With the COO of McDonald’s Don Thompson announcing the new gay themed French McDonald’s advert would never show in the US and the banning of a gay family themed Heinz advert only hours after it first showed in the UK, you could imagine that the world was completely void of gay lead adverts. A quick flick through Youtube though reveals that the advertising world at least isn’t quite as homophobic as you might imagine as these ten LGBT focused advert show:

Now all we need to do is work out how to get senior management of these big companies and the homophobic viewers who complain to understand that just seeing an advert with a gay person in it isn’t going turn everyone gay…

1. Heinz Deli Mayo Advert

Even though this advert isn’t really gay (all it’s actually implying is using the Deli Mayo will turn anyone into a star Deli sandwich maker) it still managed to get banned in the UK. Go progress!

2. Levi 501 Jeans Advert

3. Norwegian PSA – “You Don’t Need To Be So Tough

4. McDonalds Come As You Are Advert

5. Hyundai Advert

6. Bjorn Borg Advert

7. Virgin Atlantic Advert

8. Orangina Gay Cat Advert

Whilst we’re all for the gay angle of this advert we’re not too sure what the bestiality element is all about

9. Levi 501 Unbuttoned Advert

10.ILGA Portugal Advert

Know of any other great gay adverts? Let us know about them below..

In response to increased attacks on public service employees in the Netherlands, the Dutch Council for Safety have employed some very clever augmented reality advertising to highlight how we, as the general public, all too often stand back and let it happen.

Employing green screen technology, the interactive billboard effectively holds a mirror up to people’s inactivity by filming them on the street, then showing it on the screen complete with an attack on ambulance workers. Entranced by what is happening people then act to do what they always – stop and stare.

Engaging and a very clever use of augmented reality, the advert then offers four pieces of advice on what people can do to help, finishing with the tagline ”You hold the key to greater safety on the streets”.

An impressive use of the technlogy by the Dutch Council for Safety, we’d love to see a LGBT organisation use it in a similar way to highlight the increased number of homophobic attacks, and what others can do to help prevent them.

Via Mastercom.

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After discovering that cassette tape walls don’t really work that well, and they’re not too hot as fashion accessories we were all ready to give up. That was until we came across Erika Iris Simmons who is not just recycling these tapes, but turning them into some amazing artwork which includes portraits of Bob Marley:

Janis Joplin:

and Ghost In the Machine:

You can check out these and other amazing creations by Erika at Iri5.com

If you work as hard as we do at Queeried, and we’re sure you do as we admit we are rather lazy at times, then there’s going to have been more than a couple of times in your life when you’ve been going for some long that all you want to do is put your head down and have a little nap.

The only problem is that’s often far from comfortable, and will also involve you potentially hitting a lot of keys with your head that will make what you’ve just been spending hours on make no sense at all… which is why you need this laptop pillow.

Design by BBDO Mexico for the Pepsi Kick brand this will allow you to have one of the most comfortable naps ever at your desk. It won’t however allow you to actually type anything though. Look you can’t have it all!

Giving your woman designer lingerie for Christmas is always a win-win option because she gets something gorgeous that you’ve put a lot of thought into, and you, you lucky thing, get to enjoy her in it.

But what to buy? And where from? If Victoria’s Secret had their way they’d like you to buy it from them, and we have to sayawith the release of a new underwear advert entitled One Gift…. A Thousand Fantasies they’re doing well in the persuading stakes.

Pretty much bringing the title to life this is an advert is filled with half naked ladies in a range of different fantasy situations. You can tell from the quality of it that a lot of thought, money and effort go into it…. which is of course the only reason we’ve got it playing on a loop on a big screen at Queeried Towers. Not because these are hot women wearing very little. Oh no. We’re not that fickle…

Now pleas excuse us we have women, we mean lingerie to admire.

New Zealand Book Council want you to get that feeling back, and they’ve done it in spectacular fashion with their latest advert. Created by Colenso BBDO, and made using stop motion animation put together by Andersen M Studo, this does literally make the story spring to life in front of your eyes, and if it doesn’t tempt you to put down your Kindle and pick up a real book nothing will…

Like the idea of being able to work wherever the mood takes you but quite like have a chair and table to sit at whilst you do it? Well thanks to the geniuses that are Liddy Scheffknecht and Armin B Wagner you can because they’ve come up with this very cool Pop Up office.

Made up of a 94 x 275 x 200cm piece of cardboard and some tape  this cardboard office can be stored flat then opened up as you need it. There is the slight issue that it’s rather large and won’t fit under your arm, let alone in your bag, but hey that’s just a minor thing to work around…

Oh and then that there’s not plug sockets or internet connection…

Pop Up from abw on Vimeo.

If there is one type of advert that sure to make you cringe it’s cleaning product adverts, because let’s admit they’re just awful things filled with cheesy lines and awful jingles.

Well that is apart from this one by the People Against Dirty campaign. This is definitely not awful, maybe a little creepy though…

We think it’s pretty darn clever. How about you?

(Via Ads of the World)