Snickers Yanks Homophobic Spanish Ad Under Pressure from LGBTQ+ Groups
young man was beaten to death in Galicia last month. Several men have been arrested in connection to the attack, reported The Guardian.Spain’s leftist political party Podemos wrote on Twitter, “In the face of a wave of LGBTI-phobia, including attacks and even murders, Snickers can’t think of a better idea than to create a trashy commercial that tells you that you are not yourself if you are effeminate.” A spokesperson for Mars Wrigley, the company that owns Snickers, told the Guardian, “We would like to wholeheartedly apologize for any harm caused by a recent advert for Snickers Ice Cream in Spain.
We recognize that we got it wrong and have removed the online content immediately. We take equal rights and inclusion seriously, we want a world.
