Song about gay ice hockey players causes outrage in Finland
Considering that May 17 is the International Day Against Homophobia, Trans-phobia and Bi-phobia, I thought it would be a good time to talk about the recent, rather depressing developments in Finland: the response to a song about gay people in ice hockey. Some background for this controversy: In early May, Tuure Boelius, a 17-year-old Finnish youtuber, actor and singer (which I didn't know until this whole situation), released his single "Lätkäjätkä-Ville". The title roughly translates to "Hockey Guy Ville". The song itself is nothing special. It's pretty much the usual stuff you would expect to hear from somebody his age: a simple beat and, in my opinion, rather cheesy lyrics. To his credit, he seems to have a decent voice, but it's not my type of music. The music video for the song has over million views, which is about 1/5 of Finland's population. It also has 36 000 dislikes, compared to only 16 000 likes. However, this situation is not just a...