Congratulations to New York City-based GMHC for winning the 2011 GLAAD Amplifier Award for Outstanding Social Marketing for the "I Love My Boo" campaign.
The campaign was designed to fight homophobia, increase visibility of gay men of color and encourage safe sex. The images were seen on telephone kiosks, subways and public transit across New York City. See our reports for the Black AIDS Institute and TheBody.com.
The campaign debuted in 2008 and was updated in October 2010. "We wanted to celebrate [the] community and find ways to empower Black and Latino men," said Francisco Roque, GMHC's director of community health."It's a social marketing campaign, tied into Facebook, and men can post pictures of their boos, to make it interactive. ... That's how we encourage testing and conversations about HIV/AIDS and sexual health."
The campaign and its messaging was very timely. Black gay/bisexual men continue to be hardest hit by HIV/AIDS. The number of new HIV infections among young Black gay and bisexual men has increased by almost half, according to new data from the Centers for Disease Controls. Black gay men are also least likely to be aware of their infection. More than 70 percent of positive Black gay/bi men under 30 years old are unaware, reports CDC.
The posters for "I Love My Boo" feature New York City-based activist/promoter Derrick L. Briggs and debuted at AIDS 2010 in Vienna. It was a fabulous presentation and it was great to spend some time with Francisco Roque and his partner Rashad Robinson. Bravo to GMHC.
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Yes, bravo.
Posted by: Ben | 06 September 2011 at 12:41
WELL DESERVED!
Posted by: thegaytekeeper | 06 September 2011 at 12:46
Congrats!!
Posted by: Cedric | 06 September 2011 at 13:10
Awesome!
Well deserved.
Posted by: Barton | 06 September 2011 at 15:08
Congrats!!!!
Posted by: Michael caree | 06 September 2011 at 19:31
KUDOS!
Posted by: Tony | 07 September 2011 at 02:15
Throwing baseball cap in the air
'a la' Mary Tyler Moore!
:)
Posted by: Honut Sinti | 07 September 2011 at 09:56
kudos!
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Posted by: alicia banks | 10 September 2011 at 04:10
I love these ads and have never seen on defaced even in the moree hood subway stations (which is the main place i see them)
Posted by: Rusty | 14 September 2011 at 12:59