http://www.queeried.co.uk/who-knew-that-a-can-of-pepsi-max-was-all-it-took-to-turn-a-man-gay/ GLBT News And Lifestyle Magazine Tue, 11 Jan 2011 19:04:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.queeried.co.uk/who-knew-that-a-can-of-pepsi-max-was-all-it-took-to-turn-a-man-gay/comment-page-1/#comment-212 Queeried Team Mon, 04 Jan 2010 18:02:10 +0000 http://www.queeried.co.uk/?p=1758#comment-212 That is true Murray looking at it from the angle of the actual content of the advert and the ending. My point was more to do with Pepsi actually being willing to show "gay content" in their advert which is something many other companies won't even go near. I do agree with you though it's not a totally positive representation. Hopefully if Pepsi continue in their support of the LGBT community then they won't feel the need to placate the straight community in this way. That is true Murray looking at it from the angle of the actual content of the advert and the ending. My point was more to do with Pepsi actually being willing to show “gay content” in their advert which is something many other companies won’t even go near. I do agree with you though it’s not a totally positive representation. Hopefully if Pepsi continue in their support of the LGBT community then they won’t feel the need to placate the straight community in this way.

]]> http://www.queeried.co.uk/who-knew-that-a-can-of-pepsi-max-was-all-it-took-to-turn-a-man-gay/comment-page-1/#comment-211 Murray Mon, 04 Jan 2010 17:24:59 +0000 http://www.queeried.co.uk/?p=1758#comment-211 Is the Pepsi Max advert really "a stand against homophobia" when it ends with the (presumably formerly closeted) gay man's friends looking respectively confused and disgusted? Is the Pepsi Max advert really “a stand against homophobia” when it ends with the (presumably formerly closeted) gay man’s friends looking respectively confused and disgusted?

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