A Microsoft ad celebrates the first woman and first openly gay coach in a Super Bowl,, an offensive assistant with the 49ers. And a commercial for Turbo Tax also features trans actresses Trace Lysette and Isis King, according to the LGBTQ advocacy group GLAAD.
“For too long LGBTQ visibility in Super Bowl ads was nearly invisible, but this year will mark a breakthrough in LGBTQ representation with many prominent members of our community appearing in ads,” the organization said. “This is a positive step forward in reflecting the diversity of the world we live in today and a sign that global brands have woken up to the fact that the American public largely expects and wants to see LGBTQ people attached to their brands.
Comedian Ellen DeGeneres, well-known to television audiences everywhere, and her wife, actress Portia de Rossi, return to the small screen inAnother ad, for Pop-Tarts Pretzels, features Jonathan Van Ness, the star of Netflix’s “Queer Eye." “It’s not so much of a surprise that there’s LGBTQ representation this year, the surprise is that it took so long,” saidWhile this year’s 77 Super Bowl commercials will include other notable LGBTQ figures, they will also feature more women behind the camera and in lead roles.
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Remember when Ad execs were all coked up, and we got the Bud Bowl and Spuds Mackenzie? I say, the Super Bowl needs bikini babes partying with a dog in a Hawaiian shirt.
LGBTQ figures? I will make sure I have my bottle of lotion and a box of tissues ready for the right moment.
This is stupid. Should all of the Heterosexuals tell the world about their sexuality at every opportunity? Claim oppression?
Bread and circus. Heavy on circus and little bread.
It's probably asking too much for those big name politicians to get leveled by Terry Tate, isn't it?
Thats not diverse at all. No male representation. This is misandry.
gross
So... people? People will be behind the cameras, and in front...? I care about their sexual orientation and gender almost as much as what they will have eaten for breakfast. Hint: I don't care. It doesn't matter.
Racist white media executives using the social and political capital of the African American community to push a white liberal agenda. White supremacy is the most EVIL culture the human race has EVER encountered; It’s gratifying to see it’s karma approaching from the horizon.
Why not QTBGL?
Maybe Bernie Sanders will come out as a cross-dresser
Democrats are above the law, Democrats are above the law, Democrats are above the law, the Democrats go against the American people, Democrats go against the American People, the Democrats are against the American people all true under Schiff and Pelosi.
So brave.
Another reason not to watch
All together now... 'WGAS!'
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