18 Homophobic Lears Who Turned Out to Be Gay or Bi

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• SNICKERS AD PULLED AFTER PLATS OM GAYS
• SNICKERS LNCH RABOW LABEL TO PROMOTE LGBT SUPPORT SETHE NDY PANY PARTNERED WH GAY STAR NEWS ON A HUB FOR STORI ABOUT OVERG {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}NEWSBY DAN AVERYMARCH 28, 2017/11:32 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:574PX;WIDTH:1020PX;}BY DAN AVERYMARCH 28, 2017 / 11:32 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"SNICKERS LNCH RABOW LABEL TO PROMOTE LGBT SUPPORT SE","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2017-03-28T15:32:43.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2017-03-28T15:32:43.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"DAN AVERY","ARTICLESECTN":"NEWS"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SNICKERS IS PARTNERG WH GAY STAR NEWS ON A NEW MPAIGN AIMED AT HELPG LGBT PEOPLE "BE WHO YOU ARE."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}GAY STAR SUPPORT, A NEW PART OF THE GAY STAR NEWS SE, WILL SHARE STORI OM PEOPLE WHO HAVE OVERE ADVERSY AND PROVI ROURC FOR THOSE WHO ARE STILL STGGLG. THE NDY BAR PANY IS UNRWRG THE SECTN, AND HAS CREATED CTOM ADVERTISG FOR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"WE WANT TO PROMOTE IENDSHIP AND THE SUPPORT WORK WE ALL GIVE EACH OTHER. THAT’S WHAT THE SNICKERS BRAND STANDS FOR; GOOD IENDSHIP, MARARIE AND BEG THE BT VERSN OF YOURSELF," MCH OLIVER, UK VICE PRINT OF MARKETG FOR MARS CHOLATE UK, TOLD GSN. "WE ALL KNOW SNICKERS TELLS 'YOU ARE NOT YOURSELF WHEN YOU ARE HUNGRY.' NOW WILL TELL 'YOUR IENDS WILL ACCEPT YOU WHOEVER YOU ARE, ALL YOUR LORS.'"{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}GSN EDOR TRIS REID-SMH SAYS 'LL BE WORTH IF THE SE HELPS EVEN JT A FEW PEOPLE BE THEIR THENTIC SELV, "BUT OUR DREAM IS TO SPIRE EVERYONE TO SUPPORT THEIR IENDS. THAT WAY WE N MAKE A REAL DIFFERENCE NOT JT TO LGBTIS BUT TO THE WHOLE MUNY."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE MPAIGN HAS EVEN GOTTEN THE BLSG OF THE MAYOR OF LONDON, SADIQ KHAN, WHO SAYS THE IATIVE IS "HELPG PEOPLE TO SHARE THEIR OWN EXPERIENC AND BREAK DOWN THE STIGMA AROUND MENTAL HEALTH."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
• MR. T ON HIS SNICKERS AD BEG YANKED OVER GAY CONTROVERSY
• SNICKERS PULLS AD FEATURG MR. T OVER ANTI-GAY CLAIMS

SNICKERS AD PULLED AFTER PLATS OM GAYS

” One of the alternate endgs on the Snickers Web se showed the men attackg each Human Rights Campaign and the Gay and Lbian Alliance Agast Defamatn plaed to the maker of Snickers, Hackettstown-based Masterfoods USA, a divisn of Mars Inc., which also mak M&M’s and other Web se also featured vio of players om the Super Bowl teams reactg to the kiss.

