Gay activists fear Bruno could damage efforts

GAY activists are worried that comedian Sacha Baron Cohen’s new film, Bruno, could reinforce negative stereotypes about homosexuals just as they are making gains in the fight for rights such as same-sex marriage.

Cohen, who scored a surprise hit in 2006 with Borat, portrays a flamboyant gay Austrian fashion reporter in the new film that premiered last night in London.

The studio releasing Bruno says the film’s intent is to satirise homophobia, but some gay advocates are wary.