis Sin Censura
jgonzalez@lbimedia.com

Winter Horton
Corporate Vice President
whorton@lbimedia.com