The “Federal Office for Immigration and Asylum” (BFA) has allegedly distributed an internal leaflet on identifying homosexuals to its employees. Really?
That image with the title “ Recognizing Homosexuals – Handout for Speakers ” is currently being widely shared:
The description of the picture, which shows different gestures:
“This guide will help you reliably expose people who claim to be homosexual in interviews.
Pay attention to the gestures typical of homosexuals shown below! If an asylum seeker shows fewer than three of these gestures , you can safely rule out that he is a homosexual.”
For those in a hurry:
Why should the BFA publish such a leaflet?
A few days ago, a young Afghan man's asylum application was rejected . The man's reason for fleeing was his homosexuality, which is illegal in Afghanistan, but an official from the Wiener Neustadt regional office wrote in the negative decision:
“Neither your gait, your demeanor, nor your clothing even remotely suggested that you might be homosexual.”
He also came to Austria in 2016 as an unaccompanied teenager and became involved in disputes at the SOS Children's Village. The officer explained: “ You have a potential for aggression that would not be expected in a homosexual. “
Gays all look like they do at the CSD. Or?
If you only see the participants of Christopher Street Day or draw your knowledge about homosexuals and their behavior from films like "A Cage of Fools" and "The Birdcage" as well as from series like "Will & Grace", then yes: all homosexuals behave yourself like that. Without exception. They make these gestures out of necessity and never really argue, just bitch at each other. This isn't an exaggerated Hollywood portrayal, it's really how they are. Or ??
Surprise: no.
Would the average TV viewer have thought that the straightest "Barney Stinson" in the series "How I Met Your Mother" could be played by a gay actor, Neil Patrick Harris?
Or “Sheldon Cooper” from “Big Bang Theory” by the gay Jim Parsons? By the way, they are both men who don't seem the least bit "foolish" in their private lives, as the clichés mentioned above suggest. And these are just two prominent examples; surprise, you don't notice it at all in countless other homosexuals!
The cliche is satirically exaggerated!
Christoph Kaindel , the real creator of the leaflet thought that perhaps the poor official wasn't to blame at all. Maybe there is a cliché leaflet for the officials there. This is what he told us:
„I just tried to infer the mindset in the BFA based on the media reports and condense satirical The fact that so many believe it to be real both honors and frightens me.”
Conclusion
No, this leaflet is not real . The creator wanted to try to capture the BFA's way of thinking in a satirical image. He also mentioned to us that he specifically didn't use the real BFA logo so as not to get into trouble.
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