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New Sex Site Ads Prove to Be to Much for Some
Well for our friendly neighbor to the North and their men looking for men sex sites ads are pushing the buttons of some people. Yes Canada is always one country that has proven to be more liberal and progressive when it comes to acceptance of gays and left leaning views and laws. But the current ad campaign from Squirt has proven to even catch heat amongst the greater population.
There’s something profoundly ironic about Squirt’s new ad campaign, which reads, “This ad is censored, but our website is not.”
The joke is that the ads, too, were censored – in a way.
Squirt, which is owned by Pink Triangle Press, is a hookup site that helps gay men find partners and cruising spots. Squirt – like many similar sites – has recently moved toward a mobile model of location-based matching.
With a new crop of Grindr-inspired apps popping up, competition is becoming increasingly stiff. Sites like Manhunt and GuySpy have entered the fray, sparking a battle royale to capture Canada’s huge market for hookup, dating and cruising apps. With that comes a demand for increasingly aggressive advertising.
CBS rejected this Squirt ad.
Previously, sites like Squirt relegated most advertising to gay-friendly publications and queer websites. But that changed when Manhunt put out a new billboard this past summer.
The ads were criticized by “family” groups – despite the fact they show only two men kissing. A racier campaign launched around the same time, from Vancouver-based GuySpy, featured nearly naked guys licking various sweets.
Jeffrey Freeman, media and traffic manager for Squirt, says the controversy whetted the Squirt team’s appetite to get in on the billboard business.
“They got a lot of flak,” he says. “But they got good PR out of it.
“We looked at what the competitors were doing, and we went in the middle.”
The battlegrounds were drawn. Squirt began submitting graphics for billboards in gay hotspots in Toronto, Ottawa, Vancouver and Montreal. The first round, sent to billboard conglomerate CBS, were fairly salacious. One featured a naked guy covered only by a QR barcode with the teaser “scan it and see the rest.”
This ad was part of the first round proposed to CBS. CBS rejected it.
CBS put the kibosh on that ad right away.
“They weren’t objecting to Squirt,” Freeman says. “It was the nature of the campaign they didn’t take to.”
That launched a “back-and-forth exercise to make it a little more cleaned up or G-rated,” he says.
But after the back and forth, Freeman realized the two sides weren’t about to come together. Squirt’s last submission featured four men, shoulder to shoulder, staring longingly downward. A black bar (representing censorship) covered most of the ad from the men’s chests down — leaving barely half a nipple visible. But it, too, was a non-starter for CBS.
In an email to Freeman, a CBS representative explained that they “do not feel comfortable posting the ad as is.”
Manhunt and GuySpy seemed to suffer a similar backlash. Freeman says the outcry over their – still PG-13 – ads has made billboard companies reluctant to take on clients from the gay dating scene.
That was the end of the road for Squirt, Freeman says. “We try to be as accommodating as possible, but we still have to be true to our brand.”
So Freeman says they kept the ad graphics and took to their blog to decry the censorship.
“We fundamentally don’t believe that the ad needed to change,” he says. At the same time, he doesn’t point the finger at homophobia on the part of CBS.
Michelle Erskine, director of marketing for CBS Outdoor, says the decision was not a gay thing.
“This isn’t directed at any one community or another,” she says.
Erskine says the process of accepting, or rejecting, an ad can be a very subjective and situational one. Both the proposed graphics and the complaints come across her desk, which means she was personally involved in dealing with the backlash from Manhunt and GuySpy’s ads – and rejecting Squirt’s.
CBS rejected this Squirt ad.
“There’s no way I can limit who sees a campaign,” she says. “That’s the filter we run it through.”
She points to a similar campaign for Ashley Madison – a website that helps married people find extramarital encounters – that drew criticism, despite being completely G-rated.
She says CBS is always willing to look at new campaigns from sites like Squirt. “I wouldn’t say that we run a wholesale ban on anything.”
But she says that if the campaign makes anyone uncomfortable, she needs to incorporate those complaints.
Even though CBS hasn’t shut the door on Squirt, Freeman says Squirt’s new mix of advertising is probably not going to include billboards. While he underlines that Squirt ads will still appear in print, he says a new emphasis will be placed on events and viral content.
“We want to be able to go after our audience where our audience is.” Source: Xtra
Hottie of the Week(or Daddy? ): Colton Ford!!!
Yes this weeks Hottie of the week (or should we say Daddy?) what ever you want to call him-it’s Colton Ford.
Yes he ages like a fine a wine and let’s just I am sure most of us have seen him in one of his movies…I know I have. Oh and I forgot he sings also…:)
Hottie of The Week : Gilles Marini
This weeks hottie of the week is the stunning import from France, Gilles Marini. Yes he has wowed us on Dancing with the Stars, went bare in Sex in the City movie, kept us watching on Brothers & Sisters and most recently was a guest star on the hit sitcom Modern Family. At the age of 36 this model turned actor is sure to keep fans attention for years to come, oh and did we mention his French accent doesn’t hurt?
Hottie Of The Week: Shemar Moore
This week’s winner is Criminal Minds’s Shemar Moore who plays FBI agent, Morgan. I’m a huge fan of this show and an even bigger Shemar fan. My two favorite things combined in one: Shemar Moore and serial killers…wait…what? Just check out the pictures!
Hottie Of The Week: Mario Lopez
You probably know him best as A.C. Slater from Saved By The Wall, but Mario Lopez has done a lot since his days at Bayside. He’s done a reality tv show with his baby mama, Extra and even landed some endorsement deals. We’ll call Mario our “throwback hottie of the week.” Man, I miss the original Saved By The Bell…
Weather Channel Full Frontal Streaker
Whoaaaaaa…This is nothing less than awesome. PLEASE check out this video from the Weather Channel. Note that this starts out just like every other report during Hurricane Irene. Things take a turn for the weird as a few frat boys start running through the background. All of the sudden one dude just decides to pants himself mooning the camera (and the world) and just decides to turn around and give the world a look at his package. Boys will be boys I suppose.
WARNING: NSFW
Hottie Of The Week: Justin Timberlake
This one is pretty undeniable, guys. Homeboy does EVERY-THING! He sings, he dances, he acts, he writes, he produces and he probably directs. Does anyone else miss the days of NSync or am I alone on this one? Anyways, weigh in and check out the gallery.
Hottie Of The Week: Channing Tatum
The hottie of the week this week goes to Channing Tatum. Now to be honest, I’m not really sure what he does…I think he’s an actor of some sort (ok I KNOW he’s an actor). I couldn’t name any of his movies, but does it really matter? Check out his sick body! He is signed on to do some sort of movie where he will play a male stripper and there are rumors that this movie will include some full-frontal nudity…We’ll keep you posted!
