dykeumentary

This matters a lot to me.
This situation is about power — capitalism, racism, classism and community organizing.
There is more information about the fight at starlitestays.wordpress.com

Every one of the “gay design features” is covered in this gem: rainbows, men’s/women’s symbols, some psychedelic background the makes this illegible, and at least five different fonts. Bravo!

And this also brings up another historical point– The Names of Bars. Remember the days when gay bars had names that included bird names, or oh-so-subltle references to places for gay people–sssshhhhh!!!!! such as “Our House” or “Triangles” or “Peacocks”? Adorable. I miss that.

Compare this to these and you will see that its a trend. This style was cute at first, but now its just a boring gimmic, and less uninteresting.
The floating head thing could be read in a lot of ways. I’m glad Linda Simpson at least put Peanuts bodies on them.

If you only knew how much I hated school, and the anxiety that the three little words “Pop Quiz Today” produced, you would be proud of how far I have evolved away from my youth. Well, my mind is still more similar to a clown car than to a database, but anyway…

Here are 4 examples of Gay Graphic Design. For this quiz, smartypants students will comment on the most egregious features, and believe me, there is some egrege-ing gong on.
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Example A (Hint: I swear to god if anyone likes this one (which seems actually more like a still from a girl scout CPR training-video, but TOO LATE, SHE IS DEAD!), I swear I will tie you to an uncomfortable folding chair and make you watch the entire final season of L Word over and over again. I’m serious.)

Example B

Example C

Example D

Look at this fancy photoshop free-for-all happening in gay graphic design!
Just in time for the fall fashioin magazines, finally we don’t have to cringe as we plan our weekends.
Let’s hope humor and legibility become the “the new black”!

I might have liked to go to this party, though.

Let’s hope there are some gems!