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LGBTQ+ Progress Comes from Agencies and Brands Knowing and Sharing their True Selves
By Graham Nolan, Co-Chair, Storytelling and Partnerships, Do the WeRQ Talking with agencies, brands and holding companies over the last five years, I find their LGBTQ+ employee resource groups share similar, broad goals: Recruit/retain queer talent. Create Pride events. Develop internal programming. Craft campaigns, if they have bandwidth.
Dear Agencies: Create Queer Campaigns Before You Even Consider Pride Parties
Hot take: The best ad campaigns of the last decade weren’t orchestrated by LGBTQ+ nightlife planners, and the best Pride parties weren’t created by ad agencies giving meager budgets to overworked employee resource groups. Whew! *wipes brow* Felt good to finally say it. We’re referring to what has become a fairly common approach to LGBTQ+ community outreach by agencies. In June, agencies and brands love to celebrate Pride with an office get-together. A sponsored float. A visiting drag queen.
DEI Has Been Politicized. But Politics Was Never the Point
In 2023, NHL policy around sanctioned Pride jerseys was reconsidered because seven players—less than 1% of NHL players—publicly refused wearing them. Circumstances like these aren’t representative of public sentiment, which is that more people (more than double) say their perception of a brand is positively influenced (39%) by Pride participation than negatively (17%).
LGBTQ+ Culture Challenges Brands to Set New Goals Beyond Profit
When a campaign focused on LGBTQ+ communities wins on the awards circuit, the reality of industry rainbow-washing forces me to ponder: What was the motivation for entering this work? Look, for example, to the Effie Awards. For those with an eye on market impact, they set the bar high for whether intended strategies become brand realities.
A Vision for Respectful Bisexual Portrayals in Advertising Creative
In the course of my work, as I mull LGBTQ+ representation in the creation of advertising, I realized I've seen campaigns featuring trans, gay and lesbian people, but either... 1. No commercials featuring bi people, or... 2. Hundreds of commercials featuring bi people. No one, IRL or fictional, has a sexual identity defined by any one act. No one kiss or handhold or more intimate interaction defines sexual orientation.
An Ally’s Guide to Letting LGBTQ+ Ideas Lead Creativity
The latest from Gallup places LGBTQ+ people at roughly 7% of today’s population, with roughly 20% of Gen Z identifying as part of the community. We’re increasingly recognized as a mass market that’s been falsely dismissed as a niche.
Best Batman Comics Featuring Bane
Batman has possibly the most iconic rogues gallery of any superhero. Batman and his best known villains go all the way back to the Golden Age. It's hard for a new Batman villain to really make his mark after decades of history. Bane managed to achieve this feat. Bane was created in 1993, 50 years after the Joker. With his intensity, strength, and brilliant mind, Bane made a huge impact by being the villain behind Knightfall, one of the biggest Batman story arcs ever.
Why LGBTQ+ Ideas Are Essential for 'Non-LGBTQ+' Creative Briefs
There are effective, inspiring ideas I've developed—for corporate social media strategy, for on-stage presentation coaching, for the creation of memorable events—that have nothing to do with my sexual orientation. And yet they're all ideas I very likely would never have formulated if I wasn't gay.
LGBTQ+ People Will Revolutionize Brand Experience on New Consumers’ Terms
I find that much of the world defines my queerness primarily by attraction to men. Fellow gay men know the stereotypical assumptions well: “My friend is gay, too. And he’s single!” “Moving to Austin, eh? You must have met a cowboy!” “You’ll love this ad. The guy is so hot.” Gayness, to me, is not centered around men so much as the ability to love whomever I want.
Advice on Love to LGBTQ+ Ally Brands From ... Michael Bolton?
I've been witness to many conversations about whether people can truly love brands. I actually think they can. But like many people in the dating pool, they expect love and don’t do much to earn it. Dates send a few nice words in a profile, post some perfectly filtered photos and may invite you to one tailored meet-up—and then think that warrants deep affection? But that doesn’t sustain love in dating and it doesn't work with the ads you create.
Fresh Urgency Around Brand Support for LGBTQ+ People During Super Bowl LVII
My only time seeing a Super Bowl ring in-person was at an NYC gay leather bar. To borrow an old joke, let’s get one thing straight: professional football isn't. Carl Nassib is the out face of queer players on the field, as representation of what's next but also what’s past: LGBTQ+ players who remained in the background (and sometimes in the bars) since the game's earliest days. Last year's Super Bowl logo was created by an accomplished trans woman designer.
A Holiday Wish for Brand Creativity Centered in LGBTQ+ Experience—on Our Terms
As the holidays arrive, there are some signs of warming representation: Despite prior setbacks and active discrimination, more festive movies starring LGBTQ+ protagonists and actors are entering the pop culture arena. The narrative arcs are classics … Cynic brings home Optimist Love Interest—but compromises that love for the comfort of Family. Family pressures Cynic to be more like Family.
10 Greatest Batman Quotes From The Comics
Batman has starred in DC Comics since the 27th issue of the Detective Comics series in 1939. Batman, the alias of Bruce Wayne, is a superhero — although sometimes controversially considered a vigilante — with a dark childhood that forged him into the iconic face of justice that he is today. The Dark Knight is known to be serious and brooding and is often a bit of a lone wolf.
