Michael Stipe slams 'cowardly' YouTube for removing ad
Friday, Jan 27th 2012 at 2:10PMThe 16-second video advertised the act's upcoming album Put Your Back N 2 It.
It featured images of Perfume Genius (aka Mike Hadreas), embracing gay porn actor Arpad Miklos - which also appear in the full video for the artist's single Hood.
YouTube told label Matador: ""The ad has been disapproved because it violates our Adult Image/Video Content policy. Per this policy, video content, audio, static imagery, and site content must be family safe.
"Any ads that contain non family ...
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