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THE 50 GAYT ADS EVER

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. * old gay commercial *

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.

HOW GAY UPL TV MERCIALS BEME A MASTREAM PHENOMENON

* old gay commercial *

But while you might not have seen many yourself, gay-themed TV ads are fely out there.

THE TOP 10 GAY-THEMED COMMERCIALS THAT SHOULD BE CELEBRATED

The Print of the Natnal Gay and Lbian Chamber of Commerce is accg McDonald’s of hypocricy after the French divisn of the rporatn aired a gay-themed mercial France. "They were lookg to portray themselv as an advote of the LGBT (lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr) muny or an ally ... when was pletely unter to what their actns here the U.S. were," said Jt Nelson, the print and -founr of the Natnal Gay and Lbian Chamber of Commerce (NGLCC). * old gay commercial *

Inially, that seemed like an all-too faiar slap the face for gay Amerins, perhaps even a step back for their llective social standg.

Televisn ads aren’t as important the digal marketg age as they were a generatn ago, but some ways they reprent a fal ontier of mastream cultural acceptance for gay equaly, acrdg to several marketg experts who specialize helpg major rporatns sell products to the gay muny.

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“It’s not about gay people as much as is ntemporary nsumers, ” Bob Weck, print of the LGBTQ marketg and munitns nsultg firm Weck Communitns, told CNN Bs. … Gay and LGBTQ nsumers, Gen Z and Millennials, their attus are so different about the ordars of same sex marriage today.