Tag: Pride

28% of Britons proactively support the LGBTQ community by promoting LGBTQ businesses, merchandise, or donations

Stuart Mitchell

Over the years, support for the LGBTQ community has grown stronger as countries legalize same-sex marriage and brands and celebrities openly voice their support. Piplsay, a global consumer research platform, surveyed 9,114 Britons and 30,600 Americans to get insights into their understanding and acceptability of the LGBTQ community. Access the full research report here. Here are the key UK insights from the report: Celebrating Pride: How accepting are we of LGBTQ? 64% of Britons think Pride events help make society more accepting of the LGBTQ community 45% of Britons want…

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CAP – Celebrate your advertising with Pride

Stuart Mitchell

The ASA/CAP have released a post called: Celebrate your advertising with Pride. I have enclosed the text of the link below, but please have a look at the ASA/CAP site as there are lots of things of interest to anyone with an interest in Ethical Marketing. June is Pride Month, when the world’s LGBT+ communities come together to celebrate the freedom to express themselves and continue the campaign for equality. As advertisers seek to increase diversity in their ads, it’s important to make sure they don’t run into issues with…

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CAP – Showing some Pride in your marketing

Stuart Mitchell

The ASA/CAP have released an opinion piece, originally in the Guardian, called: Showing some Pride in your marketing. I have enclosed the text of the link below, but please have a look at the ASA/CAP site as there are lots of things of interest to anyone with an interest in Ethical Marketing. It’s been 48 years since the first march through London streets and over that time the meaning of Pride has evolved making it as much a celebration as an important reminder that the fight for equality has not…

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MOBI Reimagines Pride Amid Coronavirus Pandemic With ‘MOBIfest’ – the First Virtual Pride Festival for Queer Communities of Color

Stuart Mitchell

While Pride events around the globe have either been canceled or postponed, Mobilizing Our Brothers Initiative (MOBI) has announced that MOBIfest, its annual free wellness festival for queer communities of color, will gather audiences virtually on Thursday, June 4, at 6 p.m. ET to celebrate in the age of social distancing. In its third year of programming, MOBI remains committed to producing one of the only free festivals focused on seeing its attendees as their holistic selves. The initiative is funded by a grant from the New York City Department of Health and…

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‘#WeNeedAButton’ Campaign Calls for Empathetic Healthcare for the LGBTQIA+ Community

Stuart Mitchell

The #WeNeedAButton campaign, an initiative launched by WaxOh.com and DatingPositives.com designed to encourage patient-matching sites and other organizations to identify queer-friendly providers, today launched in the lead up to PrideFest and at end of World Pride celebrations in New York. WaxOh!, the news media site produced by DatingPositives, addresses many queer community issues including the discrimination, humiliation, negligent care and, in some cases, outright denial of necessary medical treatment at healthcare institutions and providers, stemming from healthcare professionals overlooking the unique needs of queer patients or on the basis of religious…

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