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• THUNR WAIV RUDY GAY, PER REPORT, CLEARG WAY FOR JACK WHE
• JAGUARS STRENGTH ACH IS FIRST MALE ACH A MAJOR US-BASED PRO LEAGUE TO E OUT AS GAY
• 'PASSAG' DIRECTOR NOUNC 'DANGERO' NC-17 RATG ON A FILM PICTG A GAY LOVE STORY
• NBA F MNOTA TIMBERWOLV STAR ANTHONY EDWARDS $40K FOR ANTI-GAY MENTS ON SOCIAL MEDIA
• GAY FURRY HACKERS ARE TARGETG US STAT FOR PASSG ANTI-TRANS LEGISLATN
• HOW TO RPOND TO ANTI-GAY ARGUMENTS WHOUT FLIPPG THE DNER TABLE
• HEAR DESANTIS APPOTEE’S ANTI-GAY MENTS
• REPORT: JON GN ED ANTI-GAY, MISOGYNISTIC LANGUAGE EMAILS OVER 7-YEAR PERD

THUNR WAIV RUDY GAY, PER REPORT, CLEARG WAY FOR JACK WHE

Homophobia is still well and alive amongst our society. All across Twter, Facebook, and even text msag to fay members, people have taken upon themselv to profs their homophobic views. Below is a list om Bored Panda of people who had some pretty hilar and perfect rpons to homophobic ments (I thk 's safe to say that Gee Takei has the bt ebacks ever).

In a sea of nned cktails, Gay Water wants to stand out. In other words, where Bud Light has buckled unr prsure as bigotry grows agast the LGBTQ+ muny, Gay Water’s creator Spencer Hodson wants his new boozy brand to be the anthis of that. “The key issue that Bud Light tapped to was the fact that they didn’t unrstand their re dience and know enough about them,” Hodson, a gay man, told CNN about the ntroversy that began when the Anhser-Bch beer brand sent fluencer Dylan Mulvaney a n of beer.

Gay Water, however, is out and proud. The nned cktail is named after a lloquialism given to the popular mixed drk (vodka and soda) orred at bars by the gay muny. “Puttg a product wh the word gay the tle is reprentatn self,” which he hop reclaims the word om the negativy ’s sometim associated wh.

JAGUARS STRENGTH ACH IS FIRST MALE ACH A MAJOR US-BASED PRO LEAGUE TO E OUT AS GAY

He thought of creatg Gay Water about a year ago while on a vatn wh his iend that had got a job wh the beverage dtry. The two chatted about the limed amount of gay people wh , and wh Hodson burnt out om his tradnal day job tech, started the nned cktail. Hodson built up a strong social media followg on TikTok and Instagram durg Covid-19 and is g some of the money om that (as well as om iends and fay) to help fund Gay Water.

“Gay is an umbrella term and the ia behd the brand is to be as clive as possible, which means we want alli, we want straight people to be part of this muny we’re buildg.”.

For now, Gay Water is sold largely onle (wh a few retailers) and four sugar-ee flavors — watermelon, lime, peach and grapeu — at lnch. Gay Water might not have the ep pockets pared to s petors, like Whe Claw, but “even at small sle, pani of many siz are havg succs makg spir-based seltzers and premixed cktails,” Bryan Roth, an analyst for Feel Goods Company and edor of the alhol beverage newsletter, Sightl+, told CNN. “There’s lots of space the spir-based seltzer tegory which Gay Water n play, pecially if the brand n offer a cultural or emotnal nnectn that will feel more excg than the prospect of another peapple-flavored vodka seltzer om natnal or ternatnal rporatns,” Roth said.

'PASSAG' DIRECTOR NOUNC 'DANGERO' NC-17 RATG ON A FILM PICTG A GAY LOVE STORY

Of urse, other drks e the word “gay,” too, cludg Gay Beer and So Gay Rosé, Hodson noted, which are also tryg to reach the queer muny and offer them an alternative the straight-domated space. Gay men? Every year, Gallup releas a survey of how many Amerins intify as lbian, gay, bisexual or transgenr.

