Marty Davies

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Is there a queer sponsorship squeeze?

Backlash and boycotts risk reduced sector funding.

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The gay Guinness ad that never ran

Learnings from a groundbreaking 30-year-old ad that almost didn’t see the light of day.

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Media agencies and clients must put a stop to 'dirty attention'

A reckoning is coming for disinformation in the ad industry.

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The winter of discontent for queer representation

It's about time for a boom. This is how we get one.

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Let's try for Bi

How can we take on the creative challenge of Bi+ representation?

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The future is queer

Our industry is quick to engage LGBTQIA+ colleagues to mine them for their trauma, time and creativity, but it is also slow to recognise the growing mental-health crisis that results from the environment we find ourselves in.

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Transmasculine visibility and the joy of finally being seen

How to ensure true transmasc representation in advertising campaigns.

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Sport for all? A look at Dylan Mulvaney's other brand deal

The way Nike handled transphobic abuse should be applauded.

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Was this Pride Month a watershed moment for advertisers and disinformation?

The anti-trans hate continues to intensify and so does the scrutiny on brands to interrogate their role in the ecosystem of disinformation.

Marty Davies: the era of hollow LGBTQIA+ advocacy is over

In a new regular column, the joint chief executive of Outvertising will set out a platform and guide to hold the ad industry to account.

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Is adspend funding an increase in LGBTQIA+ hate crime?

Endless anti-trans reporting is driving clicks and ruining lives, and advertisers need to act.

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Being non-binary in adland

The one thing uniting all gender identities outside the binary is that – in the eyes of this pervasive social system – they are performing gender wrong.

How should brands work with UK’s Drag Race queens?

Ahead of the final episode of RuPaul's Drag Race UK season two, Outvertising asks: 'Who is going to front the next H&M campaign?'