Marty Davies

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Dear media planner, queer media needs you

How can we make confident decisions to include queer media in our plans?

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Will we see Labour move to deliver Great British Advertising?

When it’s done firefighting, what plans will Labour have for our sector, asks the joint chief executive of Outvertising.

From ancient scrolls to Outernet London, how trans visibility evolved over time

It’s important to showcase trans stories as a way to confront and dismantle prejudice.

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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?'