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Contents:

• A GAY GIRL’S GUI TO THE 2023 WOMEN’S WORLD CUP
• GAY REBELS: WHY SOME OLR HOMOSEXUAL MEN DON’T SUPPORT SAME-SEX MARRIAGE
• REBEL WHOUT A CSE'S GROUNDBREAKG GAY SUBTEXT EXPLAED
• OPNGAY REBELS: WHY SOME OLR HOMOSEXUAL MEN DON'T SUPPORT SAME-SEX MARRIAGE
• JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS ASSISTANT STRENGTH ACH KEV MAXEN OUT PUBLICLY AS GAY
• ACTIVISTS NMN VLENCE AGAST LGBTQ MUNY ST. VCENT, WHERE GAY SEX IS ILLEGAL
• GAY FURRY HACKERS ARE TARGETG US STAT FOR PASSG ANTI-TRANS LEGISLATN

A GAY GIRL’S GUI TO THE 2023 WOMEN’S WORLD CUP

I grew up NYC wh about a ln gay people my Puero Rin fay. ”It’s ol to go to gay clubs. (She/Her)TOSHIThe founr and CEO of Tokyo Rebels, the only gay-found molg agency the cy, workg to make the Japane fashn dtry more clive.

”When I was young, beg gay and yourself was NOT okay. When I moved to LA, someone told me about Oil Can Harry’s, this gay bar that opened 1968 and did le dancg nights twice a week.

GAY REBELS: WHY SOME OLR HOMOSEXUAL MEN DON’T SUPPORT SAME-SEX MARRIAGE

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.

REBEL WHOUT A CSE'S GROUNDBREAKG GAY SUBTEXT EXPLAED

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.

“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.

OPNGAY REBELS: WHY SOME OLR HOMOSEXUAL MEN DON'T SUPPORT SAME-SEX MARRIAGE

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.

JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS ASSISTANT STRENGTH ACH KEV MAXEN OUT PUBLICLY AS GAY

“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.

ACTIVISTS NMN VLENCE AGAST LGBTQ MUNY ST. VCENT, WHERE GAY SEX IS ILLEGAL

-- Jaguars assistant strength and ndng ach Kev Maxen has bee the first male ach major Amerin men's profsnal sports to publicly e out as gay, tellg he ma the cisn bee he didn't want to hi who he is any longer and to possibly spire others siar suatns.It's a cisn and move that drew praise and support om owner Shad Khan, who was a vol and emphatic supporter of a cy ordance that expand protectns on the grounds of sexual orientatn, genr inty and genr exprsn."I don't want to feel like I have to thk about anymore," Maxen said the piece published Thursday afternoon. Outsi lebacker Carl Nassib beme the first active NFL player to e out as gay and to play a game 2021.The Associated Prs ntributed to this report. It will be a glor month to be a gay fan.

Last time at the 2019 Women’s World Cup, the Netherlands lay claim to the honor of beg the team wh the most out LGBTQ players, but this year Atralia boasts 10 out players and overtak them for the tle of Gayt Team 2k23. Ireland’s historic entry to the tournament marks another triumph for out midfielr Sead Farrelly, whose natnal team but and 2023 return to the NWSL e more than six years after retirg om soccer the wake of systemic homophobic and sexual abe wh the league, which the Athletic first reported on 2021. I … don’t for the life of me unrstand why the gay muny has cid to emulate an stutn that don’t work for even straight people … It is lghable.

This is what a 59-year-old black gay activist Los Angel told me of his views on same-sex marriage. He is typil of many olr gay men who are bemed by the younger generatn’s sire for marriage, reflectg the radilly different experienc of those who grew up far more rtrictive and tolerant s. Most of the men over 50 were dub, if not opposed, to gay marriage, while most of those unr 30 were supportive.

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

While the rults may not apply directly to Atralia 2017, they are ditive of a generatnal divi between young and old gay men. I spect this is bee they do not want to be acced of betrayg their own kd or exhibg “ternalised homophobia”, which for s has been the accatn hurled at gay people who do not nform to the prcribed norms of the sub-culture. It is val that we listen to their perspectiv, bee olr gay men are an already margalised group, experiencg greater fancial and social secury than younger men.