Think Before You Speak Campaign
- Think Before You Speak Campaign
The Think Before You Speak Campaign is a television, radio, and magazine advertising campaign developed to raise awareness of the common use of anti-LGBT vocabulary among youth, created by Advertising Council, and GLSEN. [cite web|url=http://thinkb4youspeak.com/TheCampaign/|title=The Campaign |date=2008-10-08 |accessdate=2008-10-09] Think before you speak is the Advertising Council's first gay and lesbian awareness campaign, and is trying to achieve an ending to the use of offensive phrases such as "that's so gay." Television commercials for the campaign include singer, Hilary Duff, as well as comedian, Wanda Sykes. [cite web|url=http://pinkisthenewblog.com/home/2008/10/think-before-you-speak/|title=Think Before You Speak |date=2008-10-09 |accessdate=2008-10-09]
The Campaign
The campaign aims to reduce homophobic slang among youth, and educate parents and teachers on how to create a safe environment for LGBT teens. [cite web|url=http://thinkb4youspeak.com/TheCampaign/|title=The Campaign |date=2008-10-08 |accessdate=2008-10-09] GLSEN and Ad Council have reported that over half of all students have heard homophobic remarks being said often at school, and 9 out 10 LGBT students have been harassed at school over the last year. [cite web|url=http://thinkb4youspeak.com/GetInformed/|title=Get Informed |date=2008-10-08 |accessdate=2008-10-09] The Campaign has encouraged students to get involved, by starting a Gay-Straight Alliance, creating a safer environment for LGBT students. [cite web|url=http://thinkb4youspeak.com/GetInvolved/index.asp?id=3 |title=Join or Start a GSA |date=2008-10-08 |accessdate=2008-10-09] The Campaign uses the following slogan in their advertisements:
GLSEN is spending approximately $2 Million Dollars to produce the campaign, and will be released along with GLSEN's "School Climate Report". [cite web|url=http://pinkisthenewblog.com/home/2008/10/think-before-you-speak/|title=Think Before You Speak |date=2008-10-10 |accessdate=2008-10-09]
References
See Also
* GLSEN
* Advertising Council
* LGBT
* Gay-Straight Alliance
External Links
* [http://www.thinkb4youspeak.com/ Think B4 You Speak Official Website]
* [http://www.glsen.org/ GLSEN Official Website]
* [http://www.http://www.adcouncil.org/ Ad Council Offical Website]
* [https://www.studentorganizing.org/login/index.cfm GLSEN Student Organizing]
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