Wednesday, July 16, 2008
News Atlanta is so gay
Posted by Andisheh Nouraee on Wed, Jul 16, 2008 at 5:31 PM
Posters announcing "Atlanta is so gay" are reportedly on display throughout London's subway system — their appearance timed to coincide with the city's Pride festivities last week.
The posters are the work of Amro Worldwide, a travel agency specializing in gay-friendly tourism.
The agency has similar posters touting the gay-friendliness of Boston, New Orleans, D.C., Las Vegas and South Carolina.
MSNBC reports a South Carolina state employee quit after South Carolina Republican State Senator David Thomas complained the ads, funded in part by state tourism funds, offended the straightness of many South Carolinians:
“South Carolinians will be irate when they learn their hard earned tax dollars are being spent to advertise our state as ‘so gay,’” Thomas said in a statement.
I'm still trying to figure out if any local taxpayer dollars went to fund the Atlanta ads.
I hope my tax dollars helped pay for this.
The graphic design is a bit PowerPointy, but "Atlanta is so gay" is much better than "City Lights, Southern Nights," the awful tourism slogan that cost city taxpayers $4 million for last year.
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