PCC: "Discrimination Against Homosexual People" Fine By Us

Here is the Press Complaints Commission's stock official response to complaints about the Daily Mail's infamous gay swastika cartoon in January;

"The Commission received over one hundred complaints about the cartoon. Virtually all the complainants considered that the portrayal of the couple in the cartoon discriminated against homosexual people. Many complainants also considered that the article was in breach of Clause 1 (Accuracy) on the grounds that it was inaccurate to depict a gay man with a swastika tattoo. The vast majority of complainants found the article to be highly offensive...
"In regard to the concern that it was inaccurate to depict a gay man displaying a swastika tattoo, the Commission emphasised that the cartoon was depicting figurative characters and not specific individuals...
"Virtually all of the complainants considered that the portrayal of the couple in the cartoon, and especially the depiction of a swastika, was in breach of Clause 12 (Discrimination) of the Code. The terms of this clause state that the press must avoid making a prejudicial or pejorative reference to an individual’s sexual orientation. However, the clause does not cover general concerns over the discrimination of groups or categories of people. Given that the majority of complainants considered that the cartoon discriminated against homosexual people in general, the Commission could not establish a breach of Clause 12 of the Editors’ Code of Practice." [Full ruling posted in comments]

This is the PCC's default position; you can say shitty things about a group, they're only concerned if an individual is attacked - and further, that someone involved personally complained.
Oh, except they rejected a complaint from Stephen Gately's civil partner, Andrew Cowles, over Jan Moir's awful piece about his death in The Daily Mail.
See also the PCC "ruling" on Richard Littlejohn last year saying all gay men are paedophiles, or their non-reply to a complaint from Fagburn about The Sun outing a trans person.
Complaining to the PCC or any offending media may seem pointless - and I'm not in favour of calls for censorship, or actually sure what people think they'll achieve by it - but Fagburn believes it makes others aware of our anger and disgust, and that they can't get away with writing - or drawing - homophobic trash.