Goln Gaytime: 98 per cent of Atralians vote to keep Streets inic ice cream name | — Atralia’s leadg news se

Contents:

• IS GOLN GAYTIME CHANGG S NAME? ALDI SHOPPER SPARKS MOURS
• ASIE MAN LNCH PETN TO GET GOLN GAYTIM RENAMED
• WHY RENAMG GOLN GAYTIM WOULD BE A TERRIBLE CISN
• STREETS RPONDS TO CLAIMS ’S RENAMG GOLN GAYTIME DUE TO ‘POLTICIAL RRECTNS’ AFTER ALDI SHOPPER’S FD
• ATRALIAN MAN LNCH PETN TO RENAME ‘OFFENSIVE’ GOLN GAYTIME
• 5/5 GAYS IN OUR OFFICE RECKON CALLS TO RENAME GOLN GAYTIM ARE, QUE FRANKLY, HOMOPHOBIC
• GOLN GAYTIME: 98 PER CENT OF ATRALIANS VOTE TO KEEP STREETS INIC ICE CREAM NAME
• A TRIBUTE TO GOLN GAYTIME: ATRALIA'S FAVOURE ICE CREAM

IS GOLN GAYTIME CHANGG S NAME? ALDI SHOPPER SPARKS MOURS

Rumours are rife that popular ice cream Goln Gaytime is changg name followg one woman's disvery that Aldi Atralia is sellg packs of the snack rryg a different eagle-eyed shopper found that the supermarket is currently sellg the Streets product, except is labelled "Cookie Cmble". A shopper's post about Aldi sellg Goln Gaytime ice cream unr the name Cookie Cmble has sparked mours of rebrandg due to polil rrectns.

"Is the 'Gaytime' renamed due to the 'offensive' name, like Redsks, Chis and Coon chee of late that have been renamed? "Real reason for different nameGoln Gaytime, which was troduced Atralia by Streets 1959, is also sold New Zealand where is known by the name Cookie brandg difference that prompted the nfn is que mon practice, much like Burger Kg rebrand Atralia as Hungry Jack's, or Axe odorant beg sold as Lynx Atralia, Europe, New Zealand and Cha.

A spokperson for Streets nfirmed to 7 News that the Cookie Cmble is ually sold New Zealand but will be available at Atralian Aldi stor for a limed for changeRumours of the Goln Gaytime name change also stem om a petn ma last year that lled for a review of the Asie snack's supposedly "offensive" petn, which garnered hundreds of signatur, claimed that the name Goln Gaytime was "outdated" and that the term "gay" should be removed om the tle as 's offensive to the gay shoppers stch over X-rated special buy: 'You sure? 'Supermarket of the Year' announcedAldi shoppers warned about 'swipe tax' on ntactls paymentsStreets shuts down moursAn open letter posted on the Streets webse rponse to name-change speculatn mak clear that the Goln Gaytime moniker is here to stay. "The meang behd the Gaytime name has not changed sce s inic but 1959 – is, and always has been for everybody to enjoy, no matter who you are or who you love, " the letter reads.

ASIE MAN LNCH PETN TO GET GOLN GAYTIM RENAMED

"However, we are very mdful that the world has changed sce the first Gaytime was ma, and culture and language has also evolved over time. "Followg the nversatns and reflectn, and wh the support of ACON and many other voic the LGBTQIA+ muny, we are proud to keep the Goln Gaytime name. There is a lot of history and pri behd Gaytime, and we have been spirg a sense of muny for many years.

A petn to change the name of one of Atralia's most beloved ice creams, the Goln Gaytime, has been lnched amid ncerns is offensive to the gay petn - created by a man who go by Brian Mc - has already gathered momentum wh at least 900 signatur add so far.

As a Gay man I have need to fight to be myself, overg many thgs my life, I am a proud Gay Streets"As a part of the LGBTQIA+ muny, I believe my sexual inty is owned by me, not a brand and that the outdated meang no longer appli. "It's not my place to tell Streets what to ll their rebrand product, but I do feel 's time that the Goln Gaytime is lled out for beg outdated, pecially when Streets is releasg new products and cross-promotns 2021.

