Every Atralian has enjoyed a Gaytime at some stage of their life but for non-Atralians whove been prived of the privilege troduce yourself to the...
Contents:
- A TRIBUTE TO GOLN GAYTIME: ATRALIA'S FAVOURE ICE CREAM
- ASIE MAN LNCH PETN TO GET GOLN GAYTIM RENAMED
- STREETS RPONDS TO CLAIMS ’S RENAMG GOLN GAYTIME DUE TO ‘POLTICIAL RRECTNS’ AFTER ALDI SHOPPER’S FD
- THE END OF GOLN GAYTIME? THE CANCER OF CANCEL CULTURE
A TRIBUTE TO GOLN GAYTIME: ATRALIA'S FAVOURE ICE CREAM
* a golden gaytime *
Every Atralian has enjoyed a Gaytime at some stage of their life, but for non-Atralians who’ve been prived of the privilege, troduce yourself to the toffee, cholate and honeyb masterpiece that is Atralia’s favoure ice cream. The sweet, sweet history Streets released the first Goln Gaytime 1959 and the humble ice cream quickly beme an Asie summer staple throughout the Swgg Sixti. Much of the Gaytime’s populary li s magnificently mp name.
Of urse, when the label was first cid, the word ‘gay’ didn’t rry the homosexual nnotatn do now—but Streets’ marketers have never been shy of the cheeky double entendre. Sce the 1980s, the product’s slogan has been: “It’s hard to have a Gaytime on your own”, and the four-pack supermarket box rry the tagle, “Four lic chanc to have a gay time. EDINBURGH AND THE SCOTTISH HIGHLANDS BY TRAIN Traverse Stland’s most scenic landsp, om wt ast to east, travellg by rail View Trip Fun fact: the Goln Gaytime is lled the ‘Cookie Cmble’ New Zealand—and sorry, Kiwis, this is yet another partment where Atralia tmps the Land of the Long Whe Cloud.
Extra flavours of Goln Gaytime Atralians’ appete for the Gaytime has sparked a flurry of lectable mash-ups and variatns to plement the classic paddle pop stick versn recent years. 25L Goln Gaytime tub 2015, right down to the honeyb biscu b sprkled throughout the ice cream self. A year late me the Goln Gayto, a cross-over wh the Corto, this time featurg that beloved toffee-flavoured ice cream si the ne—followed 2017 by the Goln Gaytime Sanga (or ‘sandwich’ to non-Atralian rears unfaiar wh Asi’ termatn to abbreviate everythg).
ASIE MAN LNCH PETN TO GET GOLN GAYTIM RENAMED
The Gaytime has spired a stack of ‘Frankenfood’ mash-ups around the untry, too.
Goln Gaytime doughnuts are mon but Queensland’s Cholate Komberry Co. Took to a new level wh the Goln Gaytime Conut, a doughnut ne topped wh ice cream and honeyb.
Melbourne’s Supersmall Club have unveiled Goln Gaytime martis this year and East Bnswick’s The Pie Shop has even created a sweet pie spired by Atralia’s favoure ice cream. 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.
STREETS RPONDS TO CLAIMS ’S RENAMG GOLN GAYTIME DUE TO ‘POLTICIAL RRECTNS’ AFTER ALDI SHOPPER’S FD
Brian explaed the petn: "In 2021, Gay's meang primarily is related to sexualy. 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.
"Jt to be a gay man, even 2021 is still hard... "This is why I'm speakg out agast Goln Gaytime. "I'm not llg for the product to be ncelled, I'm llg for the product to remove Gay om s name.
"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. "Streets, I am Gay, you no longer own the e of this word.
THE END OF GOLN GAYTIME? THE CANCER OF CANCEL CULTURE
"Another add: "Gay and Gaytime no longer mean what ed to. Now gay is eher 'I'm gay', and not as happy, or 'that's so gay', which is an sult.