There are a lot of straight guys, men of color, skater kids etc that should be pissed off if you are too. The ad is fun… it makes fun of guys that dress outrageously. Kids today have a TON more choices then they did 40 years ago… Hell 40 years ago there were no Hot Topic stores in the mall… just places like Gap Didi you notice that I did not add the T to LGB? 40 years ago there were were no open Trans people. 40 years ago most LGB people were in hiding. 40 years ago 2 guys or girls could not go to the prom together.
40 years ago people all had to conform to local standards, that is why all the hippies went to SF. 40 years ago you would not have been able to. Please stop lumping all Gay men with gender non conforming people… you folks can do your own thing. I do not conform to what the straight community want me to be either. I conform to who I AM, not to what the gender nonconforming queers want me to be. Most of us do not want to be perceived as fem.
#Old navy gay pride shirts free#
And how much did they donate to Trevor compared to all the free publicity?) It’s just like a straight bar is worried about becoming a “gay bar” if a couple of men hold hands in their Hermes3X: You are waaaaay of the mark with your comments.įirst… Most Gay Men are tired of hearing about fem and gender non conforming. It seems that Old Navy is worried about becoming a “gay store” after selling pride Ts in a couple of their locals (an obvious dig to their competitors, Urban Outfitters. The ad is anti-gay, trans-phobic and ultimately it is misogynistic, because THE WORST, MOST ABHORRENT AND EVIL thing that any MAN can do is dress like a WOMAN in any way, shape or form. Suggesting that these models aren’t ‘guys’. The clinker in this ad did not read “Butch it up at Old Navy” it reads “dress like a guy”. Kids have fewer acceptable choices now than they did even 40 years ago.
The spectrum of ‘manhood’ or being a ‘man’ is growing narrower and narrower because of ads like this. It also makes for fewer socially acceptable ways for a man to be a man.
When corporations like Old Navy tell us there is only one way for a man to dress, it robs all of us of individuality and expression. To suggest otherwise means you have your head in the sand or up a darker place. I don’t write the ‘rules’ I’m just reporting them. Sissy always implies gay, as in Sissy Boy Experiment. There’s also two petitions to encourage the store to put the shirts in more states.ALL slams against feminine men are a slam against gay and gender non-conformity. We should take a few seconds to contact Old Navy-at or 1-800-OLD-NAVY (1-80)-and express our appreciation. Feel free to spread the word and have your friends send their positive requests to expand the availability! With enough positive feedback, it’s possible that we will continue this tradition next year and have the product available in even more locations. While we understand your frustration at the limited numbers of stores that will carry this line of shirts, please know that this is a step in the right direction. Consider Old Navy’s response when someone complained about this issue on their “Love Proudly” Facebook page: They’ve just announced their decision to release Pride shirts in other US cities. But there’s strong indication that if the shirts do well they’ll do a wider release next year.
Yes, the kids in more rural places won’t see them. And like all companies testing out a new product, they probably decided do a limited run of shirts in select markets to see how well they’d sell instead of putting shirts in all 50 states and ending up with a bunch leftover. Old Navy has never sold clothing specifically marketed towards LGBT causes. We’re not ragging on Old Navy we think it’s cool that they have Pride shirts to begin with and even cooler that they’re donating 10 percent of their profits on the It Gets Better campaign. But was Old Navy’s selective marketing a way to avoid an anti-gay boycott or merely cash in on queer-friendly cities? Neither actually. That’s 26 stores in about 16 different states, meaning kids in Kentucky, Tennessee and other places that need them never even had a chance to see or order them online. It’s that Old Navy only offered the shirts in 26 stores to begin with. No, it’s not that Old Navy’s pride shirts have sold out of their other 1,009 stores.