WHY RENAMG GOLN GAYTIM WOULD BE A TERRIBLE CISN

"Many supported to move to change the name, wh one menter wrg: "As a proud Gay man I have need to overe many thgs to be Gay, the loss of fay and iends when g out, direct and subtle homophobia. "Cred: StreetsHowever, several social media ers - many of who inty as gay - have slammed the suggtn to change the name of the inic er wrote: "I'm gay.

If anyone is genuely offend over the name 'Goln Gaytime, ' then is entirely unnecsary and illogil. "A Streets spokperson has sce refuted the claims that the name is offensive, tellg NCA NewsWire that the Goln Gaytime was released Atralia durg 1959, prr to 'gay' beg ed to scribe one's sexual preference. "The orig of the 'Gaytime' name was and remas related to havg a joyo or happy time and is meant to pture the pleasure that wh enjoyg an ice cream, " they said a statement.

STREETS RPONDS TO CLAIMS ’S RENAMG GOLN GAYTIME DUE TO ‘POLTICIAL RRECTNS’ AFTER ALDI SHOPPER’S FD

"The 'Gaytime' name is not and never has tend to e offence and this petn is the first that we have been ma aware of.

There are mov afoot to have one of Atralia’s most inic ice creams — most inic brands full stop — renamed bee the name is “outdated” a gay man, and lover of ice cream, I n tegorilly say renamg Goln Gaytime would be the sgle most idtic cisn ever ma.

ATRALIAN MAN LNCH PETN TO RENAME ‘OFFENSIVE’ GOLN GAYTIME

There is practilly no support om gay people to banish the the ntrary, brgs much pleasure to gay Atralians to know that their heterosexual brothers and sisters enjoy a gay time, sorry a Gaytime, as much as they do.

5/5 GAYS IN OUR OFFICE RECKON CALLS TO RENAME GOLN GAYTIM ARE, QUE FRANKLY, HOMOPHOBIC

On the beach, the r, on the sofa after a hard day’s work — Gaytim for, renamg products may be all the rage. Mr Mc scribed the name of the ice cream, which was first released 1959 when gay was primarily a term for joy, as “outdated” and a “double entendre” that has to go.

GOLN GAYTIME: 98 PER CENT OF ATRALIANS VOTE TO KEEP STREETS INIC ICE CREAM NAME

But the mpaigner is missg a simple but ccial difference between the lik of Coon and Gaytime: the word “gay” is not, rebrandg Gaytime uld suggt the name is offensive. RELATED: All the ‘racist’ nam beg changedGAY PEOPLE SUPPORT GAYTIMESGraeme Watson, edor of LGBTI publitn OUTPerth which reported on the petn, said the one-man mpaign was bbished by his dience, wh hundreds of ments favour of .

“The rears of OUTPerth universally showed their love of Gaytim and blked at the suggtn of changg s name, ” he told of the publitn’s rears said she was “disgted” at the “false equivalence” of characterisg Gaytime as beg as offensive as Coon chee. Its ventors never meant to bee a celebratn of a gay old time but, hey, that’s what’s happened.

Atralians uld have shunned Gaytim but they’ve cherished precisely bee of s eye-openg but chuckle-ducg name, a name that would likely never be vented today.

A TRIBUTE TO GOLN GAYTIME: ATRALIA'S FAVOURE ICE CREAM

When visors e to Atralia, is my absolute pleasure to ask them if they’d like to have a Gaytime wh me.

In his petn, he talks of his stggl of beg bullied, beg told homosexualy was a s and gog through the now discreded practice of nversn therapy. But banishg Gaytim won’t banish than 900 people have now signed the petn; people who uld have lled out real stanc of homophobia stead.

People were attacked at this year’s Mardi Gras; the ernments of Poland and Rsia, to name jt two, are actively makg the liv of gay people worse; here Atralia plans to protect gay stunts and teachers at relig schools have been shelved. Gay people, all Atralians, need to wave away this nonsense or we may fd ourselv reachg for a Cookie Cmble om the eezer. Rumours have been swirlg sce an ALDI shopper noted that her lol store was now sellg packs of Streets Cookie Cmble ice Cmble is the name that Streets has given to Goln Gaytim New Zealand - meang they are the same ice creams, wh different the bt als and products hand-picked by our team at Bt Picks >>Now Asie nsumers are wonrg why the New Zealand versn of Goln Gaytime is on sale at lol ALDI have speculated that the move may dite that Streets is planng to change the name of Goln Gaytime Atralia.