Ford Builds 'Very Gay' Ranger Raptor In Rponse To Homophobic Comment

Contents:

• FORD’S ‘VERY GAY RAPTOR’ SET TO REFE ‘TOUGH’ AT GOODWOOD
• IS THE FORD 'VERY GAY RAPTOR' TCK REAL?
• FORD ACTUALLY BUILT A 'VERY GAY RAPTOR' RPONSE TO AN TER TROLL
• FORD VERY GAY RANGER RAPTOR MAK COLORFUL DEBUT AT GOODWOOD
• FORD BUILDS 'VERY GAY' RANGER RAPTOR IN RPONSE TO HOMOPHOBIC COMMENT
• “VERY GAY RAPTOR” BUILT BY FORD
• FORD ROLLS OUT 'VERY GAY' TCK RPONSE TO HOMOPHOBIC TROLL
• FORD'S VERY GAY RAPTOR READY FOR GOODWOOD ACTN
• DID FORD REALLY MAKE A “VERY GAY RAPTOR” MERCIAL?
• FACT CHECK: HAS FORD ROLLED OUT AN LGBT 'VERY GAY RAPTOR' TCK?
• FORD CREATED A RABOW 'VERY GAY' RANGER RAPTOR IN RPONSE TO AN ONLE TROLL
• FORD GERMANY UNVEILS ‘VERY GAY’ TCK, PATED GLTER GOLD AND RABOW LORS, EPIC RPONSE TO HOMOPHOB
• FORD CREATED A RABOW ‘VERY GAY’ RANGER RAPTOR IN RPONSE TO AN ONLE TROLL
• FORD GERMANY IS TAKG THIS “VERY GAY” RANGER RAPTOR TO COLOGNE’S PRI PARA
• FACT OR FICTN: 2023 RAPTOR OFFERED RABOW LOR THEME LLED VERY GAY RAPTOR?
• FORD INTRODUC THE “VERY GAY RAPTOR” AND IT’S THE MOST AWOME CLAPBACK EVER
• FORD BUILDS 'VERY GAY' RANGER RAPTOR IN RPONSE TO HOMOPHOBIC COMMENT
• ESTA RANGER RAPTOR é (ASSUMIDAMENTE) “MUO GAY”
• FORD RANGER VERY GAY RAPTOR

FORD’S ‘VERY GAY RAPTOR’ SET TO REFE ‘TOUGH’ AT GOODWOOD

“Very Gay Raptor”’ (VGR) and Next-Gen Ranger Raptor to appear at the Goodwood Ftival of Speed, reaffirmg Ford’s long-term mment to LGBTQ+ allyship. GOODWOOD, UK, June 21, 2022 – Ford will ntue monstratg s allyship wh the LGBTQ+ muny at the Goodwood Ftival of Speed this week, brgg “Very Gay Raptor” and the Next-Gen Ranger Raptor along for the ri. The appearance of “Very Gay Raptor” at the event near Chichter, UK, will be ed to further iate important discsns and aimed at drivg out discrimatn the tomotive dtry, and beyond.

As part of this, Ford will be prentg live ssns of s new “Tough Talks” seri at Goodwood om the tck bed of “Very Gay Raptor”, hosted by Welsh gby legend Gareth Thomas, the first openly-gay gby unn player. Created 2021, “Very Gay Raptor” was born rponse to a negative ment on social media, wh Ford renrg s most badass nameplate sparklg gold adorned wh rabow graphics.

In a vio teasg the appearance of “Very Gay Raptor” and Next-Gen Ranger Raptor at the event, both vehicl speed through off-road trails vered mud – at tim takg different paths, facg off, yet displayg their equally imprsive and tough abili, regardls of their differg inti. The Next-Gen Ranger Raptor, appearg for the first time as “Very Gay Raptor”, will make s European dynamic but at Goodwood, tacklg the challengg off-road track between ns up the famo hill, powered by a tw-turbo 3.

IS THE FORD 'VERY GAY RAPTOR' TCK REAL?

0-lre EBoost V6 homologated CO2 emissns 315 g/km and homologated fuel efficiency om 13. Ford created a tck lled the "Very Gay Raptor. ContextThe "Very Gay Raptor" is a real tck created by Ford 2021.

The pany reportedly created the r rponse to a social media post that referred to the "Performance Blue" lor optn on Ranger Raptors as "very gay.

FORD ACTUALLY BUILT A 'VERY GAY RAPTOR' RPONSE TO AN TER TROLL

In May 2023, claims began to spread onle that Ford had buted a new tck lled the "Very Gay Raptor, " a vehicle pated gold dt and rabow graphics. " Attached to the tweet was a mercial claimg to show the "Very Gay Raptor" advertised by Ford.

