Annual ‘Big Gay Dance Party’ returns Downtown

Contents:

• GAY WATER, A NEW NNED CKTAIL, WANTS TO BE THE ANTI-BUD LIGHT
• JAGUARS ACH KEV MAXEN OUT AS GAY HISTORIC ANNOUNCEMENT
• ANNUAL ‘BIG GAY DANCE PARTY’ RETURNS DOWNTOWN
• JAGUARS ASSOCIATE STRENGTH ACH OUT AS GAY A FIRST FOR US-BASED PRO LEAGU
• HOW A GROUP OF GAY MALE BALLET DANCERS IS RETHKG MASCULY
• WHY DANCG WAS SO IMPORTANT AT THE STONEWALL INN, NEW YORK'S NEWLY-LANDMARKED GAY BAR
• BT GAY CLUBS LAS VEGAS

GAY WATER, A NEW NNED CKTAIL, WANTS TO BE THE ANTI-BUD LIGHT

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.

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. 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.

JAGUARS ACH KEV MAXEN OUT AS GAY HISTORIC ANNOUNCEMENT

“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.

ANNUAL ‘BIG GAY DANCE PARTY’ RETURNS DOWNTOWN

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. Jacksonville Jaguars associate strength ach Kev Maxen me out as gay on Thursday what is believed to be a first for a male ach major U.

JAGUARS ASSOCIATE STRENGTH ACH OUT AS GAY A FIRST FOR US-BASED PRO LEAGU

Saturday at the New Daisy Theater on Beale Street, where the very first Friends For All “Big Gay Dance Party” was theme for this year’s party is “Hate is a Drag, ” honorg drag performers and supportg the LGBTQ+ muny wh a cross-drsg, genr-bendg night of partygoers aged 18 and up will be admted. Developed partnership wh Mid-South Pri, the “Big Gay Dance Party” event will be the official kickoff party for Memphis Pri Ft 2023.

HOW A GROUP OF GAY MALE BALLET DANCERS IS RETHKG MASCULY

Will supply irristible beats, QCG Productns will provi entertament, and afterparti start after midnight partnership wh lol LGBTQIA+ Gay Dance Party is genr non-nformg this year. Partygoers are enuraged to e out drsed as their favore celebry, om their favore , or their favore genr non-nformg rmatn:At the door:General admissn: $30VIP: $150NOTE: Only rd is accepted at the admissn: $25VIP: $130Buy onle tickets hereTickets are also available onle for atten aged 18-20 for $ equently asked qutns about the 2023 Big Gay Dance Party, click here to sign up for our newsletter! While some classics do appear on our list, others do not – sorry, Gloria Gaynor, Kylie Mogue, RuPl, Brney and Cher, we still adore you — here are 25 sential pri songs om the 1970s to today.

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Much of Erasure’s disgraphy embodi not precisely celebratory gay pri but gay romantic realy – a ankns about the emotnal, if not overtly sexual, liv of gay men toward the end of the 20th century.

WHY DANCG WAS SO IMPORTANT AT THE STONEWALL INN, NEW YORK'S NEWLY-LANDMARKED GAY BAR

So when out Brish duo Andy Bell and Vce Clarke’s plative yet buoyant sgle beme a worldwi h gay-uniendly 1988, felt quietly revolutnary to anyone the know. Ontman had long been a whe-hot sex symbol, role mol and trendsetter for gay men and other LGBTQ dividuals across the world.

BT GAY CLUBS LAS VEGAS

The Bay Area gay punk pneers found a ht of mastream fame when they toured wh Green Day on their Dookie n 1994, but was their sexy lyrics and who-giv-a-fuck attu that enared them to a generatn of queer kids – before that term was even fashnable. It’s difficult to pick one song that f them – wh songs like “Dick of Death, ” “Groovy Unrwear” or their classic ver of Prce’s “Jack You Off” – but we went wh one that seems to fy the ia of a gay “anthem” no matter how you thk of .

We’re not jt gay and micians, ” Jon Goli told Rollg Stone last year before the release of their latt album, Que Contrary.

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