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Contents:
- ARE 'THE GAP' STOR NAMED FOR 'GAY AND PROUD'?
- 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'?
The creative featur notable nam such as pneerg trans nway mol, Connie Flemg; founr of Born Perfect Foundatn, dited to fightg to end gay nversn therapy, Mathew Shurka; former InStyle EIC, wrer, and founr of ABBAPAPA, a parentg newsletter, Ariel Foxman and his hband, tor Brandon Cart-Hernanz; fashn signer, creative director, and food enthiast, Peter Som; artist, activist and tor, Bradley Miller; chef and thor, Angela Dimayuga. The clothg store cha The Gap took s name om an acronym for 'Gay and Proud. Ak to the Troop Sport ("To Rule Over Opprsed People") and Adidas ("All Day I Dream About Sex") nards, the mor about The Gap asserts that drew s name om an ializatn of the phrase "Gay And Proud":.
Yterday, I heard this one: The GAP was started by a gay man and the name means Gay And Proud. Although The Gap did beg San Francis, a cy home to a large homosexual populatn and strongly associated wh gay pri, s name has nothg to do wh eher of those cint facts. "Gay and proud" beme a tchphrase wh the gay muny bee proclaimed a posively-voiced manner that s members took pri who they were rather than feelg ashamed of their liftyle.
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NO, GAP DON'T STAND FOR "GAY & PROUD," BUT THE SCHOOLYARD TNT STILL FOLLOWS ME TODAY
(TIF) isn't your grandfathers' ad: It shows a gay uple, a first for the jeweler. But there's also a bs se to be ma: The lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr muny held $790 ln buyg power, acrdg to a 2012 timate om the Human Rights Campaign, a leadg LGBT advocy group.
Seattle-based Amazon (AMZN) also released an ad spot that featur a gay man buyg a Kdle e-rear. "Let me be clear: I'm proud to be gay, and I nsir beg gay among the greatt gifts God has given me, " he wrote October.
Google: Not only do Google (GOOG)have an ternal workg group for employe known as Gayglers, but ma a bold statement about LGBT rights ahead of the Wter Olympics Sochi last year. The pany joed protts of anti-gay polici Rsia by featurg a rabow-lored "Google doodle" on s homepage. The rabow-lored Oreo was a high-profile nod to gay rights.