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April 2, 2008
British Arts Council Wants to Make Sure Grant Recipients Are Homosexual
It's a good thing that many in the arts community have conformed to the sexual depravity that's so trendy these days. Otherwise, they might not be able to get grants from British taxpayers:
Organisations applying for grants are being asked to state how many board members are bisexual, homosexual, heterosexual, lesbian or whose inclinations are "not known".
Audrey Roy, the director of grants, said that the council needed to understand who its audience was and to whom its funding was going. "We see diversity as broader than race, ethnicity, faith and disability," she said. Question 22 of the Grants for the Arts forms, relating to sexual orientation, was not compulsory, she added, although the form states that it must be answered.
I wonder if by claiming to be non-Caucasian, Muslim, paraplegic, and homosexual, you can qualify for four times as big a grant.
On a tip from Ian from the EUSSR.
Posted by Van Helsing at April 2, 2008 7:49 AM
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"I wonder if by claiming to be non-Caucasian, Muslim, paraplegic, and homosexual, you can qualify for four times as big a grant."
Ian: Try that out, and let us know if you were successful (I have little doubt that you will be!). Best regards.
Posted by: jc14 at April 2, 2008 10:47 AM
Solution: stop giving out government grants to anyone. Then no one feels left out and the taxpayers have more money in their pockets. Gasp! How revolutionary!
Posted by: Pam at April 2, 2008 11:39 AM
I agree with Pam. Abuse leads to restrictions!
Will somebody please stand up for the white, heterosexual, Christian male please.
I got those pesky student loans to pay back!
My parents were poor, but not poor enough to warrant a grant.
Posted by: UCA at April 2, 2008 12:34 PM
>...not compulsory... although... it must be answered.>
The words "retarded beurocrats" come to mind.
I hope all of the applicants answer for question 22: "NONE OF YOUR F***ING BUSINESS!"
Posted by: KHarn at April 2, 2008 4:27 PM
Completely ignoring the inconvenient fact, of course, that sexxually depraved deviants form only a miniscule minority of the population.
Posted by: BURNING HOT at April 2, 2008 8:56 PM
Straight White males need not apply.
Posted by: DANEgerus at April 3, 2008 8:36 AM
"Straight White males need not apply."
Well, there goes my Chocolate Mohammad Easter Bunny sculpture.
Posted by: KHarn at April 3, 2008 1:18 PM
