The Ad Council and Gay, Lesbian, Straight Education Network (GLSEN) has released a new public awareness ad calling on people to stop saying "that's so gay."
Sunday, January 4, 2009
Think Before You Speak - Cashier
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This is fabulous. GLSEN deserves a lot of credit for making this, and you deserve props for posting it.
thanks glad ya liked it!
Eric... there is another one out there as well... three teen girls in a department store dressing room commenting another girl shopping selections
It has been running down here in NC for sometime now
The Hillary Duff one? I posted that a while ago, its pretty cool too, part of the same Think B4 You Speak campaign.
I really wish that this video could get a national audience during an event like the super bowl. If I had the resources I would pay the millions to make it happen. Thanks for GLSEN and Queers United for getting this out there!!
They should do one with guys saying, "That's so gay." Last week, I was at the open mike at Little Joy in Echo Park and these two dudes were starting to argue and someone said, "Fighting is gay."
Then the other night, I had to correct my friend the other night when we went drinking.
It seems like whenever a friend answers their cell phone, I hear them say, "Dick...that's so gay."
It's funny. My friends who voted against Proposition 8 are the same ones who use that saying. I keep on correcting them and educating them on LGBT worldwide issues. There's no sense in dropping a friend when you can educate them and help them to understand why employing the word "gay" to describe something bad is like kicking someone who's already down.
They might empathize when they can understand, especially when the advice is coming from their friend.
I agree that there needs to be one with guys, I don't think I've seen one at least. I get a little nitpicky when people go "Ohmigoose that's so gay!" I usually just look at them funny and suggest a different adjective.
Like Anon 4:38PM, my friends that do that are the ones that voted/would have voted against Prop 8 and generally support LGBT rights, but seem to not see that using "gay" as a negative adjective is, uh, bad.
there was one with guys, if you guys search the top of the blog with wanda sykes you will find her PSA with it.
On youtube.com, a lot of the comments posted in response to the PSA, which features Wanda Sykes, are pretty harsh. Oh well. They were probably made by adolescent boys who are so lazy and socially impotent that they have to resort to repulsive behavior and say comments like, "That video is so gay." It's a shame that I have to see negative comments when I look at gay-friendly videos on youtube.com.
Stephen
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