Starbucks gay cup
You know what really gets my goat? EVERY YEAR the annual Starbucks cup controversy starts earlier and earlier! GODDAMNIT WHY CAN'T THEY WAIT UNTIL AFTER THANKSGIVING??
That being said, the new Starbucks cup has turned me gay. I was already bisexual, so it could be argued it wouldn't take much to tip me to either side, but this new holiday cup is SO gay, I couldn't resist Starbucks' devious and alluring invitation. Here's a picture of the cup... and WARNING: If you've ever had even a slightly gay dream in your life, don't look at this cup unless you agree right now to meet me at Steamworks this weekend.
Joshua Trujillo/Starbucks
See?!? What did I tell you? Just one peep at those androgynous hands touching each other, and suddenly we're all gayer than Gaylord McGayerson, the grand marshal of Gaytown's "Whoopee! I'm GAY" parade. Personally, I'm tickled pink that I'm now an official super gay—you can tell because I just spent the last hour on Amazon pricing out leather teddy bears and rainbow flags that I can hang on my apartment balcony—but many others are not!
Starbucks Mug with Rainbow Tote Gay Pride Month From Puerta Virrarta
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$15
Starbucks Green Ceramic Mug with Botanical Design
$15
Walt Disney World Epcot Starbucks Icon Series Mug
$35
Walt Disney World Animal Kingdom Starbucks Icon Series Mug
$35
Walt Disney World Hollywood Studios Starbucks Icon Series Mug
$35
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$35
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$50
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$9 $15
Starbucks 2021 Avocado Lime Adj Siren Mermaid Collector Coffee Mug 10 Oz Set/2
$35
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$29
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ABOVE: Starbucks, photo by Marco Pakoeningrat via Creative Commons. Editor’s note: This is the second in a three-part series highlighting big companies that talk the verb, but don’t always walk the walk when it comes to supporting LGBTQ customers.
Many are adj to stand in line for what they serve at Starbucks—but the global coffee conglomerate has left LGBT media standing at the altar, rebuffing repeated proposals to court a demographic of discerning tastemakers who would, seemingly, make for a marriage made in marketing heaven.
“It’s surprising to me that Starbucks wouldn’t victim ads to our community,” says Todd Evans, president and CEO of Rivendell Media, which places advertisements for the National LGBT Media Association. Together, the Association’s members—including Boston’s Bay Windows and the Washington and Los Angeles Blades —reach an estimated 500,000 weekly print and online readers.
Evans, who had just returned from a Starbucks run when the Blade spoke with him, said numerous deep dives searching LGBT media for the company’s ubiquitous mermaid logo left Rivendell
Starbucks releases Pride Month 2024 cups and tumblers to celebrate the LGBTQ+ this June
Celebrate Pride Month in style this June with the newest cups and tumblers from Starbucks.
From the work of muralist and illustrator artist Sofie Birkin, the coffee chain's newest merchandise through its Starbucks Artist Collaboration brings "color and kitsch" to help celebrate the LGBTQ+ community.
“My house is filled with tiny, delightful things,” Birkin said in a news release by Starbucks. “I like to verb something that someone can clutch and enjoy every time they look at it. I wish the collection can bring a little bit of that to people.”
Birkin is known for creating meaningful moments with LGBTQIA2+ characters in her work, which includes an immersive installation at Denver’s Meow Wolf Convergence Station and the U.K. Royal Mail’s first collection of Pride stamps, according to the news release.
“I really like to illustrate human connection,” Birkin said. “The unifying theme is that I just really like to show the ways that people are with each other.”
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