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Contents:

• GAY WATER, A NEW NNED CKTAIL, WANTS TO BE THE ANTI-BUD LIGHT
• 'PASSAG' DIRECTOR NOUNC 'DANGERO' NC-17 RATG ON A FILM PICTG A GAY LOVE STORY
• JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS ASSISTANT STRENGTH ACH KEV MAXEN OUT PUBLICLY AS GAY
• POET HEMPHILL OF THE 1980S BLACK GAY CULTURAL RENAISSANCE CROSSWORD CLUE
• THUNR WAIVE RUDY GAY
• HOW THE EARLY ’80S CHANGED GAY WRG FOREVER
• POP MIC COULD USE ANOTHER DE AS 'GAY' AS THE '80S
• WILL WE SURVIVE THE 1980S? A SNAPSHOT OF A GAY CULTURAL MILI
• THREE S LATER, MEN WHO SURVIVED THE 'GAY PLAGUE' SPEAK OUT

GAY WATER, A NEW NNED CKTAIL, WANTS TO BE THE ANTI-BUD LIGHT

“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 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.

But a few rare stanc, they were able to turn their brief moment the sun to a long and succsful ’s a look at some of the biggt one-h wonrs of the 1980s, cludg Toni Basil, A Flock of Seagulls, and Soft Dolby (Song – She Bld Me Wh Science)Toni Basil (Song – Mickey)Michael Sembello (Song – Maniac)John Wae (Song – Missg You)Bce Willis (Song – Rpect Yourself)Robbie Nevil (Song – C’t La Vie)Johnny Kemp (Song – Jt Got Paid)Don Johnson (Song – Heartbeat)Robbie Dupree (Song – Steal Away)Jack Wagner (Song – All I Need)Eddie Murphy (Song – Party All the Time)Gay Male Sgers 80sWhile the LGBT muny has always been a part of the mic dtry, was not until recently that they have begun to receive the mastream regnn they serve. Among the most succsful gay male sgers of the 80s were Gee Michael, Elton John, and Boy MichaelAndy BellFreddie MercuryElton JohnMark AlmondBoy GeeMichael StipeNeil TennantBarry ManilowMorrisseyHigh Pched Male Sgers 80sThere is somethg about a high-pched male voice that jt mak the ladi swoon.

'PASSAG' DIRECTOR NOUNC 'DANGERO' NC-17 RATG ON A FILM PICTG A GAY LOVE STORY

In the UK, the Thatcher ernment created Sectn 28 of the Lol Government Act, makg illegal for lol thori to support anythg that might promote homosexual relatnships as a viable alternative to heterosexual ‘fay life’.

Michael JacksonLuther VandrossStevie WonrLnel RichieMarv GayePrceBarry WheTupac ShakurBilly OceanBobby BrownGay Black Sgers of the 80sThe early 80s were an important time for LGBTQ+ rights and visibily, and there were many black gay sgers who ed their platform to help further the e. Figur like Sylvter, Grace Jon, and Ltle Richard were some of the first openly gay celebri and their mic helped break down many to them, LGBTQ+ people had someone to look up to and their mic helped spread awarens and acceptance. Michael JacksonBarry WheDiana RossMorris DayJocelyn BrownBeBe WansLuther VandrossCharlie WilsonMarv GayeStevie WonrBrish Black Sgers of the 80sThe fact that many black sgers found succs the Uned Kgdom is often overlooked.

JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS ASSISTANT STRENGTH ACH KEV MAXEN OUT PUBLICLY AS GAY

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.

POET HEMPHILL OF THE 1980S BLACK GAY CULTURAL RENAISSANCE CROSSWORD CLUE

AdvertisementSKIP ADVERTISEMENT‘Dancer From the Dance, ’ ‘Angels Ameri’ — and the that brought queer lerature to the GoldANDREW HOLLERAN’S 1978 novel, “Dancer From the Dance, ” was not the first gay novel I read. Spoiler alert:Both Malone and Sutherland e to bad (if ambiguo) ends, the general tradn of the time, whereby gay characters were allowed onto the b of narrative as long as they were thrown off aga before the b reached s said, Malone and Sutherland float away as much as they expire — their partur are more like that of Ophelia “Hamlet” than they are like that of Tennsee Williams’s Sebastian Venable, hacked to ath and eaten by village children.

