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Contents:

• GAY WATER, A NEW NNED CKTAIL, WANTS TO BE THE ANTI-BUD LIGHT
• THUNR WAIVE RUDY GAY
• DICCNAR BáSI SUPERGAY-PAñOL (PARA JOTEARS)
• THE OUTSPORTS GAY-IENDLY WORLD CUP RANKGS OF ALL 32 TEAMS
• RAPPORTRSHIP ON THE RIGHTS OF LBIAN, GAY, TRANS, BISEXUAL, AND INTERSEX PERSONS
• ONE INTERRACIAL GAY COUPLE TRI TO TRAVEL FEARLSLY — AND SOMETIM FDS ACCEPTANCE SURPRISG PLAC
• IACHR PUBLISH REPORT ON VLENCE AGAST LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANS, AND INTERSEX PERSONS
• ACTIVISTS NMN VLENCE AGAST LGBTQ MUNY ST. VCENT, WHERE GAY SEX IS ILLEGAL
• AROUND TOWN: MISS GAY LATA ASHEVILLE AND MISTER GAY LATO ASHEVILLE SHARE CENTER STAGE
• MISS MANNERS: NOSY WOMEN AT RETIREMENT MUNY ASK RINT ‘ARE YOU GAY?’ DURG DNER
• INTER-GAY ED MEANG
• THE 77 WNBA PLAYERS THAT HAVE COME OUT AS GAY LBIAN, TRANS OR NON-BARY

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.

THUNR WAIVE RUDY GAY

“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.

DICCNAR BáSI SUPERGAY-PAñOL (PARA JOTEARS)

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.

THE OUTSPORTS GAY-IENDLY WORLD CUP RANKGS OF ALL 32 TEAMS

“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.

RAPPORTRSHIP ON THE RIGHTS OF LBIAN, GAY, TRANS, BISEXUAL, AND INTERSEX PERSONS

“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. Lol NewsMIAMI – The diplomatic ti between the Uned Stat and Jamai uld soon be jeopardy.There are reports that Jamai is refg to accred the spoe of a gay Amerin diplomat.“Our culture is not really acceptg of ,” said Renae Stevens, who was visg the Jamain nsulate Miami Wednday.Attorney Wayne Goldg is an advisor to Jamai’s ernment.“The whole ia of legislatn to legalize same-sex marriag, I thk they still have a long way to go,” he said. Shams Charania: The Oklahoma Cy Thunr have waived Rudy Gay, sourc tell @TheAthletic Twter @ShamsCharania.

In a st-cuttg move, the Atlanta Hawks are tradg guard TyTy Washgton Jr., and forwards Usman Gaba, Rudy Gay and a future send-round pick to the Oklahoma Cy Thunr for Patty Mills, sourc told ESPN on Saturday. Adrian Wojnarowski: The Atlanta Hawks are tradg TyTy Washgton, Usman Gaba, Rudy Gay and a send-round pick to the Oklahoma Cy Thunr for Patty Mills, sourc tell ESPN.

ONE INTERRACIAL GAY COUPLE TRI TO TRAVEL FEARLSLY — AND SOMETIM FDS ACCEPTANCE SURPRISG PLAC

The Atlanta Hawks have acquired forward Rudy Gay and a ndnal 2026 send-round pick om the Utah Jazz exchange for forward John Colls, was announced today. Mculo: Homosexual mculoso apariencia mascula, pero que suele tener un portamiento afemado a la menor provoción. Circuera: Homosexual que suele asistir a antros o fitas músi circu, una variante músi electróni beats muy pados.

Cabe señalar, si no lo habían notado queridos chilangos, que si todos los térmos femizados tienen una nnotación peyorativa, y o habla que aún ntro la unidad gay existe una gran rga homofóbi, machista y misóga.

Wh the event Qatar — a horrible place for LGBTQ people — and wh no openly gay players this is not an event that one n watch whout mixed feelgs. As well physil and vlent homophobic attacks agast LGBT people are mon, often enuraged by the media and relig and polil lears.

IACHR PUBLISH REPORT ON VLENCE AGAST LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANS, AND INTERSEX PERSONS

” From Rters: “Numero lol thori Poland passed rolutns 2019 clarg themselv ee of “LGBT iology”, part of a nflict the predomantly Catholic untry between liberals and relig nservativ, who see the stggle for gay rights as a threat to tradnal valu. There is still homophobia, though, among a segment of fans who chant the gay slur “puto” at opposg players.

