by James Warrington, Telegraph
Catholic commentator says LGBTQ parade celebrates ‘bizarre and unhealthy kinks’
GB News is facing an investigation by Ofcom after a guest linked Pride with paedophilia and bestiality.
The media watchdog is reviewing remarks made by Caroline Farrow for potential breaches of broadcasting standards.
In a discussion about London’s Pride parade during an episode of Alex Armstrong Tonight last month, Ms Farrow claimed the event was “not about gay rights” but had instead “become about celebrating every single sexuality that isn’t heterosexuality”.
She said this included “very bizarre and unhealthy kinks and quirks, you know, like furries and bestiality and even minor-attracted, they call themselves minor-attracted people, you know, paedophiles”.
Ms Farrow describes herself as a Catholic commentator and is a member of CitizenGO, a conservative lobby group that opposed same-sex marriage and abortion.
Her comments were condemned by Zack Polanski, the Green Party leader, and attracted more than 12,000 complaints to Ofcom.
The backlash was spearheaded by the Good Law Project, a campaign group founded by Jolyon Maugham, an activist lawyer.
Matthew Gill, a lawyer for the Good Law Project, described the comments as a “hateful trope”.