Nike's #BeTe Shoe And Clothg Collectn Supports Gay Pri | HuffPost Voic

Contents:

• WEARG NIKE'S PRI-THEMED AIR FORCE 1: SUPER GAY, SUPER GOOD
• WHAT ABOUT GAY BOB?
• THE STORY BEHD GAY BOB, THE WORLD’S FIRST OUT-AND-PROUD DOLL
• NIKE'S #BETE SHOE AND CLOTHG COLLECTN SUPPORTS GAY PRI
• THE NEW ANTI-GAY BILL PROPOSED GHANA WILL DTROY LIV

WEARG NIKE'S PRI-THEMED AIR FORCE 1: SUPER GAY, SUPER GOOD

It’s crazy that this even needs to be said, but all LGBTQ people should boytt the Herage of Pri until they make sure none of the sponsors fund anti-gay legislatn. This year, Nike is supportg more than 20 anizatns advancg LGBTQ empowerment and visibily, cludg Camp Pri, the Hetrick-Mart Instute, the Los Angel LGBT Center, and the Natnal Gay Basketball Associatn.

The limed-edn rabow s ll on you to be Jabs Bety is donatg 10% of proceeds, up to $75, 000, to SAGE USA, advotg for olr LGBTQ people, and Le Refuge, providg shelter and support to young survivors of homophobia and transphobia. 5-ler dishwasher-safe bottle, tote bag, and a rsable straw wh s own bag and proceeds om SodaStream's Pri ks will be donated to the Internatnal Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Associatn. How Disney Giv Back to the LGBTQIA+ Communy: Disney works wh LGBTQ+ members, alli and nonprof anizatns to liver thentic products and experienc like Gay Days at the parks support of the muny.

WHAT ABOUT GAY BOB?

They will also be hostg the Big GaySwap Meet, a multi-vendor market shop NYC to support lol LGBTQIA+ found brands andvendors. How Adidas Giv Back to the LGBTQIA+ Communy: Adidas has an ongog partnership whAthlete Ally, a nonprof that foc s efforts to end homophobia and transphobia sports.

THE STORY BEHD GAY BOB, THE WORLD’S FIRST OUT-AND-PROUD DOLL

Four s later, the flag is featured on this year's le of Be Te products, alongsi Baker's year Nike is also grantg fancial support to 20 LGBTQ+ anizatns, cludg the GLBT Historil Society, the Hetrick-Mart Instute, the Natnal Gay Basketball Associatn, and You Can Play. The nonprofs clu Athlete Ally, Camp Pri, The GenrCool Project, Lato Equaly Alliance, The Lbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgenr Communy Center, Queer Art, You Can Play, and many more lol and natnal s that foc on "advocy sports, creatg safe spac, and elevatg the history of the muny, " acrdg to Nike. Thirteen ch tall and plastic, Gay Bob was marketed as the first openly gay doll and ma his retail but mail-orr talogs.

At face value, Gay Bob’s msage about the mers of g out seems earnt, pog the valu of urage, honty, and livg thentilly; however, the brandg and sign of the Gay Bob doll are brash.

NIKE'S #BETE SHOE AND CLOTHG COLLECTN SUPPORTS GAY PRI

We had somethg to learn om the gay movement, jt like we did om the black civil rights movement, and the women’s movement and that is havg the urage to stand up and say, ‘I have a right to be what I am. While Rosenberg did not intify as gay, he stated that he had created the doll to liberate men om tradnal sexual rol.

Acrdg to Rosenberg, regardls of a person’s sexualy, Gay Bob uld serve as an example for havg the urage to “e out of the closet” and be your te, thentic self. Durg a prs blz for the doll’s release, Rosenberg also dited that Gay Bob was a spoof of other “amorpho, sexls dolls, ” which was undoubtedly a reference to Mattel’s KenTM and BarbieTM. He had plans to release addnal dolls that would have ma up the rt of Gay Bob’s fay (a mother, father, and two brothers); however, the other dolls were never produced.

Gay Bob dolls were sold via mail-orr advertisements gay magaz and a few boutique shops New York Cy and San Francis.

THE NEW ANTI-GAY BILL PROPOSED GHANA WILL DTROY LIV

Consequently, ten thoand more dolls were produced, and Gay Bob was btowed wh Esquire magaze's "Dub Achievement Award" 1978. A handsome and mascule doll, Gay Bob had a short feathery blon crew cut and was signed to look like a cross between Pl Newman and Robert Redford. He had a preprogrammed voice rerdg that played the earnt msage, “Gay people are no different than straight people… if everyone me ‘out of their closets, ’ there wouldn’t be so many angry, trated, ightened people.

” This reerated msagg om his fashn talog that fed “g out of the closet” as what uld be scribed as Gay Bob’s manifto—be urageo by g out of your closet and livg hontly, like Gay Bob! But Gay Bob was more than jt clever packagg; he also promoted the ia that g out of the closet, beg open and hont wh the people your life, was a powerful and urageo act. “It’s a real giggle and kd of fun, ” said Bce Voeller, executive director of the Natnal Gay Task Force said at the time, “I thk we should al wh lightly and enjoy .

Many nsir Stonewall, a New York Cy uprisg to prottg police harassment at the Stonewall Inn, as the start of the Gay Rights movement the Uned Stat. Los Angel has a long history of Gay Rights Protts and anti-gay ordanc, such as the Anti-Masqueradg Ordance of 1898. The rtrictive anti-gay Hays Co, which forba and then limed the way LGBTQ+ characters uld be seen on film, was disband the early 1960s.