Out baker, Dan Beasley-Haring says the most disheartening thing about his bake-off experience is the casual homophobia that’s been levelled against him.
Dan Beasley-Haring, who is currently starring in Channel 4’s Great British Bake Off has been attracting criticism – not because of his baking, no because of his sexuality and the fact he’s a gay dad.
Pointing out some of the homophobia that’s been targetted against the 36-year-old star, Dan wrote, “The insidious, casual homophobia that has been directed towards me has been the most disheartening part of this experience. I’m blessed that I don’t encounter these attitudes very often in my daily life, but it’s clear that as a community we have so much more work to do”.
The insidious, casual homophobia that has been directed towards me has been the most disheartening part of this experience. I’m blessed that I don’t encounter these attitudes very often in my daily life, but it’s clear that as a community we have so much more work to do ? #lgbt pic.twitter.com/iaHZAnsRNo
— Dan Beasley-Harling (@DBeasleyHarling) September 26, 2018
He screenshotted a homophobic tweet, in which a troll had written, “At least ‘yummy mummy’ doesn’t suggest they’re practising sexual activities in front of the kids, like Gay-at-Home-Dad’ does.”