01 Jun 2011 - 10:02pm
A safe sex advertisement featuring a hugging gay couple will return to Brisbane bus shelters after protests at their removal.
Adshel this week succumbed to a campaign by the Australian Christian Lobby (ACL) against the Rip and Roll advertisements, which promote safe sex.
The couple pictured is fully clothed and hugging, and holding an unopened condom.
Also featured is the website address and hotline for Healthy Communities, which has been receiving state government funding for sexual health promotion since 1988.
ACL claims the ad depicts a couple in foreplay and is unsuitable for public viewing.
Adshel, billboard company Goa and the Advertising Standards Bureau received about 30 complaints within a week of the ads appearing.
Healthy Communities led a protest against the removal of the ads outside Adshel's Brisbane office on Wednesday, with about 30 people waving the poster.
More than 30,000 Facebook users joined an online protest.
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