@44vatox Ford buts their new 2023 "Very Gay Raptor" #mexintiktok #fortheraza #lgbt #verygayraptor ♬ Spense Mic - Gabriel Andra Produçõ. The "Very Gay Raptor" is real, but 's not new. It began as an attempt by our team Europe to turn a negative to a posive wh -kd rponse to a social ment 2021 assertg that a lor of the then-new Ranger Raptor tck was 'very gay' – somethg which offend lleagu and ctomers.

FORD VERY GAY RANGER RAPTOR MAK COLORFUL DEBUT AT GOODWOOD

In September 2021, ABC 10 News reported that Ford of Germany had created the r rponse to a social media post that referred to the "Performance Blue" lor optn on Ranger Raptors as "very gay. On June 21, 2022, nearly a year later, Ford News Europe posted a vio to s YouTube page tled, "Ford's Very Gay Raptor Ref 'Tough' for a New Generatn.

Ford lled out a homophobic rponse to a Ranger Raptor vio last year by creatg the real-life "Very Gay Raptor. In a 2022 prs release about the tck, Ford said the vio was meant to tease the appearance of the "Very Gay Raptor" as well as the Next-Gen Ranger Raptor at the Goodwood Ftival of Speed, an annual U. Ford's Very Gay Raptor Ref 'Tough' for a New Generatn.,.

FORD BUILDS 'VERY GAY' RANGER RAPTOR IN RPONSE TO HOMOPHOBIC COMMENT

"FORD'S 'VERY GAY RAPTOR' SET TO REDEFINE 'TOUGH' AT GOODWOOD. "Fact or Fictn: Ford Built a 'Very Gay' Raptor? Ford Ranger Very Gay Raptor 01.

“VERY GAY RAPTOR” BUILT BY FORD

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Ford Ranger Very Gay Raptor 05. Ford rpond to an ter troll wh a strong statement agast homophobia, creatg a rabow and gltery gold-wrapped tck that parad the streets of Cologne, Germany to celebrate Pri Day. "Very gay" is how one ter nizen scribed the new Ranger Raptor Special Edn pickup a ment on a Ford Europe social media post.

FORD ROLLS OUT 'VERY GAY' TCK RPONSE TO HOMOPHOBIC TROLL

The pany noticed and, rponse, took the ncept of a very gay Ranger Raptor and ran wh .

-But that blue lor is very Gay!! ‘Very Gay’ was a pliment, right?

FORD'S VERY GAY RAPTOR READY FOR GOODWOOD ACTN

✨? #VeryGayRaptor — Ford Europe (@FordEu).

What Ford has dubbed the Very Gay Raptor ma s but at the Christopher Street Day para, a LGBTQ+ celebratn Cologne.

DID FORD REALLY MAKE A “VERY GAY RAPTOR” MERCIAL?

The ncept never ma to productn, but was later repated rabow lors by Ford's ternal GLOBE (Gay, Lbian Or Bi-Sexual Employe) group for e Christopher Street Day celebratns for many years. Jun 21, 2022 at 2:38pm ET Ford is gog beyond last year's Very Gay Ranger wh the new Very Gay Raptor.

In addn to takg a n up the hill there, the Very Gay Ranger's rgo bed will be the stage for ssns of what Ford lls "Tough Talks. " Welsh gby player Gareth Thomas, who is gay, is havg nversatns about how the to dtry n be more clive and foster allyship for the LGBTQ+ muny. Gallery: Ford Very Gay Raptor For Goodwood Ford has not yet buted the versn of the latt Ranger for the Uned Stat.

FACT CHECK: HAS FORD ROLLED OUT AN LGBT 'VERY GAY RAPTOR' TCK?

The origal Very Gay Ranger was a project om Ford of Germany for the Christopher Street Day celebratn Cologne.

Its orig was someone on social media llg the tomaker's Performance Blue lor "very gay.

" The pany cid to turn the homophobic plat to somethg worth celebratg by buildg the rabow-and-gold pickup. The Very Gay Ranger was also a homage to a rabow-lored Ford Ka pickup nversn that Ford build for Cologne's Christopher Street Day 1998.

FORD CREATED A RABOW 'VERY GAY' RANGER RAPTOR IN RPONSE TO AN ONLE TROLL

In the Uned Stat, Ford observed Pri Month this year by buildg a Ford Bron Wildtrak wh the same rabow-and-gold lor scheme as the Very Gay Ranger and Very Gay Raptor.

It was also created due to a specific, negative social media menter that lled the Raptor's origal lor of Performance Blue "very gay. " As such, Ford specifilly named this pickup the Very Gay Raptor.

Gallery: Ctom 'Very Gay' Ford Ranger Raptor Regnizg the discrimatory tone of the ment, the tomaker rpond wh an over-the-top image of a rabow Ranger to make the pany's posn very clear.

