A poster promoting the local production of Hedwig and the Angry Inch was flagged and taken down by Facebook.
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After paying $400 for the ad to run for four weeks on Facebook, it was pulled within two weeks, Shannon Mason-Brown, co-director of the play says.
The play is about a rock singer that has a botched sex-change operation and her life as a transgender woman and her search for stardom and fame.
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The shows message is that humans are all looking for something to complete them and that it is necessary t accept ourselves for who we are.
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The Facebook policy for advertising says sexually suggestive content must not contain adult content, that include nudity, depictions of people in explicit or suggestive positions or activities that are overly suggestive or sexually provocative.
Four of the photos shown as examples are of women: Artwork of a naked woman that covering her breasts and genitalia with her arms while folding into herself, a woman showing cleavage and bending over, a woman covered by a duvet and showing her legs and a woman eating a banana.
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The one photo of a man has his shirt unbuttoned and is holding it open while in his underwear with his face cut off, and one is a couple that appear to be engaging in sexual activity and a mans abs in his underwear.
The only photo deemed as compliant is a Greco Roman statue that shows full male nudity.
Mason-Brown is unsure if they will be reimbursed for the two weeks the ad did not run. The play will run at the Lake Country Creekside Theatre from Oct. 11-13 and Oct. 18-20 tickets are available at
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