Ford's 'Very Gay' Ranger Raptor Is A Rponse To Onle Trolls

Contents:

• FACT CHECK: HAS FORD ROLLED OUT AN LGBT 'VERY GAY RAPTOR' TCK?
• FORD ROLLS OUT 'VERY GAY' TCK RPONSE TO HOMOPHOBIC TROLL
• FORD BUILDS 'VERY GAY' RANGER RAPTOR IN RPONSE TO HOMOPHOBIC COMMENT
• FORD ACTUALLY BUILT A 'VERY GAY RAPTOR' RPONSE TO AN TER TROLL
• FORD VERY GAY RANGER RAPTOR MAK COLORFUL DEBUT AT GOODWOOD
• 1 AD AFTER PEOPLE H BY TCK ACCINT AT SOUTH FLORIDA GAY PRI MARCH: POLICE
• 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

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

Bis Licthti’s full-time tckg reer, she also found LGBT Tckers 2008 after a longtime tckg iend, a gay man, was btalized at a tck stop. New documentary on gay pri Ameri. New documentary explor the state of gay pri Ameri.

The openns of the lbian-gay-bisexual-transgenr-queer (or qutng) muny has creased tckg, as has elsewhere, recent years. At the same time, gay and trans women tck drivers often stggle wh hatred, prejudice and vlence, says thor Anne Balay. She was briefly a tcker before wrg “Semi Queer: Insi the Liv of Gay, Trans, and Black Tck Drivers.

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

Shelle Lichti found the dtry’s largt onle support group for LGBTQ tckers 2008 to honor a close, gay tcker iend who was gang-raped and mted suici. She says the nearly 4, 000 members of the Facebook group, LGBT Tckers, offer support, tips and a safe place to talk about the gay bashg that many endure. 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! The ad shared by London featur Rob Kearney, the first openly gay petor the World’s Strongt Man petn, talkg up the allyship he found the event. Others also recently posted promotnal vios of the “Very Gay Raptor, ” a rabow flag-becked versn of the $56, 000-pl tw-turbo performance tck:.

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

The only thg that’s wrong about the statements is that the “Very Gay Raptor” isn’t somethg new. “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, ” Ford said a news release last June, clarg that the tck would “refe ‘tough. “Created 2021, ‘Very Gay Raptor’ was born rponse to a negative ment on social media, wh Ford renrg s most bada** nameplate sparklg gold adorned wh rabow graphics, ” the news release said.

‘Very Gay’ was a pliment, right? ✨? #VeryGayRaptor. Footage of the “Very Gay Raptor” also featur promently a rep of Ford’s numero petn rs and productn specials at Goodwood last year:.

Whereas prevly an ostentatly woke mpaign specifilly targetg nsumer products that are cidly unwoke would fly unr the radar for most people, the “Very Gay Raptor” sudnly seems like a “Very Bad Ia” — particularly for a pany stgglg other areas at prent that has to sell the Ford Ranger Raptor to a mostly male, generally nservative clientele that’s not nsirg a sendhand Nissan Leaf the Raptor’s stead. (Before Mulvaney), ’ll be cur to see what Ford do wh the “Very Gay Raptor” and what kd of publicy gets over the next few months. Advertisg, Automobile, Boytt, bs and pani, Culture, Homosexual Agenda, inty polics, LGBT, social media, Transgenr, Tweet, vio, wokens.

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

Lichti says the ia of havg a rabow tck to reprent the LGBTQ (Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgenr, Queer) muny wh the tckg populatn started years ago as a mere thought. Lichti said the big turng pot for her was when a close iend of hers, a gay tck driver, was set up by someone he thought was safe 2007. A spokperson for Ford said an email to Rters, “The vio is a year old and was created and ed by the Ford team Europe for a specific purpose – to make somethg posive out of a negative onle ment that a lor of our new Ranger Raptor pickup was ‘very gay.

Ford did not release a new “Very Gay Raptor” ad mpaign 2023; the onle vio dat to article was produced by the Rters Fact Check team. 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 VERY GAY RANGER RAPTOR MAK COLORFUL DEBUT AT GOODWOOD

” This latt Pri enavor on the heels of last year’s "Very Gay Ranger Raptor" Europe, which was "veloped to showse the tomaker’s culture of clivens and ntued support of the LGBTQ+ muny, " Ford fact, was created rponse to a Europe tweeted a vio, after unveilg s blue Ford Ranger Raptor, that one onle ment "stopped our tracks. "What happened next was a masterclass shuttg down homophobic trolls, " wrote The Advote Augt of Europe stead tweeted a vio of a "Very Gay Raptor" wh rabows and gold glter, makg clear Ford stands up to discrimatory speech as an LGBTQ year, the Ford Pri team Dearborn felt need to step up and created the Ford Pri Mutrynowski, 38, a global market retail strategist om Ann Arbor and member of the Ford Pri team, told the Free Prs on Friday that the pany sent three people om Dearborn to support the Ford team Ford participate the para, he said, is creative reprentatn of the muny. "While Mutrynowski uld not attend the Memphis event, he do plan to participate  the Detro event, which will beg downtown at Griswold and Fort streets and travel down Griswold to Jefferson and end at the Hart Plaza ftival a gay man, he said he feels Pri events publicly rerce support for people our workplac and throughout our muni.

This year, 's a new Ford Bron Wildtrak 2-door and wears the same rabow and glter gold livery as last year's "Very Gay Raptor" built rponse to an ter troll.

1 AD AFTER PEOPLE H BY TCK ACCINT AT SOUTH FLORIDA GAY PRI MARCH: POLICE

-But that blue lor is very Gay!!

In rponse, Ford created the rabow Ranger Raptor, postg on social media, "'Very Gay' was a pliment, right?

It was also created due to a specific, negative social media menter that lled the Raptor's origal lor of Performance Blue "very gay.

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

" 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.

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.

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

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