Influencer Ordered to Put up Anti-Homophobic Content material After Saying He’d Shoot Homosexual Son

• A Colombian court docket ordered an influencer to submit content material towards homophobia and transphobia.
• The ruling was in response to a video he made, after which deleted, on YouTube.
• Within the video, he stated he’d shoot a homosexual son and sexually assault a trans little one.

An influencer has been ordered by Colombia’s prime constitutional court docket to submit social media content material highlighting the hurt attributable to homophobia and transphobia after he stated he would shoot his son if he came upon he was homosexual.

The ruling stated that Luis Villa, a 23-year-old who goes by WestCOL on-line, was ordered to share the posts along with his over two million Instagram followers and 650,000+ YouTube subscribers after feedback he made in a video in September 2022.

Within the YouTube video, which has since been deleted, he stated he would put “17 holes” in his son if he came upon he was homosexual, in response to court docket paperwork.

Villa additionally stated that if a son of his had been to come out as transgender, he would use a persist with sexually assault him, the ruling stated.

The ruling got here in response to a criticism made by José Francisco Montufar Rodríguez, an LGBTQ+ advocate and lawyer, wherein Montufar Rodríguez alleged that the video constituted discrimination and hate speech, in response to the Colombian newspaper El Tiempo.

In a remark to Enterprise Insider concerning the ruling, Montufar Rodríguez stated: “I really feel very pleased.”

He added: “It’s a history-making sentence in my nation.”

Along with the posts, the Colombian court docket dominated that Villa should additionally attend a course on LGBTQ+ rights, El Tiempo reported.

Though Villa later revealed a video apologizing for his feedback, the court docket dominated that his giant social media following meant that the attain and magnitude of his phrases had been “critical,” the newspaper stated.

In keeping with the ruling, Villa alluded to his feedback as darkish jokes.

It is not clear if Villa has kids. The influencer didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark from Enterprise Insider.

LGBTQ+ rights in Colombia are thought of a few of the most superior within the area, with legal guidelines banning discrimination primarily based on sexual orientation, and passports that embrace the gender choices male, feminine, and X.