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====Date: [[:Category:2005|2005]]==== | ====Date: [[:Category:2005|2005]]==== | ||
====Region: [[:Category:North America|North America]]==== | ====Region: [[:Category:North America|North America]]==== | ||
====Subject: [[:Category:Sexual/Gender Orientation|Sexual/Gender Orientation]], [[:Category:Political/Economic/Social Opinion|Political/Economic/Social Opinion]]==== | ====Subject: [[:Category:Sexual/Gender Orientation|Sexual/Gender Orientation]], [[:Category:Political/Economic/Social Opinion|Political/Economic/Social Opinion]]==== | ||
====Medium: [[:Category:Photography|Photography]], [[:Category:Public Art|Public Art]], [[:Category:Commercial Advertising|Commercial Advertising]]==== | ====Medium: [[:Category:Photography|Photography]], [[:Category:Public Art|Public Art]], [[:Category:Commercial Advertising|Commercial Advertising]]==== | ||
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'''Artist:''' Gay.com | '''Artist:''' Gay.com | ||
'''Confronting Bodies:''' Clear Channel Outdoor Company | '''Confronting Bodies:''' Clear Channel Outdoor Company | ||
'''Dates of Action:''' July 2005 | '''Dates of Action:''' July 2005 | ||
'''Location:''' Boston, Massachusetts | '''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". <P> | '''Description of Artwork:''' A billboard featuring a photograph of two shirtless men draped in an American flag with the caption "Come Together". <P> | ||
'''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. <P> | '''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. <P> | ||
'''Results of Incident:''' Clear Channel Outdoor company dropped Gay.com's campaign. <P> | '''Results of Incident:''' Clear Channel Outdoor company dropped Gay.com's campaign. <P> | ||
'''Source:''' Express Gay News Online | '''Source:''' Express Gay News Online | ||