The Literal Spaces for Brands to Explore LGBTQ+ Live Experiences
Experiential marketing has often been underrated in terms of allyship and action for the LGBTQ+ community—and of late, it has been taking up less headspace than sexy mass media brand plays amid surges and lockdowns. But as experiential rises again, consider what it now means to be on the ground with the LGBTQ+ community. It means you’re alongside us as people, with employees showing up as community members and allies.
Branding to LGBTQ+ Communities Should Be a Metrics Innovation Goldmine
Sometimes the most creative aspect of a campaign is its results. I’ve seen success measured in the number of phone calls to Sweden and the volume of “Lucky Iron Fish” distributed worldwide. Match.com could just tout memberships but instead measures the number of second dates they’ve made possible. It’s a more compelling metric.
Restoring LGBTQ+ Brand Trust Is a Journey Built on Actions, Not Parades
Editor’s note: This piece is part of a series with Graham Nolan on the ways marketers can commit to LGBTQ+ allyship and rethink visibility, support and inclusion in the workplace. Years ago, we were seeing cancel culture come out of the oven and served piping hot to brands.
LGBTQ+: Do Our Letters Spell Out a Shared Language in Adland?
Editor’s note: This piece is part of a series with Graham Nolan on the ways marketers can commit to LGBTQ+ allyship and rethink visibility, support and inclusion in the workplace. I’ve been a member of many an agency ERG for DEI progress. Often when planning our programming, we’d ask, “Is this session, workshop, forum for all of us—LGBTQ+ and allies alike—or LGBTQ+ only?” The idea is, if we’re tailoring content, we need to define an audience to create the right experience.
The LGBTQ+ Opportunities Almost No Brand Has Touched
Editor’s note: This piece is part of a series with Graham Nolan on the ways marketers can commit to LGBTQ+ allyship and rethink visibility, support and inclusion in the workplace. The volume of anti-LGBTQ+ bills boomed from 41 in all of 2018 to 238 in just the first three months of 2022. Beyond unprecedented legal battles, LGBTQ+ individuals are more than twice as likely than heterosexual people to face mental health disorders in their lifetime and twice as likely to experience homelessness.
An LGBTQ+ Wish List for Brands at the Super Bowl
Anecdotally, in my queer life I've encountered a lot of "Super Bowl? Ew. I don't understand football" banter. It's a sarcastic, kinda funny part of the culture to remind people sometimes that patriarchal culture doesn't rule OUR culture. But then, post-joke, there's often an immediate follow-up. "JK, I'm so watching.
Batman #118 Interview with Joshua Williamson
Last Friday I was lucky enough to get to sit down as the representative for Batman News at a roundtable interview with Joshua Williamson regarding his upcoming work on Batman, specifically regarding issue #118. As many of you who read my Robin reviews know, I’m a big fan of what he’s been doing there and in the realm of the Bat-books lately, so getting to chat with him a bit about his upcoming run on Batman was an absolute joy.
This Cultural Moment Is Right for the Emergence of an LGBTQ+ Agency Leader
Pride is a community movement that’s also deeply personal, especially when it comes to whether someone can bring their authentic self to work. Many queer people wish the agency world had more loud, out-and-proud industry leaders who could tell us: “I’m queer, and this is how I made it to the top.” Mentors are invaluable; even the best leaders follow in the footsteps of other pioneers before forging their own path. And while people different from us teach us so much, relatability helps.
PREVIEW: Girls of Dimension 13 #4
AfterShock Comics presents a preview of Girls of Dimension 13 #4, by Graham Nolan and Bret Blevins. Story by Graham Nolan Art by Bret Blevins Colors by Gregory Wright Letters by Carlos M. Mangual Cover by Bret Blevins, Gregory Wright Publisher AfterShock Comics Price 3.99 (USD) Release Date 2021-07-28 GIRLS OF DIMENSION 13 #4 / $3.99 / 32 pages / Color / On Sale 07.28.21 Writer: Graham Nolan Artist: Bret Blevins Colorist: Gregory Wright Letterer: Carlos M.
PREVIEW: Girls of Dimension 13 #2
AfterShock Comics presents a preview of Girls of Dimension 13 #2, by Graham Nolan and Bret Blevins. Story by Graham Nolan Art by Bret Blevins Colors by Gregory Wright Letters by Carlos M. Mangual Cover by Bret Blevins, Gregory Wright Publisher AfterShock Comics Price 3.99 (USD) Release Date 2021-05-26 GIRLS OF DIMENSION 13 #2 / $3.99 / 32 pages / Color / On Sale 5.26.2021 Writer: Graham Nolan Artist: Bret Blevins Colorist: Gregory Wright Letterer: Carlos M.
PREVIEW: Girls of Dimension 13 #1
AfterShock Comics presents a preview of Girls of Dimension 13 #1, by Graham Nolan and Bret Blevins. Story by Graham Nolan Art by Bret Blevins Colors by Greg Wright Letters by Carlos M. Mangual Cover by Bret Blevins, Graham Nolan, Greg Wright Publisher AfterShock Comics Price 4.99 (USD) Release Date 2021-04-21 GIRLS OF DIMENSION 13 #1 / $4.99 / 32 pages / Color / On Sale 4.21.2021 Writer: Graham Nolan Artist: Bret Blevins Colorist: Greg Wright Letterer: Carlos M.
Batman - Knightfall T3
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