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APNewsBreak: WNBA to Market to LGBT Community
AP ^
| May 21, 2014
| DOUG FEINBERG
Posted on 05/21/2014 7:59:49 PM PDT by ConservativeStatement
Amid a surge of public opinion in favor of gay rights in the U.S., the WNBA is launching a campaign to market the league to the LGBT community, becoming the first pro sports league to specifically recruit gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender fans to its games.
With the marketing campaign, the WNBA is capitalizing on what it has known for years: The community makes up a significant portion of its fan base. The difference now is that the league is talking about it publicly and making it a deliberate part of its marketing strategy.
The launch of the effort coincides with a surge of political and legal advances for the gay-rights movement in the U.S., and shifting public opinion behind many of those advances.
(Excerpt) Read more at abcnews.go.com ...
TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: homosexuals; wnba
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Well, that is one way to get publicity.
To: ConservativeStatement
Lesbians in the WNBA? Who knew?
To: ConservativeStatement
The WNBA has a fan base? Who knew?
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posted on
05/21/2014 8:01:22 PM PDT
by
fhayek
To: ConservativeStatement
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posted on
05/21/2014 8:01:33 PM PDT
by
Moonman62
(The US has become a government with a country, rather than a country with a government.)
To: ConservativeStatement
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posted on
05/21/2014 8:01:39 PM PDT
by
Ouchthatonehurt
("When you're going through hell, keep going." - Sir Winston Churchill)
To: fhayek
To: ConservativeStatement
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posted on
05/21/2014 8:02:34 PM PDT
by
2ndDivisionVet
(I will raise $2M for Cruz and/or Palin's next run, what will you do?)
To: ConservativeStatement
This is not new. Not even. I have been around gay women for years, working with as many as 6 at one time. They always had tickets to give away.
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posted on
05/21/2014 8:02:55 PM PDT
by
webheart
(We are all pretty much living in a fiction.)
To: ConservativeStatement
Choices. Freedom.
adios, women basketballers.
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posted on
05/21/2014 8:03:33 PM PDT
by
PGalt
To: Billthedrill
In other words, affirmative action for professional sports. Its just lowering the bar so the less athletic will be able to compete professionally.
To: ConservativeStatement
I thought that was the intent of the WNBA.
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posted on
05/21/2014 8:04:22 PM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(Remember the River Raisin.)
To: ConservativeStatement
Lesbians...
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posted on
05/21/2014 8:04:43 PM PDT
by
Chode
(Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -vvv- NO Pity for the LAZY - 86-44)
To: ConservativeStatement
The end is closer and closer than we thought. See you on the other side!
To: ConservativeStatement
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posted on
05/21/2014 8:05:09 PM PDT
by
Oldeconomybuyer
(The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.)
To: ConservativeStatement
Once the sugar-rush of frantic MSM coverage dies out, the only effect will be to push the league further into obscurity.
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05/21/2014 8:05:12 PM PDT
by
PGR88
To: ConservativeStatement
So if it’s ok for the wnba to openly market to gays, can another sports league openly market to straights? And mention it in their ads? Somehow, I doubt it....
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posted on
05/21/2014 8:05:51 PM PDT
by
Veggie Todd
(The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. TJ)
To: ConservativeStatement
Women have their own professional basketball league? What will they think of next?
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posted on
05/21/2014 8:06:07 PM PDT
by
Huskrrrr
To: webheart
The way the NFL is going you are going to be given lots of tickets to football games by your homosexual co-workers.
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posted on
05/21/2014 8:06:12 PM PDT
by
Jack Hydrazine
(Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; We need a second party!)
To: PGR88
There is a survey floating around on the net, with over 500,000 responses. The question is, "Would you rather find $5 or have your local WNBA team win a championship?"
Finding $5 is ahead 81-19.
To: ConservativeStatement
You made a mistake.
It should say "WNBA to Market to Non-LGBT Community".
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posted on
05/21/2014 8:07:45 PM PDT
by
jjotto
("Ya could look it up!")
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