Archive for the ‘ART/Graffiti Ads controversy’ Category
Archived news & commentary from the advertising discrimination controversy between Greensboro, NC-based LGBT group Alternative Resources of the Triad and Winston-Salem, NC-based advertising company Graffiti Ads. Includes blog posts, commentary & news articles from local news sources.
Monday, January 1st, 2007
It's that time of year, when the world falls in love every song you hear seems to say...
Boy am I glad this year is over.
2006 was full... chock full of issue after issue, controversy after controversy, work, work and more work.
But it was a good year, too.
So now... the top ...
Posted in ART/Graffiti Ads controversy, Anti-LGBT, Civil Rights, College/University, Democratic Party, Dont Ask Dont Tell, Greensboro, High School, LGBT, LGBT Youth, Marriage Equality, North Carolina, Politics, Q-vote 2006, Religion, Republican Party, Sexuality, Soulforce/Equality Ride, Soulforce/Right to Serve, Triad, UNCG, United States, Winston-Salem | 6 Comments »
Tuesday, July 25th, 2006
So I have a handy-dandy website traffic counter that tells me how many people visit my site, what hits I get and where I get them from.
I just checked it a couple minutes ago.
Someone searched for "restroom ads Greensboro NC" and the category including the ART/Graffiti Ads controversy on my ...
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Wednesday, February 8th, 2006
YES! Weekly has come out with an editorial on the Graffiti Ads and ART advertising controversy. They some great things and I, for one, am happy that they printed it.
The op-ed's main point: Don't be a fence sitter. So many people in Greensboro say they are gay-friendly and accepting. If ...
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Thursday, February 2nd, 2006
The News & Record article on the Graffiti Ads and ART controversy appears in the News & Record today. The article is below:
Local group's ad provokes controversy
By Michelle Jarboe
Staff Writer
Published Feb 2, 2006
A Winston-Salem company has been criticized for rejecting an ad from a local education group for sexual minorities.
Graffiti ...
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Wednesday, February 1st, 2006
An official statement regarding the recent controversy with Alternative Resources of the Triad (ART) and Graffiti Ads, LLC, has been released by the ART Board of Directors. The release was placed on the ART website, OutGreensboro.com:
BOARD OF DIRECTORS STATEMENT
January 30, 2006
Alternative Resources of the Triad responds to advertising situationContacts:
Eric Hinson, ...
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Wednesday, February 1st, 2006
The following is Joe Killian's weekly op-ed in The Carolinian, the UNCG paper:
OUT OF MY HEAD: Graffiti Ads LLC caves to perceived prejudice
"We're talking about a business whose policy is to ignore the mention of homosexuality because they think they'd make less money."
By: Joe Killian
Issue date: 1/31/06 Section: Opinions
For decades ...
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Monday, January 30th, 2006
I got an email today from a reporter at the News and Record about the recent Graffiti Ads/ART advertising controversy. Apparently, she had been trying to get in touch with me all weekend but for some reason the N&R email servers kept messsing up.
Last week, I also received an email ...
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Sunday, January 29th, 2006
In a comment to the prior post (http://www.onlinegreensboro.com/~matthillnc/?p=578), Joe Killian (visit his blog at joekillian.blogspot.com), makes a great point concerning Mr. Zimmer and his letter written in support of discrimination:
In my opinion Zimmer seems like a nice guy who means well but has bought into the idea that controversy and ...
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Saturday, January 28th, 2006
Sue has posted a letter from an employee of Graffiti Ads, LLC.
The employee says he is a gay man and he tries to defend the actions of his company.
At first I wasn't going to post about this... I did receive his email as one of the first groups of people ...
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Friday, January 27th, 2006
A gay business owner in Greensboro has responded to the bias shown in business dealings by Graffiti Ads, a marketing/advertising group based in Winston-Salem, NC (See prior post, Triad company refuses to work with LGBT group; refuses ad for community resources and movie festival).
John Johnson, owner of the Biltmore Greensboro ...
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