1-in-6 Stars "must be gay or lesbian or disabled by 2020" says BBC

[Deleted]

I have a suggestion: just have one in six movies and TV series entirely dedicated to gays, lesbians and disabilities. And everyone would be happy.

What? Why not?

[Belize]

Yaaaaay identity politics...

[Karrotlord]

I'm also curious as to what disabilities they count.

[rogueMatthias]

/sigh. BBC once again proving they're behind the times.

Nobody cares about gay and lesbian people anymore. Gay people are SO last year, they're mainstream now.

Now It's all about trans; trans is the new gay.

[Wildtree]

Also, lol@ lumping gays and lesbians in with disabilities.

let alone that lesbians are .... well... gay..
gay is the umbrella term applicable to men and women.

[theun]

Well this is a Daily Mail article so I'm a bit dubious on whether or not this is something they just pulled out their asses or something that they've completely spun and blown way out of proportion.

[Deleted]

Being ginger is not technically a disability.

Being an American is.

[Orwell7]

I think they should employ in equal portions:

-people with zero schooling
-only high school
-diploma
33-33-33%

But they should be distributed equally in each department; HR, sales, management, upper management, etc.

Also, they should take into account the hairiness of people. There should be an equal number of workers with hair in their armpits as there are without none.
Furthermore, there should be the same number of vegans as meat-eaters.
50-50% of ios and android users

I can go on with this the whole day...

[Deleted]

I find it cute when people think the slippery slope is a fallacy when it comes to human degeneracy.

Give'em a inch and timmy becomes tammy the otherkin snake and demands to be addressed as the 34th gender.

[Dundebuns]

If they took randomly from the general population, then statistically these quotas would be exceeded.

[Orby]

Let's just make everything Noahs Arc, I am sure you can find one of every type of person somehow and just stick them in something and make it a show... who cares if they can't act lol.

[Tijuana]

PC stuff never ceases to fascinate me.

[Soxoffender]

Eh, fuck the BBC. They already killed all the funny panel shows with the rule about always including a token female "comedian". I put comedian in quote marks because none of them are at all funny.

If you're watching Mock The Week, the ossified dross that HIGNFY has become or QI (the smugest thing on telly) and complaining about a recent lack of laughs then I don't know what to tell you. Brand, Millican or Pascoe making the odd appearance is the least of those shows' worries.

[May90]

Being an American is.

90% people on this planet would love to have this "disability".

[Deleted]

Meanwhile majority of BBC viewers don't care either way

[Deleted]

90% people on this planet would love to have this "disability".

Its good that you acknowledge it is one.

[breadisfunny]

How will they get the number of gays and lesbians at the BBC down to 8%?

Is their target for disabled people the reason that they employ Robbie Savage?

The 1-in-6 claim seems dubious, as they could get a disabled gay person to take up two slots (there may be an innuendo there, not sure).

well you can always ask our glorious adamshadow.

[Deleted]

well you can always ask our glorious adamshadow.

They couldn't pay me enough to work at the BBC

[durrtygoodz]

If you're watching Mock The Week, the ossified dross that HIGNFY has become or QI (the smugest thing on telly) and complaining about a recent lack of laughs then I don't know what to tell you. Brand, Millican or Pascoe making the odd appearance is the least of those shows' worries.

Aint watched MtW since they binned Frankie. 8 out of 10 cats for me any day.

[ItachiZaku]

I'm perfectly fine with it, if it doesn't water down content and the performances are top notch. I saw hire normally, and if you are falling short, make a huge deal about firing some people and putting in less than worthy "talent" to meet a quota.