Get over it
I like the new Stonewall posted campaign "Some People are Gay.... get over it". It's short and to the point. Very nice.
But I can just tell that we'd spend months just arguing over the wording.
But I can just tell that we'd spend months just arguing over the wording.
posted by Joanna @ 2/27/2008 10:59:00 PM
9 Comments:
At February 28, 2008 12:02 AM,
Penny M said…
And it would have to be pink.
With lacey edges.
Just to ruin our credibility :-)
At February 28, 2008 7:57 AM,
Pandora Caitiff said…
Ah-ha! So that's what its about.
I'd seen the posters, but had always been driving so couldn't read more than the blurb.
I presumed it was a very brave 21st century addition to Virgin's "Making things simple" campaign.
At February 28, 2008 12:39 PM,
Becky said…
I think the tranny versions would actually need to say "SOME TRANNIES AREN'T GAY. HONEST."
;-)
At February 28, 2008 3:26 PM,
Carolyn Ann said…
We need something like that over here.
There was one poster at the 7th Ave BMT subway stop that had some lengthy thing about 10% of the population being gay. Which was a bit like preaching to choir - Park Slope (the neighborhood of the aforementioned, etc) is a very tolerant, liberal and politically active quarter; it's also got an incredible number of crossdressers inhabiting it! Many more than average, as far as I could tell. (It's also known for its lesbian population.)
I hope you won't object; I'm going to write about that poster. (Credit will be given, of course!)
And yeah, the whole trans-etc scene would implode over something that simple, as usual. There are just too many who couldn't unite behind a catchy phrase. Even if it's to promote tolerance.
Carolyn Ann
At March 03, 2008 10:01 PM,
sophie h said…
I'm with Becky on this one.
ermm, well that's it really....
At March 05, 2008 9:16 PM,
Lynn Jones said…
I agree with Penny over it being pink. No doubt the ad folk would say it's "ironic" to be pink...
Will it make any difference? I would like to hope so and it seems defeatist to think that it wouldn't. If it makes a difference to one person's life - was it worth it?
I wonder if we'll see: "It's okay to be different" next time around.
At March 11, 2008 6:55 PM,
Freiya said…
i hadn't seen this before but it's a good poster, quite direct, which is impressive. hope it does do something, even if it's just to make people think abit......
At March 13, 2008 1:54 PM,
Anonymous said…
Looks like someone's hacked your blog front page - some of the blog post links go to tsladies.com...
At March 16, 2008 4:03 PM,
Vanessa said…
I think this is great.
Not everyone is just like you. Deal with it.
:)
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