India's First Ad With a Lesbian Couple Goes Viral

Ogilvy pushes boundaries for clothing brand Anouk

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An Indian clothing company is out with an ad that news reports are billing as the socially conservative country's first to feature a lesbian couple.

Anouk and Ogilvy & Mather Bangalore created the spot, in which the couple get ready to meet—and, the ad suggests, come out to—the parents of one of the women. Three and a half minutes long, the spot aims for a casual tone, showing the women in their apartment, putting on makeup and chatting about clothing, hairstyles and their relationship.

While LGBT themes in ads are increasingly common and overt in the U.S,

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