Lnchg Thursday is a brightly lored nned vodka and soda beverage lled Gay Water that proudly displays who ’s for, stead of backg off om support for the LGBTQ+ muny like Bud Light did.
Contents:
- BEER IS SO GAY
- GAY BEER
- GAY WATER, A NEW NNED CKTAIL, WANTS TO BE THE ANTI-BUD LIGHT
- THE SEARCH FOR THE GAYT BEER IN AMERI HAS BEEN COMPLETED AND THE RULTS ARE IN
- WHAT MAK THIS BEER GAY?
- TWO HOT BROOKLYN DADDI ARE MAKG GAY BEER JT FOR YOU!
- MEMBER SPOTLIGHT: GAY BEERMEMBER SPOTLIGHT: GAY BEER
- A GAY GIRL’S GUI TO THE 2023 WOMEN’S WORLD CUP
- DIPLOMATIC TENSN REPORTEDLY RISG BETWEEN UNED STAT AND JAMAI OVER GAY AMERIN DIPLOMAT
- JAGUARS STRENGTH COACH KEV MAXEN COM OUT AS GAY
- JAGUARS ACH KEV MAXEN RECEIV OVERWHELMG SUPPORT AFTER G OUT AS GAY
- GAY WATER, A NEW NNED CKTAIL, WANTS TO BE THE ANTI-BUD LIGHT
BEER IS SO GAY
A new group of beer pani and breweri like Gay Beer and Queer Brewg are supportg LGBTQ+ muni while rvg out space the beer world for queerns * gay beer instagram *
Ask what mak a gay bar gay and the answers will vary. What you’ll rarely hear, though, is that a gay bar is a gay bar bee of the drks. Gay Beer, Dyke Beer, and Queer Brewg are among the emergg group of beer producers that are centerg queer inty and queer muny, whether by highlightg queer brewers, donatg some profs to queer chari, or creatg queer third spac — munal spac distct om home and work — at a time when they’re disappearg.
Instead, buyers will state clearly that they want a Gay Beer. Gay Beer was created by Jon Moore and Jason Pazmo, bs partners and boyiends, 2017.
The pair were spired while drkg at Juli’, a historic gay bar New York Cy that was the se of early “sip-” protts, where gay men would drk at bars that refed to serve homosexuals. Together, they were tryg to figure out why there wasn’t already a beer posned more for queer people, which led Moore and Pazmo to realize that gay beer was a project they uld take on themselv themselv. But of urse, had to be gay.
GAY BEER
Gay Beer partners wh Craft Beer Distributor Craft Collective to distribute Gay Beer. * gay beer instagram *
Consumptn of Gay Beer, they cid, would be herently tied to supportg the queer muny. They began llg Gay Beer while velopg the product and jt stuck. Growg up, they’d both heard “gay” ed as an sult or to scribe somethg pejoratively, so llg their beer Gay Beer was also a reclamatn.
Moore and Pazmo note that “gay” also means “happy, ” a nnotatn hasn’t really held s, but still gets ed as a cheeky way to eli the haters. (Big Gay Ice Cream has ed the same tactic. “A lot of bars are not wantg to say they’re lbian bars, they’re wantg to say they’re queer bars — but a lot of gay male bars keep sayg they’re gay male bars, ” she says.
GAY WATER, A NEW NNED CKTAIL, WANTS TO BE THE ANTI-BUD LIGHT
* gay beer instagram *
From a sign standpot, Gay Beer, Dyke Beer, and Queer Brewg all wanted to reference the cultur they grew om.
For Moore and Pazmo, that meant an “Amerina whout the Amerin flag” sign, somethg that reflected the athetics of Juli’ Bar, and the gay men of the ’60s who participated the “sip ” protts. Gay Beer, Dyke Beer, and Queer Brewg are n by queer people and support queer people year-round.
Buyg Gay Beer at the grocery store signals to everyone who se you that you’re the kd of person who buys Gay Beer. Gay Beer may be explicly queer, but “gay” still feel more fortable on the tongue to a non-queer person than “dyke” or “queer. Meanwhile, Gay Beer will soon be available 32 stat through e-merce.
THE SEARCH FOR THE GAYT BEER IN AMERI HAS BEEN COMPLETED AND THE RULTS ARE IN
It’s a simple proposn: A craft beer, owned by a gay uple and marketed to the LGBT muny. * gay beer instagram *
A brand like Gay Beer gets to be the Trojan horse of the queer beer agenda. Wae says, “Many were pleased to see the lnch of somethg actively tryg to make change wh a stagnant and homogeno dtry, and queer and trans folk were pleased to see somethg that reprented them a way that hadn’t been done before. One of their beers, Love Hazy IPA: Pri Edn, transforms Almanac’s most popular hazy IPA durg Pri month to a beer to support the Oakland LGBTQ Communy Center, a nonprof dited to enhancg and stag the well-beg of lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, and Queer people through tnal-, social-, health-, and wellns-related activi, programs, and servic.
Partners bs and life, Shyla Sheppard and her wife, Missy Begay, opened their Native-, women-, and Queer-owned brewery New Mexi to rporate gredients and culture om their Native Amerin herage. Born and raised on the Fort Berthold Rervatn North Dakota, Sheppard is a member of the Three Affiliated Trib, while Begay is the granddghter of Navajo silversmhs and weavers. A revered gay bar Greenwich Village New York Cy, The Stonewall Inn is the se of the historic Stonewall Inn Rts, six days of protts and rts rponse to New York Cy police raidg the bar.
WHAT MAK THIS BEER GAY?
