cand86
Aug 23, 2006, 1:47 AM
I've been whiling around my time on a new site I discovered- commericalcloset.com- that catalogues and shows GBLTQ ads and commercials (both positive and negative). They have a few categorized under 'bisexual'- nothing that blew my mind away, most which were vaguely offensive. But along with the usual mainstream fare that fetishizes lesbians, stereotypes gay men, and portrays the "tricky" transsexual/transvestite as a monstrous drunken bad choice, there were the positive gay and lesbian ads created by non-profit organizations. It got me to thinking what I'd like to see, if I had unlimited resources and a TV spot for a positive bisexual ad to educate the public.
The one that my weird little mind creates shows a couple of guys watching a heterosexual couple across the street, just strolling happiliy and obliviously. The guys point and observe the guy and his blonde girlfriend, and one says to the other- "He must like blondes."
Another: "Hey, he could like brunettes, too."
Guy 1, waving his arm at them: "Oh, come on, look at him! He's with a blonde, so he must like blondes. Or maybe he's got a secret thing for brunettes and he's keeping it under wraps, imagining a brunette when he's with his blonde. But not both."
They turn away, and the screen flashes the words: "It isn't true for hair colors. Why would it be true for gender?" And then, in big, bold letters: "Bisexuals exist." with, of course, our lovely, waving flag emblem.
So it isn't the cleverest thing . . . but it gets the point across, I suppose. What I'd like to know is what all of you would creatively envision in a commercial message. Let loose!
(I attached a few of my favorite print ads from the site, too- the first one says "My Chosen Family", if you can't see it. Liberating or merely using bisexuality as a selling point? You decide.).
The one that my weird little mind creates shows a couple of guys watching a heterosexual couple across the street, just strolling happiliy and obliviously. The guys point and observe the guy and his blonde girlfriend, and one says to the other- "He must like blondes."
Another: "Hey, he could like brunettes, too."
Guy 1, waving his arm at them: "Oh, come on, look at him! He's with a blonde, so he must like blondes. Or maybe he's got a secret thing for brunettes and he's keeping it under wraps, imagining a brunette when he's with his blonde. But not both."
They turn away, and the screen flashes the words: "It isn't true for hair colors. Why would it be true for gender?" And then, in big, bold letters: "Bisexuals exist." with, of course, our lovely, waving flag emblem.
So it isn't the cleverest thing . . . but it gets the point across, I suppose. What I'd like to know is what all of you would creatively envision in a commercial message. Let loose!
(I attached a few of my favorite print ads from the site, too- the first one says "My Chosen Family", if you can't see it. Liberating or merely using bisexuality as a selling point? You decide.).