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69 Gay Trends to Celebrate Gay Marriage

— June 20, 2008 — Social Good
Trend Hunter celebrates the recent legalization of same-sex marriage in California with this thought provoking and delicious cluster. The California legalization took effect on June 16, 2008.

Sixty nine of Trend Hunter's best gay and gay-friendly trends were chosen from our library of over 20,000 micro-trends and innovations.

The 69 trends include topics such as coming out, same sex marriage, charities, advertising, Internet culture, gay fashion designers, and magazine photoshoots.

There is something for everyone, from gay-friendly and homophobic ads to new scientific breakthroughs, Brokeback Mountain becoming an Opera and Tom Ford taking all his clothes off.
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Hollywood Operas
Hollywood Operas
Brokeback Mountain to Become Opera
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57
Canadian Spin On Reality Modeling TV
Canadian Spin On Reality Modeling TV
Vancouver's Next Gay Top Model
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56
Gay Bingo
Gay Bingo
Not Just for Old Ladies
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55
Targeting The Gays
Targeting The Gays
Obama LGBT Ads
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54
Cashing In On Homophobia
Cashing In On Homophobia
Girl Sues School Over Brokeback Screening
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53
Banning Gay Commercials
Banning Gay Commercials
Gayonnais Ad Leads to Heinz Boycott
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52
Gay Athletes
Gay Athletes
High School and College Athletes Coming Out Sooner Than Ever
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51
Gay Days At Walt Disney World
Gay Days At Walt Disney World
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50
Animated Fashion Icons
Animated Fashion Icons
Karl Lagerfeld in Grand Theft Auto
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49
Homosexual by Biology?
Homosexual by Biology?
Study Shows Gay Brain Resembles Opposite Sex
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48
The New Lesbian
The New Lesbian
Gayelle
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47
Guidebook For Gay Travelers
Guidebook For Gay Travelers
Traveling In Our Fabulous World
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46
Wear Your Sexual Preference & Status
Wear Your Sexual Preference & Status
Orientation Cufflinks
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45
Las Vegas Targets Gay Community
Las Vegas Targets Gay Community
Paris Las Vegas: Gay Days & Nights
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44
Homophobic Snickers Superbowl Ad
Homophobic Snickers Superbowl Ad
What Were They Thinking?
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43
Same-Sex Wedding Cards
Same-Sex Wedding Cards
Hallmark Capitalizes on Ellen DeGeneres' Marriage
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42
Teen Homophobia Awareness Films
Teen Homophobia Awareness Films
"By The Way, I'm Gay"
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41
Stereotyping Ads
Stereotyping Ads
Are These VIP Magazine Ads Homophobic?
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40
Quadruple Magazine Covers II
Quadruple Magazine Covers II
reFRESH 50th Edition
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39
Church-Offending Art II
Church-Offending Art II
Homoerotic Last Supper
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38
California Gay Marriages
California Gay Marriages
Matrimonial Numbers Spike
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37
Are Video Games Ready for Real Life Situations Like Boys Kissing?
Are Video Games Ready for Real Life Situations Like Boys Kissing?
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36
Gay Car Blogs
Gay Car Blogs
Stick Shift by Vanity Fair
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35
Fashion Designers as Actors
Fashion Designers as Actors
Tom Ford Spoofs 'In Treatment'
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34
Get Trampled at The Gay Rodeo
Get Trampled at The Gay Rodeo
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33
Fashion Icon Books
Fashion Icon Books
Karl Lagerfeld's Metamorphoses of an American
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32
LGBT Pride Alcohol
LGBT Pride Alcohol
Absolut Colors
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31
Charity Galas for AIDS
Charity Galas for AIDS
Life Ball 2008
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30
Gay Teens Coming Out Earlier Than Ever
Gay Teens Coming Out Earlier Than Ever
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29
Female Comedian Reality Shows
Female Comedian Reality Shows
The Cho Show
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28
Designer Swimwear Fashion
Designer Swimwear Fashion
Olympic Boy in Esquire
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27
Making Gay Rats
Making Gay Rats
Researchers Trying to Prove Orientation is Hormonal
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26
More Rugby Fashion
More Rugby Fashion
Just Cavalli Underwear Ad
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25
War & Torture Editorials
War & Torture Editorials
VMAN “Warriors”
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24
Controvertising
Controvertising
Hanes: Nigg*r, Fagg*t, Pak!
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23
Suggestive Fantasy Ads
Suggestive Fantasy Ads
In an Absolut World, All Men Would Have 8 Inches
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22
Disco Meets Bohemian Chic
Disco Meets Bohemian Chic
Ashton Kutcher in Pepe Jeans London S/S 08
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21
GayWeddings.com
GayWeddings.com
Take Pride With Same-Sex Cake Toppers
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20
Iconic Underwear Tribute
Iconic Underwear Tribute
Calvin Klein's 25th Anniversary Ads
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19
Fashion ParAdies
Fashion ParAdies
James Corden As David Beckham For Armani
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18
Aids Awareness Everywhere
Aids Awareness Everywhere
Love Life, Stop Aids Campaign
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17
Couture Teddy Bears
Couture Teddy Bears
Karl Lagerfeld by Steiff
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16
Fashionable Beach Soccer for Men
Fashionable Beach Soccer for Men
Dolce & Gabbana's Milano Hot Shoot
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15
Straight Support
Straight Support
Brad Pitt Donates $100,000 To Fight For Gay Rights
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14
Fashion Designers As Art Icons
Fashion Designers As Art Icons
Marc Jacobs as Andy Warhol for Interview Magazine
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13
Faking Lesbianism?
Faking Lesbianism?
Katy Perry's 'I Kissed a Girl' is Billboard's 1000th #1
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12
Feminine Accessories for Men
Feminine Accessories for Men
Marc Jacobs' Andrew Grima Necklace
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11
Pregnant Man Thomas Beatie Nominated for Most Talked About Award
Pregnant Man Thomas Beatie Nominated for Most Talked About Award
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10
Magalogue
Magalogue
The Return of Abercrombie & Fitch Quarterly
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9
Bubble Butt Undies (UPDATE)
Bubble Butt Undies (UPDATE)
The Flashback for Men
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8
Public Fixtures Made Phallic
Public Fixtures Made Phallic
Tom of Finland's Suggestive Perfume Campaign
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7
Spartan Soccer Warriors
Spartan Soccer Warriors
300 Dutch Football Team Ads by Erwin Olaf
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6
Fashion Designers as Rappers
Fashion Designers as Rappers
Karl Lagerfeld, Armani, Versace & More for Harper's Bazaar
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5
Soccer Players as Strippers
Soccer Players as Strippers
David Beckham for Emporio Armani Underwear
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4
Fashion Designers as Models
Fashion Designers as Models
Tom Ford From Head to Toe in Prestige
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3
Kissing Strangers as Art
Kissing Strangers as Art
Iranian Ashkan Sahihi Explores Sexuality with Photography
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2
Celebrity Lesbian Weddings
Celebrity Lesbian Weddings
Portia de Rossi and Ellen DeGeneres to Wed
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1
Cross-Dressing Fashion Ads
Cross-Dressing Fashion Ads
Marc Jacobs Puts Male Model in Women's Clothes
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