Outrage!
'The OutRage! art of activism, where style and symbolism are used to claim gay space, create public awareness of discrimination, challenge homophobia and promote a queer liberation agenda' OutRage! is a direct action campaigning group in the United Kingdom which was formed to fight for the rights of lesbian, gay and bisexual people. It is a radical group which has frequently been criticised for being extremist; members have been arrested on some OutRage! actions. For a time in the mid-1990s, some OutRage! actions were perceived as being a version of outing, where gay activists assert the private homosexuality of public figures as part of a political campaign.
OutRage! have also made complaints against what they allege to be the anti-gay lyrics of certain dancehall stars such as Buju Banton and Sizzla, and based on their own translations of Rastafari oriented Jamaican Creole/Patois. Sizzla had to cancel concert dates due to the protests of OutRage! who are the main representatives on the topic of homophobia in Dancehall in the UK.
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