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====Date: [[:Category:2004|2004]]====
|ongoing=no
 
|year=2013
====Region: [[:Category:North America|North America]]====
|region=North America
 
|artist=Andrea Lalama
====Subject: [[:Category:Sexual/Gender Orientation|Sexual/Gender Orientation]]====
|subject=Political/Economic/Social Opinion, Youth
 
|confronting_bodies=Facebook
====Medium: [[:Category:Commercial Advertising|Commercial Advertising]]====
|medium=Internet, Photography, Public Speech
 
|date_of_action=May 2013
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|description_of_content=Photograph of two children holding hand drawn signs in opposition to Monsanto.
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|description_of_incident=Facebook banned Andrea Lalama from posting any content for about two weeks after determining that her photograph of children demonstrating against Monsanto was unacceptable to be posted on Facebook.
 
|image=Facebook-censorship-children-GMO.jpg
'''Artist:''' Bronx Lesbian and Gay Health Resource Consortium
|source=http://now.msn.com/facebook-censors-monsanto-protest-photos-of-children-with-anti-gmo-signs
 
'''Confronting Bodies:''' Infinity Broadcasting's Infinity Outdoor division
 
'''Dates of Action:''' 2004
 
'''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>
 
'''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>
 
'''Source:''' The New York Times
 
 
 
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[[Category:Commercial Advertising]]
 
[[Category:Bronx Lesbian and Gay Health Resource Consortium]]
 
 
 
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Featured Case


Date: 2004

Region: North America

Subject: Sexual/Gender Orientation

Medium: Commercial Advertising


Bronx.jpeg

Artist: Bronx Lesbian and Gay Health Resource Consortium

Confronting Bodies: Infinity Broadcasting's Infinity Outdoor division

Dates of Action: 2004

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.

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."

Results of Incident: Infinity Outdoor replaced the controversial posters with the two other ads in the consortium's campaign.

Source: The New York Times }}




























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