Are 'The Gap' Stor Named for 'Gay and Proud'? |

Contents:

• BALENCIAGA MAK THE CLASSIC GAP LOGO HOODIE ‘GAY’ FOR PRI
• ARE 'THE GAP' STOR NAMED FOR 'GAY AND PROUD'?
• NO, GAP DON'T STAND FOR "GAY & PROUD," BUT THE SCHOOLYARD TNT STILL FOLLOWS ME TODAY

BALENCIAGA MAK THE CLASSIC GAP LOGO HOODIE ‘GAY’ FOR PRI

The Balenciaga signer has unveiled his celebratory psule for Balenciaga — and all you need to do is look at the hoodi to see jt how “Gay” is. Ever the fan of rporate logo parodi, Gvasalia has transformed the inic Gap hoodie to read simply, “Gay. For a full “Gay” f, the Gap remix will also appear on hats and T-shirts that’ll go on sale next shown as part of Balenciaga’s Pre-Fall 2021 llectn, the Pri psule has been nfirmed for an “early June” release, and 15 percent of the proceeds will be donated to The Trevor Project — which should be a nontrivial amount of given Balenciaga’s pric.

“I’m gay. “It’s important to ph through agast homophobia. Unr his stead, Balenciaga has bee the master of meme-worthy clothg — and the “Gay” Gap gear that effect to claim space for the LGBTQA+ muny.

The clothg store cha The Gap took s name om an acronym for 'Gay and Proud. Ak to the Troop Sport ("To Rule Over Opprsed People") and Adidas ("All Day I Dream About Sex") nards, the mor about The Gap asserts that drew s name om an ializatn of the phrase "Gay And Proud":. Yterday, I heard this one: The GAP was started by a gay man and the name means Gay And Proud.

ARE 'THE GAP' STOR NAMED FOR 'GAY AND PROUD'?

Although The Gap did beg San Francis, a cy home to a large homosexual populatn and strongly associated wh gay pri, s name has nothg to do wh eher of those cint facts.

"Gay and proud" beme a tchphrase wh the gay muny bee proclaimed a posively-voiced manner that s members took pri who they were rather than feelg ashamed of their liftyle. It wasn't that long ago that ncealg all evince of a same-sex preference was the orr of the day, and the phrase "Gay and proud" th reprented a major shift how a muny viewed both self and the value of s dividual members society.

(It's one thg to wave a "Gay and Proud" sign if you know you're holdg , but que another to fd one has been pned to your back whout your knowledge. Even the most gay-sympathetic person might take umbrage at that.

NO, GAP DON'T STAND FOR "GAY & PROUD," BUT THE SCHOOLYARD TNT STILL FOLLOWS ME TODAY

Gay and Tired. Sounds Gay, I'm In.

That's so gay.

That’s bee “Gap” was synonymo wh “gay and proud” amongst my thls, pre-teen schoolyard tntg related to Gap is one of the most formative memori I have about fashn — and my own queerns. I will adm, my early 2000s search history on dial-up Inter probably ntaed the phrase “Do Gap really mean ‘Gay And Proud?