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EU’s highest court rules against lawyer who said gays “have physical & genetic anomalies”
He said he would never hire a gay person. Now he has to pay up for his discriminatory statements.
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Barilla released limited edition spaghetti with lesbian art on the box
The boxes feature a design by illustrator Olimpia Zagnoli of two women sharing a spaghetti, Lady and the Tramp-style.
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Barilla pasta’s turnaround on LGBT issues leads to expanded profit & happy customers
Years after the company’s chairman’s infamous anti-gay screed, some people are still boycotting the popular pasta brand, but most seem to be eating it.
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Barilla’s comeback from antigay abyss stirs the pot in Italy’s marriage battle
Remember this guy? Four years ago, CEO Guido Barilla apologized for an antigay rant that sparked a boycott of his pasta brand.
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Gay son comes out over pasta in Italy’s first LGBT-friendly TV commercial
A frozen food company in Italy has produced what is believed to be the first gay-friendly television commercial in the European country often entrenched in homophobia. In the commercial from Findus Foods, a man named Luca and his mother bond over microwaved pasta cooked by Luca’s boyfriend.
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‘New York Times’ illustrated op-ed says Barilla ‘boycott has ended’
An illustrated tribute of sorts to Barilla pasta appears in the online “Opinion” section of The New York Times, and asserts that a boycott by the gay community has ended because Chairman Guido Barilla’s apologized for saying that “gays can go eat another brand” of pasta.
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Barilla (‘gays can go an eat another brand’) Pasta launches NYC restaurant
NEW YORK — Barilla pasta, whose chairman came under fire last year when he said gay “can go an eat another brand” of pasta because his family-friendly company would never feature a same-sex couple in its advertising, has opened a new restaurant in New York.
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Pasta maker to boost diversity after chairman sparks global LGBT boycott
ROME — Italy-based pasta maker Barilla is pledging to improve diversity after gay rights activists and allies launched a worldwide boycott of its products when a company executive said Barilla would never feature ads depicting gay families.
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You know, it’s not just about the pasta…
You all know it’s not about the pasta. It’s about discrimination and intolerance and ignorance. It’s about a mindset that continues on for generations and generations – passed down through a family like Green Bay Packers or Boston Red Sox tickets. When the Chairman knew his words had created a firestorm, he said this: “I only wanted to underline the central role of the woman in the family.” Well, as a woman who is also a lesbian, I feel so much better now.
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Barilla pasta chairman posts Facebook video apologizing for anti-gay remarks
Facing a worldwide boycott of his products, the chairman of Barilla pasta on Friday issued his second apology in as many days after saying he “would never do an advertisemenet with a homosexual family … if the gays don’t like it they can go an eat another brand.”