A French mayor has decreed that posters promoting an
Aids prevention campaign should be taken down to protect children. Bruno
Beschizza claimed the Government's public health posters, which depict men
kissing and embracing along with slogans extolling the benefits of
contraceptives, would confuse children.
Mr Beschizza, who is the mayor of Aulnay-sous-Bois
near Paris, said the campaign's "subliminal messaging" about
one-night stands lacked context, BFMTV reported. One of the posters reads:
"With a lover, with a friend, with a stranger - the situation changes and
forms of protection do too."
But Clio Léonard, of the LGBT support group Le
Refuge, said: "Removing these posters makes no sense and could make our
young people uncomfortable, and to feel rejected all over again because of
their sexual orientation or gender identity." Mr Beschizza's action was
echoed by another mayor, Christophe Béchu, who asked the JC Decaux company to
remove the posters from his town of Angers, near the Loire Valley in western
France. He said the posters were "deliberately shocking" and had been
put up near schools. Young children would not be able to understand their
message, he said.
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