What do you see here? What is it, where is it? What do you think this story is about?
A man called Clay came back to his flat one night to find a neighbour had placed this door mat outside their front door and Clay had to walk past it to get to his front door.
Clay felt offended by the doormat and wrote a stern letter to his neighbours.
Why do you think Clay was offended?
Why would someone put a door mat like that outside their front door - what are they showing, are they being serious?
What do you think was in Clay's letter?
Clay said, "I don't like that at all!"
"I don't like it because it implies that MY place is not the gayest place in town!"
Why was Clay offended?
Was he really offended?
What's going on here?
What do you think Clay did next?
Clay ordered his own "Gayest place in town" doormat and put it outside his door. He also wrote "2nd" on a note and taped it to his neighbour's door mat.
Why did he do that?
How do you think the neighbours felt when they saw the note?
Clay wrote a letter to his neighbours:
"Hello downstairs Gaybours..."
(why is he writing gaybours instead of neighbours?)
"I'm writing to let you know that I find your doormat to be extremely offensive. I personally believe that MY apartment is the gayest place in town." Clay then challenged his neighbours to a competition to find out who could make their apartment the real gayest apartment in town.
How do you think the neighbours replied?
Do you think they were angry?
Do you think Clay was really angry?
Just consider for a moment- can an apartment be gay? Can a table be gay? A pencil? What's going on here in this conversation?
The neighbours replied "You're on!"
What do you think happened next?
Both Clay and his neighbours starting posting about their apartments on social media to celebrate Pride month and thousands of people joined in the game.
What do you think the neighbours looked like? (Clay had not met them before)
The neighbours were called Cara and Lauren. Some people were surprised that the neighbours were women.
Why do you think some people were surprised?
Who do you think won in the end?
Clay put up rainbow flags and more signs, and Cara and Lauren covered their down in rainbow tinsel. Cara and Lauren won.
The two neighbours have said they plan to do the competition again next Pride month so this may become an annual event.
What is this story about?
Are Clay, Cara and Lauren making fun of gay people by doing this?
Why do you think it went viral?
Some people might say the neighbours should not have doormats like that on show as it goes against their own beliefs; how would you respond?
Is there anything we can learn from Clay, Cara and Lauren?
Why is this about No Outsiders?
Which British value is this about?
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