Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!
Is Haringey registry office embarrassed about gay male couples?
I was up at the Civic Centre on Friday and whilst waiting to see David Brown, the new mayor, I picked up a copy of the brochure produced by Haringey registry office entitled "Your Wedding or Civil Partnership in Haringey". That's good to see, I thought, a brochure which seems to reflect the new times we live in.
Once I looked inside though, I have to confess to being rather disappointed. Amidst the glossy full page pictures of straight couples, the brochure includes just three small (90 x 50mm) pictures of gay female couples, two of which include faces.
When it comes to male couples, there are four small pictures, but three of these are tightly zoomed in on hands only, and one is of a row of blurred row of buttonholes. Wot, no gay male faces? What editorial policy is at work here?
The extract I've attached includes all the non-advert pictures in the brochure. Take a look. I'm sure the producers of the brochure thought they were being very progressive by including pictures of gay couples at all, but is it me or does it smack of embarrassment about gay male couples?
I wonder how how people would feel if the pictures of the black couples in the brochure were equally coy and showed only clasped black hands?
Just a thought......
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Permalink Reply by Michael Anderson on
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My God, they're wearing my curtains!
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Permalink Reply by StephenBln on
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My last one, I promise !
The Japanese are always a bit unconventional.. They like to wear pink..
And they always have a camera with them!
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Indeed!
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Or a tribe even?
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Permalink Reply by John D on
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Why is the file on picture right out of step with the other two ? Is there a message here ?
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The message is here:
Brothers and Sisters when they insist we're not good enough .. when WE know better, just look them in the eyes and say 'we're going to do it anyway' !
A great song for the moral apostles to sing.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PcKoYGNj0BU
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Permalink Reply by pamish on
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O noes I have only just worked out the flamingo thing. I thought it was an ordinary sporran.
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...and who says gay partnerships don't last? (Babyboomers out with the dog!)
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so this really is the last one: the council can use this one if they like...
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