Radio station changes 'gay apparel' promo

Dan82 · Dec 19, 2010

http://thechronicleherald.ca/Front/1217589.html

Q104 has had to resolve two separate complaints this month from listeners upset with the Halifax radio station’s attempts at humour.

On Wednesday, Q104 agreed to change a promotional advertisement for the station that elicited an allegation that it negatively stereotyped gay people.

The station’s management consented to alter the in-house radio ad after the Nova Scotia Rainbow Action Project issued a news release and set up a Facebook page about it.

According to Q104, the offending ad said: "We’ll deck the halls, but we draw the line at gay apparel."

The action project’s release called the promo ad homophobic. The group does advocacy and health support work for the province’s gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered residents.

Q104 has been supportive of the local gay community, the action project’s release says, but the promo spot was inappropriate. For its part, the radio station said it didn’t mean to offend or hurt anyone...

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Paper Heart · Dec 20, 2010

Really? Is this middle school? Because thats the last time anyone ever cringed while singing "Deck the Halls".

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