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fromLGBTQ Nation
22 hours ago

Man who shouted n-word at Black actors wants you to know he also yelled "pedophile" at a bi actor - LGBTQ Nation

Davidson - who attended the awards ceremony as an executive producer for a biopic about his life with TS, I Swear, which was nominated for five BAFTA awards - recently told Variety that ceremony organizers assured him "that any swearing would be edited out of the broadcast," aired on a two-hour delay by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC).
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fromwww.nydailynews.com
1 day ago
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Tourette's activist says BAFTAs seated him by mic, assured slurs would be edited

Tourette's syndrome activist John Davidson's involuntary vocal tics caused him to blurt racial slurs at the BAFTAs, which he attributes to neurological misfires beyond his control, not his beliefs.
fromVulture
1 day ago
Mental health

Baylen Dupree Defends John Davidson: 'Tourette's Doesn't Pull from Hatred'

Tourette's tics are involuntary neurological impulses that don't reflect thoughts or beliefs, yet the words they produce still carry real harm and historical weight that deserves acknowledgment.
fromVulture
1 day ago
Mental health

Baylen Dupree Defends John Davidson: 'Tourette's Doesn't Pull from Hatred'

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