{"id":57941,"date":"2017-11-15T10:20:42","date_gmt":"2017-11-15T15:20:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/woman-claims-viral-anti-homophobia-ad-personally-violates-her-because-her-name-is-gay\/"},"modified":"2017-11-15T10:20:42","modified_gmt":"2017-11-15T15:20:42","slug":"woman-claims-viral-anti-homophobia-ad-personally-violates-her-because-her-name-is-gay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/woman-claims-viral-anti-homophobia-ad-personally-violates-her-because-her-name-is-gay\/","title":{"rendered":"Woman Claims Viral Anti-Homophobia Ad Personally Violates Her Because Her Name is \u2018Gay\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

Woman Claims Viral Anti-Homophobia Ad Personally Violates Her Because Her Name is \u2018Gay\u2019<\/b>
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The most ridiculous discrimination complaint of the day comes from a woman<\/a> in New Zealand, claiming this viral anti-homophobia ad \u2014 many of you will remember it<\/a> \u2014 discriminates against her because her name is \u201cGay\u201d.<\/p>\n

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The ad, which features sheep farmers,\u00a0uses humor to explain that when you call<\/a> something \u201cgay<\/a>\u201d when it\u2019s really just a disappointment you could be unintentionally hurting those around you.<\/p>\n

A 57-year-old woman<\/a> named Gay Fairweather complained to the Advertising Standards Authority in New Zealand.<\/p>\n

Wrote Fairweather<\/a>:<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m complaining about the slogan \u201cif it\u2019s not gay<\/a> it\u2019s not gay<\/a>\u201d. It\u2019s meaning is happy & I\u2019m hetrosexual (sic). I am deeply insulted with the slogan as I feel it\u2019s saying unless I\u2019m a lesbian<\/a> I\u2019m not me. I have never been offended or insulted that my name is Gay. There has been the looks & laughter, which I\u2019m fine with. I\u2019ve accepted that I\u2019ve had to change the spelling of my name for emails & other software that requires my name. I am not fine with a slogan saying I am not me because I\u2019m not a lesbian<\/a>. I feel the slogan is insulting to all the females<\/a> who\u2019s name is Gay & is unacceptable.\u201d<\/p>\n

The ASA responded that the ad was \u201cunlikely to cause serious and widespread offence to most people\u201d and concluded that \u201cthe advertisement before her was promoting the appropriate use of the word \u2018gay<\/a>\u2019 in relation to homosexuality and to discourage its use in a derogatory way.\u201d<\/p>\n

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