...I just found this to be amusing. Mainly because there was a large stack of them in the entryway of a Mexican food restaurant not located in the gay area of Houston, which made me think that the distributors were at a loss as to what to do with them. It's not like you list your sexual preferences on your rental agreement or home loan paperwork.
And why exactly do they need a gay yellow pages? There isn't anything unusual in it (for the most part). Apparently homosexuals use all the same services as the heteros....accountants, lawyers, doctors, plumbers, gardeners, etc. The only main differences are that our WNBA basketball team is on the front, rather than the Rockets (are they implying those ladies are gay?), and there are listings for gay festivals and associations in the back.
Thoughts?
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Maybe the Comets were like, displeased not making the cover of the other phonebook so they grabbed their publicist by the lapels, threw his skinny white askterisk against a wall and told him "Get. Us. A. COVER!"
Or possibly someone makes money when a phonebook gets published, regardless of its sexual orientation.
I agree with Jam. It's allll about the $$. Someone is making a killing off the rates to advertise.
I wonder if the listings inside are for gay owned businesses? Kinda like, 'hey come here with your money, we are all gay', but umm, a little more subtle??
"Apparently homosexuals use all the same services as the heteros....accountants, lawyers, doctors, plumbers, gardeners, etc."
You know the thing that interests me is why they would want this...I mean isn't this something that would get you in trouble if you were to reverse it? Something about discrimination and civil rights? But then again it is funny...maybe we should just go that route.
I guess it could be all about the money, but that sure takes the fun out of it for me. I went back and looked at the ads and listings...a lot of people are coming out of the closet if this is a "gays serving gays" scenario.
Shouldn't they be 'The Gay And Lesbian RAINBOW Pages' phone book then? Or are they planning to co-opt yellow and make it feel weird for heteros to use it too?
anonymous - Thanks for your insight. I wouldn't have thought of it that way. Any idea how they would distribute these yellow pages to the right people??
Well, I can't speak for the gay people of Houston, but I know I go to lots of restaurants that aren't in the "gay part of town." I imagine plenty of gay people visit that Mexican restaurant and are delighted to be able to pick up the Gay & Lesbian Yellow Pages. I would also be more likely to return to that restaurant knowing that they have no qualms about providing the phone book. Perhaps they didn't need such a large stack, though...
I don't mean to leave anonymous comments. I've tried going the other route, but your spamulator keeps rejecting my comments. Unless I go all incognito.
anonymous - I wasn't trying to be offensive with the "gay part of town" comment. Houston has a very large gay community/part of town known as Montrose. If I had seen this there, I wouldn't have thought twice about it or even picked it up probably. And your right...the huge stack of these is what really caught my attention.
Anyway, I really do appreciate your comments and insights. There was a day when I could have deduced a lot of things on my own, but pregancy and motherhood have killed many, many braincells. :)
No offense taken re: the "gay part of town." I'm just sayin' that gay folks don't hang out only in that part of town. Sometimes separatism feels too much like segregation, and we like to venture out into the big world. :)
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