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Dpe the fact that an overwhelmg majory of Amerins support same-sex marriage, acrdg to Gallup — and rabow-studd advertisg is mon — marketg mpaigns featurg queer people are still provokg ’s look at how we arrived early years: 1970 to 1990Major rporatns’ earlit efforts to urt queer nsumers happened after the 1969 Stonewall uprisg and the first Pri march 1970, a major turng pot the visibily of LGBTQ+ people and the early years of the morn gay rights me the spirs. TV mercial pictg a gay uple 1994.

But s n was short-lived, as the ad was subjected to backlash, provokg lls for boytts and bomb threats agast Ikea sire to urt queer nsumers while avoidg public blowback led to a stra of advertisg known as “gay vague, ” g subtle elements that would register wh LGBTQ+ people while flyg over the heads of heterosexual dienc.

The ads would often feature people of the same sex domtic ntexts whout specifyg the nature of their market rearch revealed that lbians ma up a pillar of Suba’s ctomer base, the Japane pany leaned to the “gay vague” approach. One mid-1990s prt mpaign featured Subas wh license plat such as “XENALVR” (an alln to “Xena: Warrr Prcs, ” a show loved by some lbians) and “PTOWNIE” (a reference to Provcetown, Mass., a popular queer vatn spot) classic “gay vague” mercial om German tomaker Volkswagen buted durg the g-out episo of “Ellen” 1997.

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