To the Editor:
Re “Bermuda Revokes Same-Sex Marriage” (news article, Feb. 9):
Following the repeal of marriage equality in Bermuda, where same-sex couples are now limited to domestic partnership, many in the United States and Western Europe are calling for a boycott (#BoycottBermuda). The demand for this boycott is not coming from grass-roots organizations in Bermuda, and in fact such a boycott stands to harm and not help L.G.B.T.Q. Bermudians.
It paves the way for L.G.B.T.Q. Bermudians to become society’s scapegoat, to be blamed for any slide in foreign tourism and negative impact on the country’s economy. It risks increasing discrimination against a minority group whose rights have already been breached by the revocation of marriage equality.
Instead, the media and the international community should listen to L.G.B.T.Q. Bermudians and elevate their priorities, not set their own misguided agendas.
JESSICA STERN, NEW YORK
The writer is executive director of OutRight Action International.
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