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NEW YORK (AP) — While several Olympic sponsors have spoken out agast Rsia's rtrictns on gay rights ahead of the Sochi Wter Gam, Chevrolet is rollg out two ads durg the U.S. broadst of the openg ceremony on Friday that feature gay upl.

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When Chevrolet promently featured gay and lbian upl a fay-foced mercial tled "The New Us," marketg experts saw as a breakthrough. And they thk other tomakers will e to see the same way." emprop="scriptn * gay chevy ad *

Chevrolet Volt’s full page ad Between The L’ June Pri issue has taken the blogosphere and social works by storm, receivg praise om LGBT and tomobile bloggers, gay prs and even Gee Takei.

Amir Iliaifar, blogger for, wrote, “When a r pany along open support of a polarizg subject like homosexualy — as General Motors did wh s lighthearted Chevrolet Volt ad — warrants a gree of rpect and acknowledgment.

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Chevrolet has raised a few eyebrows wh an ad aired durg the Openg Ceremony of the Wter Olympics, which highlighted a gay marriage. * gay chevy ad *

When Chevrolet promently featured gay and lbian upl a fay-foced mercial tled "The New Us, " marketg experts saw as a breakthrough.

Jt Bell, CEO of Arc & Arrow Creative Group, an agency foced on nnectg brands wh the lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr market, lls the spot for the Traverse crossover, aired durg NBC's Olympics broadsts, "monumental, " and says was "no ty move for Chevrolet" to clu three fai head by gay upl among the 12 who were spotlighted. Those ncerns have kept LGBT msagg and imagery largely nfed to media viewed only by the gay muny.

But high-profile mov such as Chevy's, along wh growg public acceptance of gay rights, uld emboln other tomakers to brg their LGBT msagg to the mastream as part of tablishg a more clive brand inty. Even so, Chevy received a barrage of cril msag on Facebook om viewers cryg what they saw as the brand's support for gay marriage as a polil e, and vowg to boytt Chevy products.

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As protts spread agast Rsia’s anti-gay laws, the mercials are the first to clu gay upl to air durg the gam. * gay chevy ad *

The brands wh the largt share among gay buyers were also the heart of the mastream to market: Ford, Toyota and Chevrolet. Suba was nsired the lear advertisg to LGBT nsumers, as the first tomaker to openly advertise LGBT publitns wh a mpaign dited to gay media.

Scn has been marketg to gays sce the brand was lnched 2003, as part of an effort to nnect wh s target market of young people. Most active LGBT marketg now are premium and luxury marqu that see outreach to gays as an opportuny to shake up a predictable sal pattern.

CHEVY OLYMPIC ADS FEATURE GAY UPLE

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Lex, which began reachg out to LGBT nsumers 2008, has an expansive cross-platform approach gay media volvg TV, prt, digal and experiential marketg and has sponsored several LGBT events.

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It recently veloped a miseri, "Lex Prents: Out GayCi, " featurg LGBT drivers makg trips across the Uned Stat, which is beg aired on a well-known LGBT microse.

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Although Buick hasn't done any gay outreach mastream media, Sandra Moore, director of Buick marketg, says the brand has been open about s support for the muny, holdg "Out wh Buick" events at to shows wh journalists. He argu that advertisg gay media is more effective "sce you're htg your target directly whout any waste.

Bell says some targeted ads, for example, allow a ctomer searchg for gay vatns on Google to see a Honda ad targeted to him as a traveler. " But Sez says more to pani are weighg whether to "go bigger, " figurg they have more to ga by beg visible supporters of gay rights.

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