Gay & Lesbian Counseling Service of NSW, Date

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1995 Television Report A Problem

A young guy comes home where he lives with his family and gets ready for a date. In between, a young woman gets up from her family dinner table to do the same.

As he shaves in the bathroom, his dad puts condoms on the table next to the guy's concert tickets. The woman chooses her outfit, grabs a dental dam with her keys and kisses her dad on the way out.

The young guy rushes over to answer the door and, up to this point, it seems like the guy and girl will meet. But in a twist, a guy is at his door, and another woman is at the door of the girl's home.

Mom pushes the girl's brother away, who wants to watch the girls kiss hello, and then the two guys also kiss hello.

The closing line says, "Coming out?" And then gives information for the counseling service.

Company

Gay & Lesbian Counseling Service of NSW

Brand

LGBTQ issues awareness

Industry

Nonprofit/NGO (gay)

Media Outlet

Television

Country

Australia

Region

Australia/New Zealand

Agency

unknown

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User Comments

Dorothy

I love this ad! It's got everything: family acceptance, safe sex advocation, and (finally!) same sex couples who aren't portrayed as sex fiends, just normal teenage kids. I think my favorite scenes are the expressions on the kids faces when they meet each other at the door. How many kids have had to hide those same reactions on a day-to-day basis? How many more would absolutely rejoice if they could live their lives in environments as accepting and nurturing as the two households pictured here?

Jonathan

Very well done - I quite like how both of the families were pro-gay in the relationships!

Nic

I came out a year before this was TV and when I saw it late one night, it just made me smile.

David C. Jr.

Very well done. I'm sure it helped alot of people.

Peter

I was the Dad. I didn't get paid and the poor director struggled (even in Sydney) to get the actors. I take great pride in this one primarily because of the date and its inclusiveness.

Russell

It sure would be nice if this ad, or one with all of its good qualities, could appear in the U.S. But I don't think that the government would permit it.

Patrick M

I saw this ad first in Australia in March 1995 during the televised version of the Mardi Gras parade and loved it then as now -- it's funny and a great, well-made, family-supportive ad.

John V.

I think we need more ads demonstrating that gay can be pro-family. Unfortunately, this one depicts a world that is almost never reality. Mainstream audiences will wince and jeer and closeted young people will only feel the pressure of bridging two ideals of normalcy. I think organizations like PFLAG do a lot more to push for tolerance on all sides that works with our society as it is.

Darus Walls

Lighthearted and supportive. What more could people want; especially making safe sex as important and common as breathing?

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