FORD GERMANY UNVEILS ‘VERY GAY’ TCK, PATED GLTER GOLD AND RABOW LORS, EPIC RPONSE TO HOMOPHOB

Addnally, Ford's GLOBE (Gay, Lbian, or Bisexual Employe) work celebrat s 25th anniversary this year, supportg LGBTQ+ employe and diversy the workplace.

The Very Gay Raptor will be on display Cologne through Augt 28 and partake the annual ColognePri 2021 para on Sunday.

Tips, Tricks & TrendsWhen an onle rponse lled the Performance Blue pat on Ford's entry to the Christopher Street Day para "very gay" Ford cid to transform the tck to the "Very Gay Ranger Raptor. That said, is Ford who has named s special pickup the “Very Gay Ranger Raptor. Of urse, the Very Gay Ranger Raptor was one of the para’s ma attractns.

FORD CREATED A RABOW ‘VERY GAY’ RANGER RAPTOR IN RPONSE TO AN ONLE TROLL

Why did Ford name the Ranger “Very Gay? Ford’s “Very Gay Ranger Raptor” pickup | Ford.

The Very Gay Ranger Raptor is s rponse.

FORD GERMANY IS TAKG THIS “VERY GAY” RANGER RAPTOR TO COLOGNE’S PRI PARA

Origally meant to be the standard Ford Performance Blue, thgs changed after someone posted that the lor looked “very gay.

FACT OR FICTN: 2023 RAPTOR OFFERED RABOW LOR THEME LLED VERY GAY RAPTOR?

When was fished Ford lled the pickup Very Gay Raptor. The Very Gay Raptor took over 60 hours to be transformed. So, the GLOBE (Gay, Lbian, or Bisexual Employe) at Ford are celebratg 25 years of celebratg diversy the workplace.

Ford’s “Very Gay Ranger Raptor” wh Ka pickup | Ford. The gay pri celebratns began the US 1970 after the famo 1969 Stonewall Inn Rts New York.

FORD INTRODUC THE “VERY GAY RAPTOR” AND IT’S THE MOST AWOME CLAPBACK EVER

In all, 46 German ci celebrate the gay pri ftivals. Ford Very Gay RaptorWhen Ford Germany recently unveiled s new blue Ford Ranger Raptor, got plenty of praise, but there was one piece of feedback the pany said “stopped our tracks.

— But that blue lor is very Gay!! ” What happened next was a masterclass shuttg down homophobic a vio released on Twter by Ford Europe, the tomaker revealed s new and improved “Very Gay Raptor” cked out rabows and gold glter. A 60-hour procs saw the vehicle draped rabow and gold glter Alpha foil, then topped wh rabow and heart isn’t even the first time that Ford has cked out a Gay Pri vehicle.

Ford's Very Gay Raptor Ready For Goodwood Actn. Jt unr a year ago, Ford created the 'Very Gay Raptor' rponse to a ment ma about the Ford Ranger Raptor's Performance Blue lor.

FORD BUILDS 'VERY GAY' RANGER RAPTOR IN RPONSE TO HOMOPHOBIC COMMENT

In sence, that r was signed to make the loust and most homophobic of Ford's crics unfortable while showg support for the LGBTQ+ muny.

Ford cid should make one after a renrg of the tck went viral on Twter, and here we year, the Very Gay Raptor (VGR, as Ford lls ), is makg a eback for the Goodwood Ftival of Speed, where will but alongsi an all-new electric Ford Supervan wh the aim of "reaffirmg Ford's long-term mment to LGBTQ+ allyship. Ford will also be holdg live ssns of s YouTube seri "Tough Talks" wh host Gareth Thomas, the first openly gay gby unn player.

The ments sectn on one of the Tough Talks vios is filled wh appallg homophobic ments om hasn't gone to great tail on what we'll be seeg om the Ranger Raptor at Goodwood, sayg that 'll be tacklg Goodwood's off-road track between ns up the famo hillclimb. That will hopefully give a better ia of what this tck is pable of, as Ford looks to irk more homophob the procs.

ESTA RANGER RAPTOR é (ASSUMIDAMENTE) “MUO GAY”

In the middle of the massive wave of “woke” mercials emergg 2023, tryg to stay far om the challengg bate on social works, we need to provi some rmatn about a cursy that me up May 2023: people have been discsg a mercial that Ford released some months before, wh a “very gay” mol of their ranger raptor, the rabow lors. You fd below:At that time, was a quick vio ma for social media to answer a er ment sayg: “the blue lor is very gay.

FORD RANGER VERY GAY RAPTOR

” It’s important to note that the statement was not tend as a homophobic attack but only as a joke.

It looks like the Ford executiv who uld have stopped their brand om beg the “Bud Light of Tcks” had already done the ed a year ago, when they ran the “Very Gay Raptor” — y, that is s real name — at a major motorsports event. The ad featur the Worlds Strongt Men to nvce you how tough the new “Very Gay Raptor” really is!