“Three out of 10 women unr the age of 25 nsir themselv to be gay or transgenr. Everyone will be eher gay or trans or nonnformg or whatever the list of 50 or 60 different optns there are.

NBA F MNOTA TIMBERWOLV STAR ANTHONY EDWARDS $40K FOR ANTI-GAY MENTS ON SOCIAL MEDIA

” The edian Bill Maher said on his show that by 2054, if we follow what he se as the current trajectory, “we will all be gay, ” addg that the rise the number of younger people intifyg as transgenr seemed spic.

Bee of the fluence of Schorr put siarly Natnal Review: “To suggt that social suggtibily uld be playg a role the skyrocketg numbers of young girls’ exprsg their sire to bee mal, for example, is not of urse to say that gay and transgenr people would not exist whout the topics’ beg discsed the public square. ”This fear is based on an unrstandg of genr and sexualy as alarmgly agile, easily undone by a gay teacher or a trans TikTok fluencer.

And so are homosexualy, bisexualy and beg ’s been an objective crease the number of visible L. This is the first time Amerin history that gay and trans people have been able to live as themselv any real way, wh jobs and marriag and dogs and ts and visibily.

GAY FURRY HACKERS ARE TARGETG US STAT FOR PASSG ANTI-TRANS LEGISLATN

Portugue man arrted Turkey for 19 days jt bee he "looked gay". Jacksonville Jaguars assistant strength and ndng ach Kev Maxen cid on Thursday to e out publicly as gay hop of livg his life whout fear and to spire others.“I don’t want to feel like I have to thk about anymore,” Maxen told Outsports.

I want to be vol support of people livg how they want to live, but I also want to jt live and not feel fear about how people will react.”Maxen is believed to be the first male ach major Amerin men’s pro sports to e out as gay.He has dated his boyiend, Nick, for more than two years, acrdg to Outsports.Maxen has been the Jaguars assistant strength ach for more than two years, acrdg to his LkedIn profile. Before jog Jacksonville’s achg staff, he was a strength ach for the football teams at Baylor and Vanrbilt.In Febary 2022, Maxen reached out to NFL player Carl Nassib, who me out as gay 2021, to seek advice.“For a while I had such an anger for myself and hatred that I thought was om a fear of what others might thk about who I am,” Maxen said, per Outsports. The send IRS whistleblower allegg that Hunter Bin received special treatment om the Department of Jtice (DoJ) over his tax affairs is a Democrat, has Ziegler told the Hoe of Reprentativ Oversight Commtee on Wednday he was a “gay Democrat married to a man” joed Gary Shapley, the origal whistleblower, appearg ont of a televised mtee hearg which they tailed their allegatns that the vtigatn to Hunter Bin was imped by the DoJ.

The Thunr waived veteran forward Rudy Gay on Wednday, The Athletic’s Shams Charania reported, th openg up a roster spot for Oklahoma Cy to sign Atralian wg Jack Whe. Before waivg Gay, the Thunr was maxed out at 21 players, which is why the reported signg of Whe had yet to be falized. The Thunr’s cisn to waive Gay me as no surprise.

HOW TO RPOND TO ANTI-GAY ARGUMENTS WHOUT FLIPPG THE DNER TABLE

OKC acquired Gay, along wh TyTy Washgton Jr., Usman Gaba and a 2026 send-round pick, om the Hawks on July 12 exchange for Patty Mills. The Thunr was willg to take on Gay’s $6.

Gay ranks nth among active players pots (17, 642) and fifth gam played (1, 120). Michael Sam beme the first openly gay player to be drafted when the then-St. Lol NewsMIAMI – The diplomatic ti between the Uned Stat and Jamai uld soon be jeopardy.There are reports that Jamai is refg to accred the spoe of a gay Amerin diplomat.“Our culture is not really acceptg of ,” said Renae Stevens, who was visg the Jamain nsulate Miami Wednday.Attorney Wayne Goldg is an advisor to Jamai’s ernment.“The whole ia of legislatn to legalize same-sex marriag, I thk they still have a long way to go,” he said.

