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Contents:

• CANNED CKTAIL ‘GAY WATER’ AIMS TO SH ON BUD LIGHT’S DYLAN MULVANEY DISASTER
• GAY BRIGHTON
• KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH A US MEN’S PROFSNAL SPORTS LEAGUE TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY
• DIPLOMATIC TENSN REPORTEDLY RISG BETWEEN UNED STAT AND JAMAI OVER GAY AMERIN DIPLOMAT
• GAY CISG BRIGHTON AND HOVE (BOROUGH)
• GAY PARTI AND EVENTS BRIGHTON
• JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS KEV MAXEN BE FIRST PROFSNAL MALE ACH TO E OUT AS GAY
• JAGUARS ACH KEV MAXEN RECEIV OVERWHELMG SUPPORT AFTER G OUT AS GAY

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

In a sea of nned cktails, Gay Water wants to stand out.

GAY BRIGHTON

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. 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.

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

“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. 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.

DIPLOMATIC TENSN REPORTEDLY RISG BETWEEN UNED STAT AND JAMAI OVER GAY AMERIN DIPLOMAT

It's one of Europe's bt-known "gay ci", and has been long-tablished as a UK hub for LGBTQ muny. It's even been argued as beg the gay pal of Europe! Talk about beg the "gay pal" of Europe!

And one last fun fact: Brighton's first ever gay bar, The Bulldog, opened back 1979: and until s unfortunate closure, was the "go-to" place for Brighton-based LGBTQ folks. So check out our top picks for the bt gay bars Brighton n offer for the LGBTQ+ muny below. Are we kickg off our top gay bars Brighton list wh our very own venue?

So next time you're ol Kemptown (Brighton's gay village), e check out!

GAY CISG BRIGHTON AND HOVE (BOROUGH)

Bar Revenge, AKA Club Revenge, is found round the rner om Charl Street and is one of the bt gay clubs Brighton has the cy. Ironwork Studs is jt a 10 mute walk om the Royal Paviln and is tly one of the bt gay venu Brighton.

If you're faiar wh Brighton's gay scene, you'll know about Charl Street Tap. Self scribed as "The Queen of Craft", Charl Street Tap has been a staple Brighton gay village for 20 years now!

Although The Camelford Arms wel a mixed crowd of over thirti, 's one of the classic Brighton gay bars. Brighton's Kemptown (the ma gay village) has a plethora of LGBT-muny-iendly bars, and The Camelford Arms is one of them. Centre Stage Gay Bars.

GAY PARTI AND EVENTS BRIGHTON

Although 's predomantly aimed at gay men, all other guys, gals and non-bary pals are more than wele at this seaont bar!

The Amsterdam was a staple Brighton's seaont gay bars, so we're sure that Centre Stage is no different! The venue is suated unr the famo Marlborough Hotel, which Brightonians scribe as one of the iendlit "gay hotels". And if you're part of a gay uple lookg for LGBT iendly tablishments to stay , h up The Marlborough!

JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS KEV MAXEN BE FIRST PROFSNAL MALE ACH TO E OUT AS GAY

The Mare Tavern one of Brighton's ty but mighty gay pubs that ss on Broad Street Kemptown (the gay-iendly neighbourhood Brighton). Fun fact: 's actually the smallt gay pub Brighton! ), and opened June 2022, so s a ltle gaybie on the Brighton gay scene.

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

The Prtonville Arms is a welg LGBT pub that has been newly acquired by a lovely gay uple. Although is a gay-iendly space, 's welg to absolutely every walk of life.

And like pretty much every gay bar Brighton, the vib are immaculate. And if you're talkg about gay Brighton, you'd be silly not to shout out The Grosvenor. It's been a go-to Brighton's gay scene for a while and is greatly valued by the lol muny.

Doctor Brighton's is a seaont pub and is a Brighton stutn due to beg one of the longt-nng gay bars the area. 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.