THUNR WAIVE RUDY GAY

Gay people and traveno dg ers — those most at risk at the time — had been emed dilemma of the self-hatg homo lookg for love all the wrong plac paled — paled for some of — the face of a plague about which no one power seemed to give a damn. It paled as nights spent hospals replaced nights spent on the dis mordant (if all too te) tale of gay men enjoyg themselv to ath ma way for the (all too te) AIDS-era tale of gay men fgered randomly by ATTEMPT TO name the noteworthy narrativ about gay life sce 1981 would volve too many omissns.

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HOW THE EARLY ’80S CHANGED GAY WRG FOREVER

Ironilly enough, “Dancer” ends wh the mise of s primary characters, whereas “Angels” ends wh liv ntug we open this segment of the ongog gay story, then, 1978, wh an amb tale of gay self-stctn, we wriggle through the wormhole of 1981 and emerge 1991, wh an epic about gay men who refe to be stroyed. SiegedSec, a self-scribed group of gay furry hackers, took s skills to state ernments late June, breachg agenci across five stat and releasg a wealth of data.The stat targeted on June 27 were Texas, Nebraska, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, and South Carola. Though no longer makg new ntent prt or onle, the "famo pk perdil" mak sure you're 18 before enterg s webse -- which is jt as famoly featured photography and terviews wh renowned gay artists, such as German fashn signer Bernhard Willhelm, whose nu portras -- taken by Wolfgang Tillmans -- appeared the magaze's first issue May 2001.

Sce then, BUTT has featured gay artists such as Casey Spooner, Michael Stipe, John Waters, Hez Peter Kn, Edmund Whe, Terence Koh, Walter Pfeiffer, and Slava 's athetic was memorable for the way sexualized men you'd fd on the street or subway; they had body hair, teeth that weren't perfect, even pnch. Even though other LGBT magaz at the time knew that sex sells - and ed that to their advantage - HERO Magaze steered clear of pornography and other sexual s foundg 1997, HERO Magaze ma mov that were clive and progrsive, as was more acceptg of upl and men over 40 than other gay publitns at the time. XY says that is "known bt for s origal photography, brazenly hont mentary on polics and culture, review of film, mic and lerature, rear ntributns, advice on survivg young and gay, and a rather dark sense of humor.

POP MIC COULD USE ANOTHER DE AS 'GAY' AS THE '80S

" Michael Glatze - the man who clared he was no longer gay and took a sharp turn toward nservatism and Christiany while opposg gay rights - was a longtime managg edor before the publitn ially filed for bankptcy 2010. Men -- which was origally named Advote Men until 1997, sce was a sister publitn of The Advote -- drew an dience by feature popular male mols like Zeb Atlas and Mark Dalton, among 2009, the publishers of the Los Angel-based magaze, Specialy Publitns, announced was movg all s gay porn magaze to an onle platform, lled, you'll e up unlucky if you try to accs the webse now; and no new issu of Men have seen the light of day sce.

WILL WE SURVIVE THE 1980S? A SNAPSHOT OF A GAY CULTURAL MILI

The first issue of Blueboy featured ver art that parodied the om beg a hot source for gay porn the '70s and '80s, Blueboy doubled as a liftyle magaze that featured articl on everythg om love advice to TV and movie reviews to fashn. Playguy - not to be nfed wh the famo and famo Playboy - was a porn magaze for gay men unr the age of published 1976, the magaze jt barely surpassed 30 years circulatn when was shut down 2009, ne years after the ath of s founr, Gee W.

Origally put together by the Dghters of Bilis, the first Amerin lbian anizatn, which disband over disagreements on whether to band up wh misogynist gay male functns or jo the femist movement, several of Ladr's edors moved to the Natnal Organizatn for Women. Among the possibly rrect assumptns: 1) There was Band Aid/Live Aid-style mararie among the pop acts; 2) one big h set them up for life; and 3) a lot of them were boys who liked 's not to say that '80s new wave didn't have s gay ntgent. Perhaps that's why Boy Gee managed to bee a bankable ternatnal superstar, why Marc Almond logged a strg of UK hs, and out of Soft Cell, and why "Smalltown Boy, " Bronski Beat's gay anthem, went to number 3 the UK and nearly land the U.

THREE S LATER, MEN WHO SURVIVED THE 'GAY PLAGUE' SPEAK OUT

Though "Rock Me Tone" beme Billy Squier's biggt sgle that year, the vio, wh s fluorcent sign and homoerotic flourish, is often creded wh killg the Amerin rocker's 's not that the kids Ameri are ls acceptg today.