NEW YORK — A statement that someone is a homosexual is not defamation per se in New York state, a federal judge has ruled.
Southern District of New York Judge Denny Chin said in a ruling Wednesday that a “veritable sea change in attitudes about homosexuality” has led him to conclude that today the New York Court of Appeals would not hold that calling someone a homosexual was defamation per se.
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