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I live near an area of Chicago affectionately known as Boystown. This is an especially special weekend in this area, because of the annual Chicago Pride Parade, which is happening nearby as I write this. In light of this, there has been an increase of gay-friendly signage, advertisements, souvenirs, accessories and more around the area.

I stopped by the local Chipotle for lunch yesterday and did a double-take at a sign sitting on the ordering counter:

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Not being gay myself, and understanding this was done in fun, I am quite curious to know if this would be construed as offensive to anyone? I suppose they were just scraping for a way to use the word ‘homo’ in the sign, but this came off as poor taste to me.