Jon Moore and Jason Pazmo are beer drkers and members of the queer muny. The two gentlemen had been drkg beer Brooklyn for a long time thanks to alhol livery london, and now they are the -founrs of Loyal Brands and creators of Gay Beer. Tired of wag for someone to craft a beer * gay beer instagram *
Often regnized as igng the gay rights movement the Uned Stat and worldwi, the Stonewall Uprisg and The Stonewall Inn have bee tegral to Queer history and the Queer muny. Director of Operatns Anne Abrahamson has proudly reprented as a gay female on the Cerebral Brewg learship team sce jog the brewery four years ago.
Massachetts’ gayt brewery mak damn good beer. “It’s tly a muny for everyone, not jt black, whe, but straight, gay. DBCo serv the same gatherg functn as gay bars, which have slowly been disappearg om plac where once they were rnerston, leavg Queer people short supply of spac to ll their own.
That means hostg gay-oriented events (like Bears, Brews, & Boys) and participatg cywi events (like the Boston Pri Para, which award DBCo Bt Float 2019).
TWO HOT BROOKLYN DADDI ARE MAKG GAY BEER JT FOR YOU!
A rerd number of out LGBTQ players make this year’s tournament a feast for gay fans. * gay beer instagram *
Addnally, the brewery works wh Boston BAGLY, the Boston Alliance of Gay and Lbian Youth. A small gay and Mexin-owned brewery that opened only earlier this year, El Sueño has already ma a big impact on s muny. Gay Beer.
Image urty of Gay Beer. Like Dyke Beer, Gay Beer enurag clivy craft beer. Started by craft beer lovers and members of the Queer muny, Jason Pazmo and Jon Moore, Gay Beer honors the herage of the Queer muny and speaks directly to a diverse dience.
Beer cultivat nversatn, so Gay Beer, particular, emphasiz how we n make the dtry more diverse.
MEMBER SPOTLIGHT: GAY BEERMEMBER SPOTLIGHT: GAY BEER
Jacksonville Jaguars associate strength ach Kev Maxen jt me out as gay. * gay beer instagram *
Wh all this md, a portn of proceeds om the sale of Gay Beer go directly back to supportg LGBTQIA+ advocy. In the past, Gay Beer has worked wh anizatns like Project Renewal, Center for Black Equy, Hog Works, and more. Or hirg an entirely Queer staff and postg signs around the taproom that say racism and homophobia won’t stand.
A GAY GIRL’S GUI TO THE 2023 WOMEN’S WORLD CUP
The taproom has bee a hub for the Queer muny, wh Goldspot hostg everythg om Queer Dungeons & Dragons to craft markets featurg Queer-owned bs to open mic nights wh Queer performers and gay dance parti.
DIPLOMATIC TENSN REPORTEDLY RISG BETWEEN UNED STAT AND JAMAI OVER GAY AMERIN DIPLOMAT
One of Hieber’s favore events, Homos and Homi, v a BIPOC vegan food tck and a Queer-owned one, along wh Queer artists and vendors, to set up on Goldspot’s pat. Goldspot raised $300 durg the last Homos and Homi, but each participatg vendor donat too, brgg the grand total to a uple of thoand dollars. Wh s lorful chairs, beers, and staff, this very well uld be “the first gay brewery the world!
And sometim you’ll fd a beer like Gay Beach (named after a nickname for San Francis’s Dolor Park, a well-known venue for Pri) released for Pri 2018 that explicly shows the brewery’s Queer roots.
The Queer Beer veteran and Chigo-based brewery’s Gay IPA reprents exactly what the name says—beg gay. And beg proud to be gay.
JAGUARS STRENGTH COACH KEV MAXEN COM OUT AS GAY
Beyond turng heads, Marz’s Gay IPA also supports the lol LGBTQ+ muny wh a portn of the proceeds om sal donated to anizatns such as The Legacy Project, Equaly Illois, and ALMA Chigo. Fd this Gay IPA and eleven more beers our Queer Beer Box. Last June, Olive P ma a limed edn Pri shirt, donatg the proceeds to the Trevor Project, supportg gay youth.
’s only one hundred percent gay-owned brewery.
But don’t jt ll a “gay bar. Is also proudly gay-owned.
JAGUARS ACH KEV MAXEN RECEIV OVERWHELMG SUPPORT AFTER G OUT AS GAY
As the brewery wrote a recent Instagram post, “As a gay-owned, fay bs, Pri isn’t jt one month for …’s 365! The beer, named after the phrase ”a iend of Dorothy, ” symboliz the secret signal ed by gay men datg back to at least World War II when beg Queer was illegal.
Digned to speak directly and thentilly to diverse nsumers, Gay Beer is tend to pneer change and clivy the beer market. Honorg the rich herage of the LGBTQ+ muni past while regnizg the tegry of the muni prent, Gay Beer celebrat the nnectns ma through sharg a beer wh the people you love.
GAY WATER, A NEW NNED CKTAIL, WANTS TO BE THE ANTI-BUD LIGHT
Brewed wh a choice blend of Vienna Malt and Mandara Hops, Gay Beer is a goln lager wh not of honey and crisp cs that’s sure to satisfy you beer drkers.
GLAAD, an LGBTQ+ media advocy anizatn, has scribed Coors as "among the most progrsive for s employee polici toward gays. Loyal Brands Gay Beer.
Y., Gay Beer is currently available select NYC Whole Foods lotns, on the NYC Ferry, as well as onle through TapRm. A portn of Gay Beer proceeds go to LGBTQ advocy groups each quarter, Gay Beer tells VePair.