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Media giant Clear Channel has rejected two of the four billboards purchased to promote St. Petersburg, Florida’s gay pride event. Only the billboards in which the models appear physically affectionate (the top two above) were rejected. In an email to Clear Channel Outdoor, St. Pete Pride Executive Director Chris Rudisill wrote, “the images that were not selected do not contain …

You should recognize a lot of folks inserted by Addidas into this famous scene. This clip is meant to promote the World Cup, somehow.

Copyranter dissects this ad from Dylan Fabric Dye: Twink gives Sugar Daddy puffy shirt with doily collar for Valentine’s Day. Sugar Daddy dyes shirt pink and re-gifts it to Twink for their anniversary. Look at Twink’s face, look at his hair. Look at the way Sugar Daddy is holding his champagne glass. Jam the stereotyping into that layout. You’ll have …

This weekend British Petroleum launched the below ad campaign taking responsibility for the Gulf oil spill. The clip, which has already been parodied on late night television, does not accept comments on YouTube.

(Tipped by JMG reader Eric)

GLAAD has issued a call to action, demanding that Fox’s Bill O’Reilly issue an apology for comparing gays to al Queda. On the June 2 edition of Fox News Channel’s “The O’Reilly Factor,” host Bill O’Reilly made highly offensive comments while discussing a gay themed McDonald’s advertisement currently airing in France. After playing the ad for his viewers O’Reilly asked …

Ten days ago I showed you a gay-positive McDonald’s ad from France. Since then the clip has gotten over 1M views on YouTube and has been featured in the mainstream media. And right on cue, American wingnuts are screaming. “We see McDonald’s decision to backhand hundreds of millions of traditional family values people,” Bill Johnson, President of the American Decency …

Via Queerty, who notes: “Now this is how you sell socks to men.” More images from the campaign are here.

Jewish teabagger blogger Pamela Geller, who is a loud opponent of the plan to build a mosque near Ground Zero, has launched an anti-Islam bus campaign in NYC. “Fatwa on your head? Is your community or family threatening you? Leaving Islam?” read the ads bought by rabble-rouser Pamela Geller and the New York-based Stop the Islamization of America. They also …

Queers United points us to the below ads from Miller Lite which mock men as skirt-wearing, purse-carrying sissies if they don’t “man up” and drink their brand. Transphobia? Homophobia? Funny? Queers United suggests contacting the company to express your displeasure.

JMG reader Andre tips us from France to a new gay-positive ad from McDonald’s. He provides this translation: Boy looks at class picture. Cell phone rings. BOY: Hello. Yeah, I was thinking of you, too – I’m looking at our class picture. I miss you. Have to go, my father’s here. Love you. FATHER: Is that your class picture ? …

I don’t even know what this commercial is selling, but it always makes my cold heart melt just a little bit.

(Via Queerty and Giopet’s)

Andres Duque at Blabbeando directs us to the below safe sex campaign from Spain which has just won a coveted Summit International Award for advertising. Andres translates the opening of the clip: “To you, who has fucked us during so many years, who CRUSH us all, young people, older people, women, men, heterosexuals and homosexuals. To you, ABOMINABLE being… we …

You might recognize the pitchwoman as Carole Shelley, who has appeared on Broadway and in the national tours of Wicked as Madame Morrible. She also played Aunt Clara in Nicole Kidman’s remake of Bewitched. I love these old commercials. I need paneling too! (Tipped by JMG reader Chip)

(Tipped by JMG reader Thomas)

Watch until the end. (Tipped by JMG reader JM)

A medley of infomercial idiots.