Published 6/23/2009
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Organization says use of the slur promotes anti-gay attitudes. By Jocelyn Vena
Perez Hilton at Ultra in Toronto on Friday
Photo: George Pimentel/ WireImage
It seems someone else is mad at Perez Hilton after an alleged altercation between the gossip blogger and Black Eyed Peas ' Will.I.Am in Toronto on Sunday. The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) wants Hilton to apologize for the slur he used against Will.I.Am during their argument.
In a statement released to TMZ , the organization said that Hilton, who is openly gay, should apologize for calling Will.I.Am a "f---ing f----t" during the altercation. "We have reached out to Hilton and asked him to apologize for promoting this anti-gay slur, and we would ask media outlets to avoid repetition of the slur in their coverage of this story."
The statement continues: "For someone in our own community to use it to attack another person by saying that it is, quote, 'The worst possible thing that thug would ...
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