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Travel + Leisure editor defends Hilton ad that showed gay couple in bed

on Jul 31, 2016 | 0 comments

By Natalie Mortimer

The openly gay editor of US travel publication Travel + Leisure has defended an ad for Hilton Worldwide that it ran it is magazine showing a gay couple relaxing in bed together.

The ad, which ran in the June edition of the Time Inc-owned magazine, sparked a petition by the American Family Association (AFA), who branded it “unnatural and offensive”. So far the petition has gathered almost 50,000 signatures.

In a statement on the Travel + Leisure website editor Nathan Lump said that he was proud the magazine ran the advert.

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Source: The Drum