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A kissing booth is an attraction, usually at a carnival, where the person running the booth kisses other people, often to raise funds for charity.[1][2] Domestic animals may also be used for comedic purposes.
At a national convention of the American Library Association in Dallas in 1971, LGBT equality campaigner Barbara Gittings staffed a kissing booth underneath the banner "Hug a Homosexual," with a "women only" side and a "men only" side.[3][4] When no one took advantage of it, she and Alma Routsong kissed in front of rolling television cameras. In describing its success, despite most of the reaction being negative, Gittings said, "We needed to get an audience. So we decided, let's show gay love live. We were offering free—mind you, free—same-sex kisses and hugs. Let me tell you, the aisles were mobbed, but no one came into the booth to get a free hug. So we hugged and kissed each other. It was shown twice on the evening news, once again in the morning. It put us on the map."[5]
American musician Marnie Stern ran a kissing booth at some of her concerts in 2008.[6][7]
See also
- Dunk tank
- List of amusement rides
References
- ^ "Kissing booth, weiners and relay raise $35k for cancer research".
- ^ "Topless Kissing Booth Brings in the Bucks for Charity". Fox News.
- ^ Bullough, Vern, ed. (2002) Before Stonewall: Activists for gay and lesbian rights in historical context. Harrington Park Press; ISBN 1-56023-192-0
- ^ "Gay Pioneers". Gay Pioneers. Retrieved 2019-12-16.
- ^ Warner David."20 questions". Archived from the original on 2008-05-16. CityPaper.net. April 22–29, 1999; accessed November 4, 2007.
- ^ "OMG: Marnie Stern Kissing Booth! – News – Pitchfork".
- ^ "Marnie Stern Kisses and Tells – News – Pitchfork".