The organiser of Wednesday’s rally calling for homophobic discrimination to be outlawed says the event has garnered “overwhelming support”.Krystl Assan hopes the event between 1pm and 2pm at City Hall will encourage an amendment to the Human Rights Act, so those mistreated due to their sexual orientation will be protected by law.Ms Assan launched the campaign after an incident at a Bermuda guest house where she suffered alleged mistreatment at the hands of the owner.She claims the owner cancelled her reservation and told her to “stay with her girlfriend”.Her account of the incident disputed by the guest house owner prompted a storm of protest on her Facebook page entitled “Home is Where the Hatred Is”.However, Ms Assan, 22, said on Friday that she wished to clarify the purpose of the planned event.“The rally ... is aimed at encouraging officials to include sexual orientation in the Human Rights Act. It has never been, and should never become, an event about castigating any individual or individuals,” she wrote on her page.“With sexual orientation in the Human Rights Act, all individuals involved in a human rights dispute would have the opportunity to discuss their grievances in the context of a formal process mediated by experienced, objective parties.“Only with this process in place can all parties experience justice and resolution.“My hopes for the rally are simple: to encourage widespread acknowledgment of homophobia as a relevant social concern, and to encourage officials to implement legal protection from discrimination.”She added: “There has been overwhelming support for the rally, and such a show of solidarity affirms that many Bermudians support equality based on common humanity.”Ms Assan lodged a complaint with the Human Rights Commission over the incident at the guest house, but told her supporters: “Because sexual orientation is not a protected ground under the Human Rights Act, the Human Rights Commission can’t do anything about it.“With sexual orientation in the HRA, people who have been discriminated against on the basis of their sexual preference, gay or straight, would be able to file a complaint against offenders and have justice done.”Among the messages of support on her Facebook page was one from former Progressive Labour Party MP Renee Webb, who tried and failed to push the law-change in question through Parliament in 2006.Ms Webb wrote to Ms Assan: “I remember how long it has been since we worked together on the ‘Two Words and a Comma’ campaign to have the words ‘sexual orientation,’ included in the Human Rights Act once my Bill failed to get support in Parliament, that was in 2005! [Now] 2011, and a City Hall gathering for equal rights on the same issue. I am proud of your stand. I will be off-Island, but with you in spirit.”Meanwhile gay rights campaigner and drag queen Mark Anderson, also known as Sybil Barrington, posted a note inviting all gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people, their supporters and parents, to join him in tomorrow’s Bermuda Day Parade.