SNICKERS LNCH RABOW LABEL TO PROMOTE LGBT SUPPORT SETHE NDY PANY PARTNERED WH GAY STAR NEWS ON A HUB FOR STORI ABOUT OVERG {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}NEWSBY DAN AVERYMARCH 28, 2017/11:32 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:574PX;WIDTH:1020PX;}BY DAN AVERYMARCH 28, 2017 / 11:32 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"SNICKERS LNCH RABOW LABEL TO PROMOTE LGBT SUPPORT SE","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2017-03-28T15:32:43.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2017-03-28T15:32:43.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"DAN AVERY","ARTICLESECTN":"NEWS"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SNICKERS IS PARTNERG WH GAY STAR NEWS ON A NEW MPAIGN AIMED AT HELPG LGBT PEOPLE "BE WHO YOU ARE."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}GAY STAR SUPPORT, A NEW PART OF THE GAY STAR NEWS SE, WILL SHARE STORI OM PEOPLE WHO HAVE OVERE ADVERSY AND PROVI ROURC FOR THOSE WHO ARE STILL STGGLG. THE NDY BAR PANY IS UNRWRG THE SECTN, AND HAS CREATED CTOM ADVERTISG FOR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"WE WANT TO PROMOTE IENDSHIP AND THE SUPPORT WORK WE ALL GIVE EACH OTHER. THAT’S WHAT THE SNICKERS BRAND STANDS FOR; GOOD IENDSHIP, MARARIE AND BEG THE BT VERSN OF YOURSELF," MCH OLIVER, UK VICE PRINT OF MARKETG FOR MARS CHOLATE UK, TOLD GSN. "WE ALL KNOW SNICKERS TELLS 'YOU ARE NOT YOURSELF WHEN YOU ARE HUNGRY.' NOW WILL TELL 'YOUR IENDS WILL ACCEPT YOU WHOEVER YOU ARE, ALL YOUR LORS.'"{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}GSN EDOR TRIS REID-SMH SAYS 'LL BE WORTH IF THE SE HELPS EVEN JT A FEW PEOPLE BE THEIR THENTIC SELV, "BUT OUR DREAM IS TO SPIRE EVERYONE TO SUPPORT THEIR IENDS. THAT WAY WE N MAKE A REAL DIFFERENCE NOT JT TO LGBTIS BUT TO THE WHOLE MUNY."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE MPAIGN HAS EVEN GOTTEN THE BLSG OF THE MAYOR OF LONDON, SADIQ KHAN, WHO SAYS THE IATIVE IS "HELPG PEOPLE TO SHARE THEIR OWN EXPERIENC AND BREAK DOWN THE STIGMA AROUND MENTAL HEALTH."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

“This type of jeerg om profsnal sports figur at the sight of two men kissg fuels the kd of anti-gay bullyg that hnts untls gay and lbian school children on playgrounds all across the untry, ” Human Rights Campaign print Joe Solmone said a spokman Marc McCarthy said Tuday the group believed “this kd of prejudice was excable. Snickers is apologizg for what was they say was supposed to be a humoro ad where a Snickers bar turned a flamboyant gay man to a beard, butch man. Related: A sketch show ma a hilar parody of a homophobic TV ad.

The ad me out last month but started gettg cricized on Spanish Twter for homophobia this past week.

MR. T ON HIS SNICKERS AD BEG YANKED OVER GAY CONTROVERSY

Es vergonzoso y lamentable que a tas alturas haya empras que sigan perpetuando tereotipos y promoviendo la #homofobia y la #plumofobia. Even Spa’s Mister for Equaly, Irene Montero, said that the ad ed “homophobia as a bs strategy. Me pregunto a quién le pue parecer una buena ia ar la homofobia o trategia ercial.

snickers-spa-ntroversial-homophobic-ad-mercial-apology.

SNICKERS PULLS AD FEATURG MR. T OVER ANTI-GAY CLAIMS

"It is shameful and regrettable that at this pot there are pani that ntue to perpetuate stereotyp and promote homophobia, " the untry's LGBT State Feratn said a Twter statement. ""Hello, @snickers_, " Spanish polician Íñigo Errejón said his own Twter rponse to the homophobic Snickers ad. "I don't like stigmatizg and lghg at the pluma (a Spanish term ed to scribe effemate, gay men).

In a piece for Gay Star News, Mch Oliver, the UK vice print of marketg for Mars ndy pany, announced the iative. Snickers is sponsorg a new sectn of the pro-gay webse that “will tell stori of LGBTI people and provi rourc to help you be yourself even at the tought tim. In 2007 Snickers was acced of homophobia for a Super Bowl ad which two men accintally kiss while sharg a Snickers and then rip out their cht hair a pensatory display of machismo.