Straight Talk on Gay Marriage

Here's a new, in-your-face approach to rallying support for marriage equality. It uses the same old talking points, but the tone seems to breathe new life into them. I like it but I hope it doesn't backfire. The little kid swearing could be used against us.

Spain's F-Bomb HIV Prevention Campaign

Spain's Coordinadora Gai Lesbiana de Catalunya (CGL) isn't holding back with their new HIV prevention campaign, "Fuck You Sida (AIDS)." The in-your-face work was developed by an agency in Barcelona called Suigeneris. The TV commercial posted below begins with the words:

To you, who has fucked us during so many years, who CRUSH us all, young people, older people, women, men, heterosexuals and homosexuals.  To you, ABOMINABLE being... we say...

 

Hilarious: "Telephone" Parody

Here's a funny parody to Lady Gaga's latest video for "Telephone." Interesting how much backlash she's getting for the product placement. In three days this video had over 625,000 hits on YouTube.

Dance Weekend

Just Released: The video for "Telephone" by Lady Gaga featuring Beyonce:

The Handy Guide to Gay Male Stereotypes

Let's face it. Stereotypes wouldn't be so fun if they weren't rooted in some element of truth. As marketers, it's our duty to discern the difference between fact vs. fiction, relevant vs. irrelevant, and reality vs. assumption. But because sometimes the most interesting insights come from the most random or seemingly inappropriate places, I don't consider any starting point in that process to be too broad, open, or extreme. So here's a fun post I found by fellow blogger Defamer on gay male stereotypes. Apparently, we're all either a twink, bear, gay jock, circuit boy, gay-lister, art fag, or drag queen:

Regardless of how inappropriate some may find this post to be, it brilliantly reiterates the diversity within diversity that's so often overlooked. There are minorities within minorities and targets within targets. But until we've looked at a potential audience with as wide and as narrow of a scope as possible, we can't possibly know where to draw the line. So what do you think? Any other gay male stereotypes out there that were missed? Here's your chance to weigh in. 

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