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Revision as of 16:21, 27 July 2011
Date: 2005
Region: North America
Subject: Sexual/Gender Orientation, Political/Economic/Social Opinion
Medium: Photography, Public Art, Commercial Advertising
Artist: Gay.com
Confronting Bodies: Clear Channel Outdoor Company
Dates of Action: July 2005
Location: Boston, Massachusetts
Description of Artwork: A billboard featuring a photograph of two shirtless men draped in an American flag with the caption "Come Together".
The Incident: Clear Channel Outdoor, one of the nation's leading outdoor advertising companies, removed a provocative billboard for gay.com in Boston after complaints from the conservative group Article 8 Alliance which opposes same-sex marriage in Massachusetts. The action by Clear Channel comes as a competitor, Lamar Advertising, refused to pick up an advertising campaign for Georgia Equality, a LGBT rights group, in some rural counties in the state.
Results of Incident: Clear Channel Outdoor company dropped Gay.com's campaign.
Source: Express Gay News Online http://www.expressgaynews.com/thelatest/thelatest.cfm?blog_id=1814
