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Showing posts with label Sign of the times?. Show all posts
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Thursday, May 22, 2008

Sign of the times?

Sign of the times?

Gay bar row over 'straight' sign

A complaint has been made to police over a banner declaring a former gay bar in Sunderland city centre has now gone "straight".

This is a queer one. It is ok to advertise a bar as gay, but it is not ok to advertise a former gay bar as straight? I thought the opposite of gay is straight? If advertising as gay is not offensive, I fail to see how advertising as straight is offensive. People who would normally not visit the bar because it is gay surely need to notice that its new owners were seeking a different clientele?