Android app 'Is your son gay' creates controversy

[aradhakr84]

Android app 'Is your son gay' creates controversy - The Times of India

LONDON: Popular search engine Google has landed in a soup after launching a smartphone app that helps parents determine their son's sexuality.

The Android program 'Is Your Son Gay?' has recently hit the market and has outraged gay-rights groups, with one brandishing the app 'ridiculous and horrifying'.

The controversial app asks parents 20 questions, including 'does he like to dress well?', 'does he like football?', 'does he like musical comedies?' and 'does he like Madonna?' to help them discover the sexuality of their son.

Once the quiz is completed parents receive one of two answers- 'You have nothing to worry about, your son is not gay.' Or it informs parents: 'Your son is gay. Accept it and know it's not his choice.'

Meanwhile, the French developer of the app insisted that the concept was meant to be a humorous approach towards helping moms accept their sons' homosexuality.

However, Eliza Byard, executive director of the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Educational Network in the U.S., has denounced the app.

"The questions in this app are horrendous stereotypes that would be completely laughable if they weren't so dangerous," the Daily Mail quoted her as telling CBS New York.

"The implication, one, is that there is one way to be if you're gay and, two, that there's sort of blame to attach to parents," she added.

 

[axeman]

Did this create any issues for a "friend" of yours? :rofl:

 

[vivek.krishnan]

LOL, but if the father has an iDiot device, guess it wont work, eh? So your safe! :rofl:

 

[aradhakr84]

LOL!!!! But jokes aside, who thinks this app is a waste of time and money? This app actually costs money :rofl:

 

[fLUX]

like they are going to answer the questions honestly if they dont want their parents to know

 

[aradhakr84]

^^ That is true. Of course, they are not going to be honest if they know what the test is about.

 

[ubergeek]

i dont know why you need to create a app for that

just ask whether your son/daughter likes bieber or not?

problem solved

 

[karizma.r2008]

i hope very soon they create an app named is your daughter a b!tc#?

 

[avi]

i dont know why you need to create a app for that

Because to say, "There's an app for everything"

 

[Altair]

and people are buying this.?

 

[Emperor]

Controversy is best way to promote Products & BOOST sale

 

[aradhakr84]

^^ So True, people tend to like and want to be part of controversy. But still the app was a absolute joke

 

[prabs]

So.... will this app work on a friend or just on the buyer's son?