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Old 16th Dec 2008, 02:13 AM   #1
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I've seen a few gay ads here in France, like thisq one, for Matelsom Beds

And these ad for condoms
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They're often on tv and the bed ad is everywhere in the Métro, but it's being changed, it's a woman now on some of them.
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Old 16th Dec 2008, 08:27 AM   #2
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Oh my. Super hot.

If those videos were shown on television in my country, all hell will break loose.
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Old 16th Dec 2008, 08:32 AM   #3
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Oh my. Super hot.

If those videos were shown on television in my country, all hell will break loose.
these ads are so cute!

yeah, if those videos were shown on tv in my place too, they could freak out big time.
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Old 16th Dec 2008, 08:34 AM   #4
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Don't you just love the French? And they're hot too....
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Old 16th Dec 2008, 08:39 AM   #5
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Cool in english?
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Old 16th Dec 2008, 10:01 AM   #6
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The pic is just a basic ad about beds.

The 1st vid says AIDS is still here and everyday in France 4 homosexuals find out they're HIV+, the only way to prevent that is to use a condom and the 2nd vid is reminder to get tested before going bareback with your partner.
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Old 16th Dec 2008, 10:18 AM   #7
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That's awesome.

Especially the first, it's great to see an ad featuring gay guys just...because.
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There's one they play in the theatres here that I like a lot.
It has variations on the people in it, but both are about gay men and safe sex.

The version I like best has two incredibly adorable and gorgeous guys having a pillow fight in t-shirts and underwear and then they start wrestling and making out and then one of them grabs a condom.
Version two, which makes me laugh so hard, is the same thing only with large bearded men instead.
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Old 16th Dec 2008, 11:47 AM   #9
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Yes I like the first ad you menitoned^.
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Old 16th Dec 2008, 01:44 PM   #10
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Hot

I'm glad to see that some places are less publicly homophobic than a lot of the US >.>
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Old 16th Dec 2008, 01:52 PM   #11
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yeah I love them, it's just awesome to see two guys together on tv
I have to say, England's a pretty free country, but I think hell would break lose here too 0_o
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Old 16th Dec 2008, 01:56 PM   #12
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Hell broke loose when the show "Cold Case" showed two men "kissing" (weak-sauce 2 second thing) in prim-time television, so yea...haha.
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Old 16th Dec 2008, 06:21 PM   #13
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Like the first ad for the bed. It is so cute.
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Old 16th Dec 2008, 06:30 PM   #14
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The first ad is great!
Mainly cos its not gay related but they have chosen to use 2 men!! I wish more companys would be like that!!!
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I watched the ads over and over again...

...not because of the gay guys, just so I could understand the French. xD
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Love 'em.

There was that Jawbone commercial too. Pissed off hella people here.

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Old 16th Dec 2008, 08:44 PM   #17
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Love 'em.

There was that Jawbone commercial too. Pissed off hella people here.

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I watched the ads over and over again...

...not because of the gay guys, just so I could understand the French. xD
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It's true! The second commercial says to get tested before stopping the usage of a condom. :P
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...not because of the gay guys, just so I could understand the French. xD
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It's true! The second commercial says to get tested before stopping the usage of a condom. :P
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I love them...

I wish something like that were shown here. Just to see the ppl's faces
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Old 16th Dec 2008, 11:25 PM   #20
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I guess I have to feel lucky about living in Canada, where in most regions homophobic people are the ones regarded badly, not homosexuals! (Regional thing of course...) But, I can't say that I've seen many adds featuring LGBT persons.

I really want to see ads, tv shows, books, and everything else include LGBT people. But, not as props, just as a necessary part of any work since they represent 3-11% of the population (and most works include at least 20 people)!

Anyway, those were great adds!

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