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

Rapportrship on the Rights of Lbian, Gay, Trans, Bisexual, and Intersex Persons Gay, lbian, bisexuals, trans and tersex persons have historilly been discrimated agast on the basis of their sexual orientatn, genr inty, genr exprsn, and body diversy, and ntue to be victims of discrimatn, vlence, persecutn and other ab; which g on their human rights protected by ternatnal and ter-Amerin stments.

gay, lbian, bisexuals, trans and tersex persons the Ameris, and particular, the ser discrimatn and vlence the persons face on the basis of their sexual orientatn, genr inty and genr exprsn. Durg the 141st Perd of Ssns March 2011, the IACHR cid to give special thematic emphasis to the rights of lbian, gay, bisexual, trans and tersex persons (LGBTI).

AROUND TOWN: MISS GAY LATA ASHEVILLE AND MISTER GAY LATO ASHEVILLE SHARE CENTER STAGE

The Rapportrship on the Rights of Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Persons (LGBTI) of the Inter-Amerin Commissn on Human Rights (IACHR) beme fully operatnal on Febary 1, 2014. This meangful cisn to tablish this Rapportrship reflects the IACHR’s mment to strengthen and rerce s work protectg, promotg and monorg the human rights of lbian, gay, bisexual, trans and tersex persons.

MISS MANNERS: NOSY WOMEN AT RETIREMENT MUNY ASK RINT ‘ARE YOU GAY?’ DURG DNER

My hband and I, undnted by whatever dangers might face a gay terracial uple abroad, have traveled fearlsly enough to ighten my -laws. Brendan and I don’t want to support the enomi of plac wh homophobic laws, like Myanmar, Kenya, or Sdi Arabia — the latter’s royal fay hardly needs our three-dollar bills. We did go to the Maldiv, where they have whipped people for homosexual activy, but there seem to be separate l for lols and visors — I thk the tourists get safe words.

But ambiguy and hospaly don’t mix well eher; gay travelers want the same treatment as straight on, and rorts and hotels want to acmodate the burgeong number of tourists who intify as LGBTQ. Related: What It’s like to Travel Ameri As a Gay Couple Livg an RV: Episo 2 of Travel + Leisure’s New Podst.

Later, a staff member told that the ont-sk employe were mostly om the Philipp, which I feel trends more gay-posive than Vietnam. In fact, on a lol island, we had the oppose experience om anonymo Europeans exclaimg their disgt, or beg heterosexualized and name-flipped by the management: a ncierge a hijab very sweetly asked if we were together, sed when we told her that we were, and treated like the other guts at the hotel — some of whom were also gay.

INTER-GAY ED MEANG

While rtrictg our travel largely to plac where homosexualy is legal but often ls visible has rced our strs — and nowhere the fn of hardship do say “havg to choose Curaçao over Jamai” — we’ve actually had more nontatnal experienc at home New York, where the laws are some of the most liberal this si of Amsterdam. - The Inter-Amerin Commissn on Human Rights today is publishg a regnal report on the vlence perpetrated agast lbian, gay, bisexual, trans, and tersex (LGBTI) persons or those perceived as LGBTI; persons wh non-normative sexual orientatns or genr inti and exprsns; or those whose bodi differ om the socially accepted male or female standard.

THE 77 WNBA PLAYERS THAT HAVE COME OUT AS GAY LBIAN, TRANS OR NON-BARY

The vlence suffered by tersex persons for the most part is different om that suffered by lbian, gay, bisexual, and trans (LGBT) persons. Acrdg to the Registry of Vlence agast LGBT Persons, which the IACHR mataed for a 15-month perd 2013 and 2014, gay men and trans women acunt for the majory of the victims of killgs and acts of police abe. From homelsns to ongog physil and verbal abe, the gay muny the small natn of some 100, 000 people says is unr nstant threat.

While rarely voked, the rights group and a lol activist said the laws help legimize hostily and abe agast gay people.

Vcent who are livg abroad filed a se to challenge lol laws crimalizg gay sex that activists say should be stck down. Human Rights Watch terviewed more than 20 members of the island’s LGBTQ muny who shared their stori but were not intified to protect them, notg that lol police are often openly discrimatory toward gay people who seek help. Several reported that their fai are homophobic and physilly and verbally abed them, g them to bee homels and promptg some to nsir suici.