Gay Porn Activist Offends Students—but Not the Ones You’d Expect

A gay pornography filmmaker will be speaking at Stanford University tonight, and—to no one's surprise—people aren't happy about it. What is surprising is that it's not just religious conservatives finding fault. Michael Lucas, the founder and CEO of Lucas Entertainment, is known for his safe sex and antidrug advocacy but has also taken heat for his views of Arab and Muslim communities, the Stanford Daily reports.

Lucas has compared the Koran to Adolf Hitler's Mein Kampf, saying the Muslim religious text inspires followers to kill homosexuals—an opinion that prompted Stanford's Queer & Asian group to condemn the event. "We just found [his comments] really personal for our group, because we are queer and Asian, and one of our main purposes is to talk about the intersection of race and sexuality," said one Q&A copresident. "As representatives, in a way, of the Arab and Muslim community, I don't think it would be wise on our part to sponsor the event."