Dustin Lance Black rants against Theresa May over DUP deal
Tom Daley's husband Dustin Lance Black has said that Theresa May's deal with the DUP is 'disgusting' and 'harmful' to gay people.
The American director blasted the alliance between the Tories and the Northern Irish party which has been accused of having regressive, homophobic and misogynistic policies.
Black, 43, who married Olympic diver Tom two months ago in a ceremony in the UK, said: 'When someone is so hungry for power that they will sell out an entire people that they supposedly represent, I think that's disgusting and I'm saying that about your Prime Minister right now.
Dustin Lance Black, pictured, blasted the alliance between the Tories and the DUP which has been accused of having regressive, homophobic and misogynistic policies.
Theresa May is doing a deal with DUP leader Arlene Foster, pictured left. Dustin, pictured right with his Olympic diver husband Tom Daley, is not impressed
'Making that deal with the DUP who does not respect gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people equally - that is disgusting.
'It's disgusting because it's hurtful and it's harmful, it crushes self-esteem, it crushes lives and some lives are literally at stake and in the name of power a Prime Minister has made a deal to hold onto it it's very, very sad'.
The DUP has repeatedly vetoed marriage equality for same-sex couples in Ulster and has limited enthusiasm for LBGT rights.
The party doesn’t mention abortion in its manifesto, but it has been open in its support for Northern Ireland’s abortion ban, which sees women imprisoned for having one and denied ac cess to safe and legal terminations.
Black said that he and Tom Daley, pictured, are 'open' with each other about who they are
In his first TV interview since his wedding to Tom, Oscar winning director Black also spoke about their 'beautiful day'
Mrs Foster has said the party remains opposed to any reform of the province’s strict abortion laws, urging last year that she would ‘not want abortion to be as freely available here as it is in England’.
Some DUP members have made overt criticism of homosexuality. Ian Paisley Jr, son of the party’s founder, has in the past said he was ‘repulsed’ by gay people and called homosexuality ‘immoral, offensive and obnoxious’. The party once supported a campaign called ‘Save Ulster from Sodomy’.
The DUP is also sceptical of climate change, while some members are creationists, believing the Old Testament’s description of how God created the Earth rather than backing theories such as evolution.
In his first TV interview since his wedding to Tom, Oscar winning director Black also spoke about their 'beautiful day'.
Tom Daley's partner Dustin Lance Black and mother Debbie celebrate at the 10m synchro dive final at the 2016 summer Rio Olympics in Brazil
Following the couple's wedding in May at Bovey Castle in Devon, Black, pictured left with his husband Tom Daley, told 5 News' Minnie Stephenson how proud he was to tie the knot
Following the couple's wedding in May at Bovey Castle in Devon, Black told 5 News' Minnie Stephenson how proud he was to tie the knot.
He said: 'I got quite tearful that day, when I was able to join in that great tradition and understand it fully and come to understand a bit more than I ever knew even when I was fighting for it'.
Black continued: Â 'We're just really open about who we are and I don't think it's even a gay thing, we just don't hide our relationship.
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