Sony studio head Amy Pascal wants Hollywood to eliminate gay slurs & stereotypes in movies

Last night, Amy Pascal was honored at an LA Gay & Lesbian Center gala that raised $1 million for homeless gay and lesbian youth.

In case you don’t know, she’s co-chairman of Sony Pictures Entertainment and oversees all development, production and marketing activities at Columbia Pictures.

She’s long been one of the most powerful persons in the movie industry so it’s great to have her speaking out against gay slurs and stereotypes in films.

Here are some excerpts from her remarks last night:

What the media says about your sexual orientation, and the color of your skin, and the shape of your eyes, and your ethnicity… what you look like, what you weigh, what you wear, how poor you are, how awkward you are, how educated you are, and how different you are… this stuff really sinks in. What we see teaches us about how to feel about ourselves and how to feel about each other.

And now, I’m talking about kids who are gay and I’m talking about kids who aren’t gay. One group needs affirmation and the other group needs education. And, if I’m being honest, neither of those issues are high on any movie studio or TV network’s agenda…

How about next time, when any of us are reading a script and it says words like fag, or faggot – homo – dyke – take a pencil and just cross it out. Just don’t do it.

We can do better and we will do better. We have to. If we just think about that kid in North Dakota, or their parents, we might just do it a little differently.”

Deadline Hollywood has the full test HERE.