Anthony Edwards fed $40K for anti-gay ments (0:27)Malika Andrews tails the NBA fg Anthony Edwards $40K for postg a vio on social media which he ed anti-gay language. Edwards ma anti-gay ments while observg a group of people standg on a siwalk durg a vio posted to his Instagram story last week. A group of "gay furry" hackers has been releasg rmatn om US state ernments.

HEAR DESANTIS APPOTEE’S ANTI-GAY MENTS

SiegedSec, a self-scribed group of gay furry hackers, took s skills to state ernments late June, breachg agenci across five stat and releasg a wealth of stat targeted on June 27 were Texas, Nebraska, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, and South Carola. "We are also actually gay furri, I've seen untls people doubt that aspect of our group. "Uwu gay furri pwn you~ We'll be back aga soon to ntue our chaos and stctn!

A top Republin polician North Carola is facg a wave of outrage and backlash, cludg lls for rignatn, om elected officials and var human rights groups over his recent discrimatory ments that likened gay and transgenr people to “filth”. Right Wg Watch, a project of the advocy group People For the Amerin Way, posted the vio on social media last the vio, Robson n be heard sayg: “There’s no reason anybody anywhere Ameri should be tellg any child about transgenrism, homosexualy, any of that filth … And y, I lled filth, and if you don’t like that I lled filth, e see me and I’ll expla to you. After the 2016 shootg at Pulse, a gay nightclub Orlando, Florida, Robson wrote, “I pray for the souls of all those killed … However, homosexualy is STILL an abomable s.

I found that my fellow st members and I’m very grateful for my time beg able to work wh them at Disney.”The Walt Disney Company, one of the world’s biggt media and entertament empir, pris self on a lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer (LGBTQ) iendly culture.

REPORT: JON GN ED ANTI-GAY, MISOGYNISTIC LANGUAGE EMAILS OVER 7-YEAR PERD

But today s reputatn for clivy and tolerance is unr scty – as are s ep ti to the polil tablishment and the lack of LGBTQ reprentatn s films.Disney’s workers have been stagg walkouts prott at chief executive Bob Chapek’s lackltre rponse to Florida legislatn dubbed “don’t say gay”. But their prejudic were laid bare by a tweet om Christa Phaw, prs secretary for Florida’s ernor, Ron DeSantis, that said: “The bill that liberals accurately ll ‘don’t say gay’ would be more accurately scribed as an anti-groomg bill.”Jt se anyone did not get the msage, she add: “If you’re agast the anti-groomg bill, you are probably a groomer or at least you don’t nounce the groomg of four- to eight-year-old children. It has been nmned as “hateful” by Joe Bin and other Democrats who argue that monis LGBTQ people.Wolf, prs secretary of the LGBTQ rights anisatn Equaly Florida and a survivor of the Pulse nightclub shootg 2016, says: “The ‘don’t say gay bill’ was dubbed that by the muny bee is a bigoted, very specifilly anti-LGBTQ piece of legislatn signed to censor classroom speech about our muny.“It is a hateful bill that is rooted the same anti-LGBTQ anim that has been ed to jtify discrimatn and vlence agast forever.

Photograph: Chris Pizzello/Invisn/APYet the “don’t say gay” bill wrong-footed Chapek, who succeed Bob Iger as chief executive Febary 2020. They give to a lot of Democrats, bee they want those Democrats to be on their si too, but they have given a disproportnate amount to Republin legislators, many of whom supported and voted for the ‘don’t say gay’ bill. The Human Rights Campaign has said will stop acceptg money om Disney “until we see them build on their public mment and work wh LGBTQ+ advot to ensure that dangero proposals, like Florida’s ‘don’t say gay or trans’ bill, don’t bee dangero laws”.Jack Whehall and Ey Blunt Jungle Cise.

Eric Marc, creator and host of the Makg Gay History podst, says: “Disney has cultivated an LGBTQ-iendly image, both through their cln of LGBTQ characters recent years and wh their employe, so ’s shockg but not shockg that the CEO would have been so flat-footed.