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- NO, GAP DON'T STAND FOR "GAY & PROUD," BUT THE SCHOOLYARD TNT STILL FOLLOWS ME TODAY
- ARE 'THE GAP' STOR NAMED FOR 'GAY AND PROUD'?
- BALENCIAGA MAK THE CLASSIC GAP LOGO HOODIE ‘GAY’ FOR PRI
- GAY MOSW · CY GUI
- GAP - GAY AND PROUD? RETAILER SLAMMED BY PARENTG GROUP FOR PRO-HOMOSEXUAL ADVERTISG MPAIGN
NO, GAP DON'T STAND FOR "GAY & PROUD," BUT THE SCHOOLYARD TNT STILL FOLLOWS ME TODAY
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That’s bee “Gap” was synonymo wh “gay and proud” amongst my thls, pre-teen schoolyard tntg related to Gap is one of the most formative memori I have about fashn — and my own queerns. I will adm, my early 2000s search history on dial-up Inter probably ntaed the phrase “Do Gap really mean ‘Gay And Proud?
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I already knew the answer — of urse didn’t mean gay and proud. But that didn’t stop children om latchg on the the psdo-acronym as a form of homophobic bullyg.
“I walked to middle school as a fifth grar wh a GAP hoodie on and had to go home and Google what ‘gay’ meant, ” 25-year-old Meghan Welch, who is one of my former classmat, tells me. Queer sexualy wasn't somethg often talked about my small Massachetts town, and I certaly didn't know any queer “gay and proud” Gap tnt ma abundantly clear that LGBTQ sexualy was supposed to be shameful and hidn. Though people were certaly “gay and proud” 1969, beg so openly was met wh vlence and ristance.
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Nothg the brand’s history pots to a queered Pchnie/Getty Imag News/Getty ImagThough Gap don’t officially mean “gay and proud, ” the pany hasn’t been aaid to champn those who are gay and proud recent years. No, Gap self isn't gay. A Global Brandg ProblemWhile the ter is peppered wh Snop articl and media platforms addrsg Gap’s “gay and proud problem, ” the roots of the tnt will probably never tly be unvered.
“I’m queer and was specifilly aaid to wear clothg that implied I was gay as a middle schooler, cludg the GAP thg, ” 23-year-old Bec L'Hrx, who grew up my hometown, says. ’”Twenty-year-old Maggie, who is bisexual and grew up on Long Island, remembers hearg the “gay and proud” tntg om boys elementary school.
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“Back then, I didn’t know I was gay, ” she says. “But I still didn’t want to wear [Gap clothg] for fear that people would thk I was gay and then bully me.
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The bullyg ma me thk that gays would always be bullied, as would alli bee if you stuck up for one of the kids, you would be lled gay, too. "At the time, I didn’t know I was bisexual, as I didn’t disver this until I was 15, but I remember feelg bad for homosexuals that was lghed at and the word ‘gay’ was beg ed to tease someone, " she S Warren/AP/ShutterstockIn all s, the Gap tnt enuraged those I talked to and many social media ers to avoid the brand’s clothg to not be a target of ridicule by peers — and the same n be said for me.
But did fe how many queer people my generatn experienced Gap’s brand and, for me, how I still thk of Gap every time I see the inic logo Tntg FasThough Gap ed now champns those who are “gay and proud, ” the brand’s moniker seems to no longer be associated wh the phrase as a schoolyard tnt, at least on a mass ternatnal sle.