933
edits
Bronx Lesbian and Gay Health Resource Consortium: Difference between revisions
Bronx Lesbian and Gay Health Resource Consortium (view source)
Revision as of 17:11, 10 February 2012
, 10 February 2012no edit summary
AllegraSimon (talk | contribs) |
Jackie Sider (talk | contribs) No edit summary |
||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
====Date: [[:Category:2004|2004]]==== | ====Date: [[:Category:2004|2004]]==== | ||
====Region: [[:Category:North America|North America]]==== | ====Region: [[:Category:North America|North America]]==== | ||
====Subject: [[:Category:Sexual/Gender Orientation|Sexual/Gender Orientation]]==== | ====Subject: [[:Category:Sexual/Gender Orientation|Sexual/Gender Orientation]]==== | ||
====Medium: [[:Category:Commercial Advertising|Commercial Advertising]]==== | ====Medium: [[:Category:Commercial Advertising|Commercial Advertising]]==== | ||
| Line 17: | Line 11: | ||
'''Artist:''' Bronx Lesbian and Gay Health Resource Consortium | '''Artist:''' Bronx Lesbian and Gay Health Resource Consortium | ||
'''Confronting Bodies:''' Infinity Broadcasting's Infinity Outdoor division | '''Confronting Bodies:''' Infinity Broadcasting's Infinity Outdoor division | ||
'''Dates of Action:''' 2004 | '''Dates of Action:''' 2004 | ||
'''Location:''' Bronx, New York | '''Location:''' Bronx, New York | ||
'''Description of Artwork:''' One advertisement featured two men embracing with a caption that read, "I'm not gay, but I sometimes have sex with other guys." Another was intended to reach lesbians and a third ad showed a lone man with a caption about finding gay men's healthcare. <P> | '''Description of Artwork:''' One advertisement featured two men embracing with a caption that read, "I'm not gay, but I sometimes have sex with other guys." Another was intended to reach lesbians and a third ad showed a lone man with a caption about finding gay men's healthcare. <P> | ||
'''The Incident:''' The Bronx Lesbian and Gay Health Resource Consortium sponsored an ad campaign to increase awareness of healthcare and HIV protection for homosexual populations in the Bronx. Infinity Outdoor pulled the advertisements featuring the two men from city bus stops in the Bronx after recieving complaints. The complaints focused on the ad's reference to sex. A spokesman from Infinity Outdoor suggested that the removal of the posters was not widespread but rather a "case-by-case basis." <P> | '''The Incident:''' The Bronx Lesbian and Gay Health Resource Consortium sponsored an ad campaign to increase awareness of healthcare and HIV protection for homosexual populations in the Bronx. Infinity Outdoor pulled the advertisements featuring the two men from city bus stops in the Bronx after recieving complaints. The complaints focused on the ad's reference to sex. A spokesman from Infinity Outdoor suggested that the removal of the posters was not widespread but rather a "case-by-case basis." <P> | ||
'''Results of Incident:''' Infinity Outdoor replaced the controversial posters with the two other ads in the consortium's campaign. <P> | '''Results of Incident:''' Infinity Outdoor replaced the controversial posters with the two other ads in the consortium's campaign. <P> | ||
'''Source:''' The New York Times | '''Source:''' The New York Times | ||