Kev Maxen, Jaguars associate strength ach, out as gay a first for U.S.-based pro leagu

Contents:

• KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH A US MEN’S PROFSNAL SPORTS LEAGUE TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY
• CANNED CKTAIL ‘GAY WATER’ AIMS TO SH ON BUD LIGHT’S DYLAN MULVANEY DISASTER
• JAGUARS ACH KEV MAXEN RECEIV OVERWHELMG SUPPORT AFTER G OUT AS GAY
• JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS ASSISTANT STRENGTH ACH KEV MAXEN OUT PUBLICLY AS GAY
• KEV MAXEN, JAGUARS ASSOCIATE STRENGTH ACH, OUT AS GAY A FIRST FOR U.S.-BASED PRO LEAGU
• 'PASSAG' DIRECTOR NOUNC 'DANGERO' NC-17 RATG ON A FILM PICTG A GAY LOVE STORY
• THE 5 BEST COPENHAGEN GAY CLUBS & BARSSEE ALL THGS TO DOGAY CLUBS & BARS COPENHAGEN
• COPENHAGEN GAY SNAS
• GAY COPENHAGEN
• GAY COPENHAGEN · HOTELS

KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH A US MEN’S PROFSNAL SPORTS LEAGUE TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY

For there was the Atralian-born moner turned fairytale prcs, sted to bee Queen Consort of Denmark, standg the ra wh pk troers and a rabow umbrella clarg that gay rights are human urse, Denmark’s reputatn as a land of acceptance stretch back a lot further than that. The snug, welg and mply cked out CentralHjør claims to be the world’s olst gay bar, havg flung open s cy centre doors 1917.

Copenhagen celebratg PriThomas Høyp ChristensenWord on the street the days asks why gay venu exist at all given the wispread tegratn and celebratn of LGBTQ+ people.

CANNED CKTAIL ‘GAY WATER’ AIMS TO SH ON BUD LIGHT’S DYLAN MULVANEY DISASTER

And therefore, Copenhagen ws on both unts: an array of gay bars and fés, and a myriad of hotspots that attract LGBTQ+ people wh a mix of ol sign, h ias, and world-class food. A new urban oasis the heart of the cy, Paper Island (Papirøen), is unr nstctn and promis pneerg archecture, novative gastronomy and art, and is jt across the water om the famo Nyhavn harbour and the new Soho Hoe queer quarter CopenhagenThe cy has a clter of gay bars along Studitræ – a betiful, lourful, historic street the cy’s Lat Quarter which ns parallel to the famo Strøget pestrian shoppg street (one of Europe’s longt). DkPers CPHThis gay-owned bar is hidn a basement, near the bars of Studitræ.

JAGUARS ACH KEV MAXEN RECEIV OVERWHELMG SUPPORT AFTER G OUT AS GAY

In the s after opened the venue offered private, locked-off booths tend by one discrete server and at a time when gay men were more the shadows, beme a popular place to meet, date and be yourself whout onlookers or judgement.

JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS ASSISTANT STRENGTH ACH KEV MAXEN OUT PUBLICLY AS GAY

”Addrs: Studitræ 33, 1455 KøbenhavnWebse: ShoeNew to the scene om May 2022, Red Shoe is owner Johan Carlsson’s but Copenhagen gay bar, havg transplanted the ncept om s prev rnatn Malmo, Swen. Addrs: Istedga 26, 1650 KøbenhavnWebse: to see CopenhagenFreetown Christiania, CopenhagenBjanka Kadic / Alamy Stock PhotoBøssehetIf you’re explorg Copenhagen’s eetown, Christiania – the former ary base that was taken over by squatters 1971 and is now a mune and popular tourist attractn – then the Bøssehet (Gay Hoe) offers a glimpse to an alternative LGBTQ+ way of life. But perhaps ls known is that has real-life gay origs.

DkCopenhagen LGBT Historil Walkg ToursDanish LGBTQ+ historian Bjarne Henrik Lundis hosts regular tours of the cy, reuntg key moments for gay and trans people over the last century. Addrs: Niels Hemmgsens Ga 1, 2nd floor 1153 Hotel Sp34Hotel Sp34 By Brochner Hotels is hoed wh a tradnal Lat Quarter buildg on Sankt Pers Stræ, which ns parallel to gay bar-lan Studitræ. Kev Maxen has bee the first male ach a US men’s profsnal sports league to e out as gay.

KEV MAXEN, JAGUARS ASSOCIATE STRENGTH ACH, OUT AS GAY A FIRST FOR U.S.-BASED PRO LEAGU

Per Outsports, as of September 2022, there have only ever been 16 players NFL history to publicly e out as gay or bisexual. Carl Nassib beme the first active NFL player league history to announce that he is gay 2021.

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

Per Outsports, Maxen is the “first publicly out male ach a major Amerin men’s pro sports league, ” wh WNBA ach Curt Miller, who publicly me out to the media as gay 2015, also a publicly out male ach an Amerin profsnal sports league. An entreprenr lnched a nned cktail this week lled “Gay Water” that’s aimed at LGBTQ drkers — and said he’s lookg to palize on Bud Light’s mistak. But “Gay Water” — which adopts a moniker the gay muny has long given to the simple vodka and soda cktail — has been spired by the dtup to bee even bolr about the dience ’s targetg, founr and CEO Spencer Hodson told The Post.

Gay Water — a nned cktail brand that plays on the gay muny’s lloquialism for the vodka-and-soda mixed drk — lnched on Wednday and promis to unrstand s dience better than Bud Light. The 30-year-old Hodson said he is g suggtive — albe playful — msagg and imagery Gay Water’s social media and webse, cludg a provotive nod to the 12-ounce n’s 6.

THE 5 BEST COPENHAGEN GAY CLUBS & BARSSEE ALL THGS TO DOGAY CLUBS & BARS COPENHAGEN

“Our missn is to -stigmatize the word ‘gay’ and start to create reprentatn spac that tradnally don’t have queer-owned products, let alone products wh the word ‘gay’ their tle, ” Hodson told The Post. “When was the last time you saw the word gay at a rtrant, bar, liquor store, or grocery store?

The word ‘gay’ origally was fed as happy, and we’re hopg to remd folks of that by beg prent, ” he add. Founr Spencer Hodson, a gay man, says the brand is about reclaimg the word “gay” as a word that “jt means happy.

Gay Water’s brandg is full of playful, suggtive msagg. “Part of the pot of lnchg outsi of Pri month is to rerce the msage that Gay Water is here to make the LGBTQ+ muny more visible 365 days a year, not jt a sgle month, ” he said.

COPENHAGEN GAY SNAS

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.

GAY COPENHAGEN

“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.

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.”.

GAY COPENHAGEN · HOTELS

For now, Gay Water is sold largely onle (wh a few retailers) and four sugar-ee flavors — watermelon, lime, peach and grapeu — at lnch.