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Monday, July 28

Both Nike and Snickers drop ads that critics called homophobic

Source: Oregonian , Wall Street Journal , Brand Republic , Guardian Nike withdrew this ad and three others after outcry that they played on anti-gay attitudes. Both Nike and Snickers dropped ads late last week that critics said played on anti-gay stereotypes. Nike Inc. said it dropped three ads from...

Posted to Qnews (Weblog) by NewsEditor on 07-28-2008
Tuesday, June 10

Gay Ad Campaign Raises Eyebrows

Clever! As part of their effort to sell homo-inspired Tom of Finland cologne, some clever marketing types launched an international ad campaign incorporating something every gay loves: a phallus! The drawings of topless men started appearing next to lamp posts, bollards and pipes in San Francisco earlier...

Posted to Qticker World | Aggregator (Weblog) by external blog Queerty on 06-10-2008
Friday, April 18

Study: Pink money talks to the marketers who listen

Source: Financial Post , Exchange Morning Post A new study confirms what savvy marketers have known for years: the gay community has major wallet clout and represents vast potential growth for marketers. That's especially true in Canada according to the study commissioned by the International Gay...

Posted to Qnews (Weblog) by NewsEditor on 04-18-2008
Friday, March 21

Commentary: AFA claims of 'success' in anti-gay boycott are bogus

Source: Southern Voice by Ryan Lee IMAGINE YOU ARE WALKING THROUGH A FOREST and you come across a giant oak or maple tree lying on its side. Besides the tree stands an unremarkable looking man, who loudly huffs and puffs as he pounds on his bare chest and flexes his muscles. “I ripped this big maple...

Posted to Qnews (Weblog) by NewsEditor on 03-21-2008
Tuesday, March 11

Right-wing group claims credit for Ford sales woes, drops boycott

A right-wing group that two years ago called for a boycott of Ford Motor Company because of what it said were the automaker's pro-gay policies has declared victory and called off the boycott. In the fall of 2005, the American Family Association (AFA) announced a boycott against the automaker, saying...

Posted to Qnews (Weblog) by NewsEditor on 03-11-2008
Monday, December 24

Ads portray conservative company as out of touch with America

Source: New York Times THE world of Internet dating can be a cold, unforgiving place, particularly when it comes to the fight for customers. Chemistry.com, an online dating service, implies that its rival is out of touch with mainstream America in a new campaign. The online dating service Chemistry.com...

Posted to Qnews (Weblog) by NewsEditor on 12-24-2007
Wednesday, December 05

Navratilova signed to be AARP's 'fitness ambassador'

Source: AARP press release and PlanetOut In a move that highlights changing attitudes toward gay men and lesbians, AARP, an advocacy group for those 50 and older, has signed gay tennis legend Martina Navratilova as its health and fitness ambassador. Navratilova will encourage AARP's 39 million members...

Posted to Qnews (Weblog) by NewsEditor on 12-05-2007
Monday, December 03

Win a 'Pink Flight' ticket to Sydney, Australia

Source: Press release PASSPORT Magazine, a lesbian/gay travel publication, and Air New Zealand teamed recently to launch a contest to win a trip aboard Air New Zealand's Pink Flight. The Pink Flight will be a special Air New Zealand flight, open to anyone who wants to jump start the revelry of the...

Posted to Qnews (Weblog) by NewsEditor on 12-03-2007
Sunday, December 02

On the silly complaints about Alaska Airlines discount

In a column called "Alaska Ear" in Anchorage Daily News , there's this item about the complaints lodged in some right-wing media about a special Alaska Airlines discount offered on a web page targeted to LGBT travelers: Did you get one of those e-mail screeches from some anti-gay group...

Posted to Qblog (Weblog) by Robin Evans on 12-02-2007
Friday, November 30

Some wing-nuts up in arms about special Alaska Air promotion to gay travelers

A special promotion by Seattle-based Alaska Air has at least one guy up in arms. The promotion currently offers a 10% discount for Holiday travel on the airline's relatively new route (since 2002) to New York from its traditional West Coast base. [ hattip for this story : GaySeattle.blogspot.com...

Posted to Qblog (Weblog) by Robin Evans on 11-30-2007

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