no gay bears allowed
This story is a few years old, originally posted on advocate.com, but it's still interesting. It's actually pretty funny, but really sad at the same time.
It's about a grandmother who was denied the purchase of Kiss Kiss bears at a Hallmark store. If you are unfamiliar with Kiss Kiss bears, they have magnets in their noses so when their faces get close, then snap together like they're kissing. This is how the grandmother's conversation with a store employee went:
"You can't have that second bear."
"Excuse me?"
"You have to pick a girl bear for your second bear."
"Why? I bought two boy Kiss Kiss bears here last December."
"Well, you were really wrong to do that."
"What?"
... A woman comes up and pays for three identical non-gender-specific teddy bears; but not Kiss Kiss bears...
"You just sold her three bears that look alike. Why can't you sell me two bears that look alike?"
"Her bears weren't all boys."
"How could you tell?" ... ... "OK, will you sell me two pairs of boy-girl Kiss Kiss bears?"
"No!" -- "Because you are gay and you are just buying the extra bears to get two gay bears, and I won't let you do that. No gay bears will leave this store!"
The original story is gone from advocate.com, but you can see the whole thing here, courtesy of archive.org.
