Why is still so shockg to see gay people mastream ads? At a time when every other mographic is practilly shoehorned to marketg for the sake of diversy, gays and lbians are still all but visible the TV advertisg landspe. But while you might not have seen many yourself, gay-themed TV ads are fely out there. To close out Gay Pri Month, we tracked down 50 of them om around the world and anized them to seven tegori that seem to keep poppg up ("Lbians Are Hot," "Don't Tell Mom," etc.). Check out the llectn after the jump.
Contents:
- JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS ASSISTANT STRENGTH ACH KEV MAXEN OUT PUBLICLY AS GAY
- THE 50 GAYT ADS EVER
- HOW I ACCINTALLY FOUND OUT MY DAD IS GAY
JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS ASSISTANT STRENGTH ACH KEV MAXEN OUT PUBLICLY AS GAY
DeSantis' mpaign shared a vio that attacked Tmp for his support of LGBTQ rights, promptg wispread backlash. Both ndidat have rolled back protectns for trans and gay people office. * gay add *
Jacksonville Jaguars assistant strength and ndng ach Kev Maxen cid on Thursday to e out publicly as gay hop of livg his life whout fear and to spire others.
Before jog Jacksonville’s achg staff, he was a strength ach for the football teams at Baylor and Febary 2022, Maxen reached out to NFL player Carl Nassib, who me out as gay 2021, to seek advice. The vio opens wh a clip of then-ndidate Tmp pledgg to "do everythg my power to protect our LGBTQ cizens" a speech at the 2016 Republin Natnal Conventn, jt weeks after a gunman killed 49 people at a gay club Orlando. What crics are sayg The Log Cab Republins, an anizatn that advot for LGBTQ nservativ, said a Twter thread that DeSantis' rhetoric had "ventured to homophobic terrory, " llg "divisive and sperate.
"I mean, the ad smacked of both homophobia and homoeroticism at the same time. Richard Grenell, Tmp's former actg director of natnal telligence — and the first openly gay Cabet member — lled the vio "unniably homophobic.
THE 50 GAYT ADS EVER
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" Christa Phaw, the rapid rponse director for DeSantis' mpaign, rpond a tweet that opposg the feral regnn of Pri Month is not homophobic. Transportatn Secretary Pete Buttigieg — the first openly gay Cabet member to be approved by the Senate — allud to DeSantis "tryg to prove his manhood, " and asked who he is aimg to help. DeSantis — who said while mpaigng for ernor 2018 that "gettg to bathroom wars, I don't thk that's a good e of our time" — has taken a more hardle stance recent years, signg a slew of bills that roll back protectns for gay and transgenr dividuals.
HOW I ACCINTALLY FOUND OUT MY DAD IS GAY
Last March he signed a bill that crics have brand "Don't Say Gay, " which bans public school teachers om holdg classroom stctn about sexual orientatn or genr inty.
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