Steve Hofmeyr is once again causing havoc with his controversial thoughts. Earlier in the month, the local singer accused Disney of teaching children “how to have sex with mice, ducks and dogs”. This came after Disney promised to be more inclusive of the LGBTQI+ community.
Steve Hofmeyr accuses LGBTQI+ of Bestiality
On 28 March, the New York Post reported how Disney’s general entertainment president Karey Burke elaborated on how Disney will focus on creating more inclusive content.
“We have many, many, many LGBTQIA characters in our stories and yet we don’t have enough leads and narratives in which gay characters just get to be characters and not have to be about gay stories,” Burke said.
However, this did not seem to sit well with Hofmeyr.
In a now-deleted clip, the performer took to his social media to share his thoughts on what the “+” stands for in the LGBTQI+ abbreviation.
“While my generation learned to speak to mice, ducks and dogs, our children will be taught how to have sex with mice, ducks and dogs”.
“You think it’s weird, but let me tell you why I’m saying this. Those relationships with animals are part of that ‘+’ at the end of the LGBTQ; that includes those kinds of relationships with animals.”
Hofmeyr said in the deleted clip.
Watch the clip below:
Steve Hofmeyr apologises to the LGBTQI+ community
After the initial video, Hofmeyr posted another post where he apologises to the LGBTQI+ and elaborates on the comments he made.
“I have no problem apologising to the gay community and I do.”
“In fact, I have no fight with the and I never had. I can’t find consensus though, even amongst them about who the ‘+’ in the LGBTQI+ includes and excludes but I will take the word of my gay friends and colleagues that it does not include any illegal genders or preferences, but I know it did.
“No one is really inclusive here. Maybe it’s time to remove the ‘+’ and admit that you have become exactly like your oppressors,” Hofmeyr said during his car rant.
Watch the video below:
The SAHRC gets involved
Even though Hofmeyr apologised, the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) didn’t think it was enough and sent a letter of demand to the singer.
“The commission has an express mandate to take steps to secure appropriate redress where human rights have been violated.
“In respect of its powers to act in its own name, as well as on behalf of a person and/or a group of persons, the Commission has therefore issued a letter of demand to Mr Hofmeyr to express its concerns relating to the utterances made and shared to his hundreds of thousands of followers and friends accordingly,” the commission’s Eastern Cape manager Eileen Carter said.
Carter continued by stating that even though the Afrikaans singer posted an “apology” online, it was still not enough.
“We have requested more than just an apology. We have noted some form of response by Mr Hofmeyr on his social media pages, but we have requested, in our letter of demand, more than an apology.”
Other ways for Steve Hofmeyr to make things right may include damages and/or community service in support of vulnerable groups.