Gay Water, a new nned cktail, wants to be the anti-Bud Light - WTOP News

Contents:

• A GAY UPLE RAN A RAL RTRANT PEACE. THEN NEW NEIGHBORS ARRIVED.
• GAY WATER, A NEW NNED CKTAIL, WANTS TO BE THE ANTI-BUD LIGHT
• JAGUARS ASSOCIATE STRENGTH ACH KEV MAXEN OUT AS GAY A FIRST FOR US-BASED PRO LEAGU
• HOW TO GET THE BT GAY FANCIAL PLANNG ADVICE
• THE GAY RETIREMENT GUI FOR FABULO LGBTQ FANCIAL PLANNG
• GAY FANCIAL ADVISOR SHAR 6 WAYS TO TAKE PRI IN YOUR FANC
• GAYS DO BETTER – HOW TO HAVE A FABULO FANCIAL PLANNER
• GAY FANCIAL PLANNER – RIGHT FOR YOU?
• GAY SAN FRANCIS

A GAY UPLE RAN A RAL RTRANT PEACE. THEN NEW NEIGHBORS ARRIVED.

The bsman and his wife, Melissa, first plaed to the Front Porch proprietors about pre-dawn vendor liveri 2019, not long after the nservative Christian uple moved their fancial firm right next door to the rtrant, which fli a gay Pri flag. (Front Porch Market and Grill)What’s more, the Washers say, the ad rat was jt one more sult that the uple, who once planted an “all liv matter” sign their ont yard, have endured sce movg next door to a rtrant owned by a gay uple. They married 2020, five years after they opened the Front Porch, which quickly beme a statn The Front Porch has been flyg a Pri flag on s pat sce 2016, not long after a gunman killed 49 people a gay bar Orlando.

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

Waybourn was print of the Dallas Gay Alliance when sued Parkland Memorial Hospal for failg to provi readily available medic to AIDS patients.

“I had so many threats agast me that even the Dallas police statned squad rs outsi our home, ” Waybourn an activist, Waybourn says, his goals were clear: same-sex marriage, gays and lbians the ary, accs to lifavg medic.

JAGUARS ASSOCIATE STRENGTH ACH KEV MAXEN OUT AS GAY A FIRST FOR US-BASED PRO LEAGU

To the activist, feels like a step backward after a lifetime of fightg for gay pack the seats at the Board of Zong Appeals hearg hosted at Grace Epispal Church. “I have que a few gay iends, clients and a fay member, and I have patronized a gay-owned rtrant for years, ” he whether the Washers are tryg to remake The Plas to their image of Ameri — Whe, nservative, Christian — Melissa said, “I n see where you’re g om. 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. “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.

HOW TO GET THE BT GAY FANCIAL PLANNG ADVICE

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.

THE GAY RETIREMENT GUI FOR FABULO LGBTQ FANCIAL PLANNG

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 FANCIAL ADVISOR SHAR 6 WAYS TO TAKE PRI IN YOUR FANC

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.

David Rae, print and founr of DMR Wealth Management, is a gay fancial advisor loted Los Angel who is a CFP and an accreded vtment fiduciary (AIF). ” And yet, he also advis, “If I was startg a search [for a] fancial advisor om scratch, I would ask my iends, or at least start the Google search wh ‘gay fancial advisor’ or ‘lbian fancial advisor. Rae warns, “The more homophobic the area you are livg , the more important is to seek out a gay-iendly or LGBTQ+ fancial advisor.

GAYS DO BETTER – HOW TO HAVE A FABULO FANCIAL PLANNER

If you live a state that don’t want people to even say ‘gay, ’ well, your odds likely go up of someone not beg willg to help you once they fd out you are gay. I’m gog to e Gay Fancial Planner and Gay Fancial planng but know we are cludg the entire spectm of the Queer Communi fancial advice needs this nversatn.

If you agree wh some of this gay boytt, why would you spend your fancial planng dollars wh an advisor who is not part of the Queer Communy, or at the very least supportive of ?

As a group the gay muny n vote wh our dollars and our wallets, so why not Queer Eye your money- and work wh a Queer Fancial Planner?

GAY FANCIAL PLANNER – RIGHT FOR YOU?

Take some time and thk about your current fancial advisor, if you have one, and do they measure up to as a fabuloly gay fancial planner?

Data om the Feral Rerve Board and Cens Bure pot to large gaps fancial out between adults and upl who intify as lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer and/or qutng (LGBTQ+) and those who intify as straight and cisgenr (dividuals whose current genr inty match their sex at birth). Bisexual women and bisexual men were more likely to have hoehold assets and vtments below $50, 000 than their straight, lbian or gay unterparts.

The distributns of fancial assets for gay men and straight men were very siar, and the distributns for lbian women and straight women were siar as well. The tersectn of genr inty and sexual orientatn is que stark here as well, wh 68% of straight men and straight women, 52% of gay men, 51% of lbian women, 52% of bisexual men, 39% of bisexual women and 36% of adults intifyg as transgenr, nonbary, a different inty, and/or somethg else owng their hom. That beg said, for same-sex upl who don't have children, there is a lot more money to go around, which n make easier to live a fabulo gay liftyle while at the same time still buildg wealth.

GAY SAN FRANCIS

The only bright si here is that the reali of LGBTQ+ agg have led members of the gay muny to be more foced on long-term re planng and end-of-life planng than their heterosexual FROM FORBESDo Palm Sprgs Need A Luxury Gay Retirement Communy? From a basic tate planng viewpot, if your fay rejected you for beg gay, you are likely reasonably motivated to ensure they don't receive your life savgs as an herance simply bee they share some DNA wh you. Thk about tectg ncer earlier vers FROM FORBESThe Gay Retirement Gui For Fabulo LGBTQ Fancial PlanngBy David RaeThe Gay Pay Gap.

It is pretty easy to expla how gay and lbian married upl n make more money per year and at the same time be paid ls for equal work. In total, two gay men workg full-time will, on average, make more than the average oppose-sex married uple, which many s do not clu two full-time workers.

" Acrdg to the US Department of the Treasury, on average, gay married upl earn more than lbian upl who earn more than oppose-sex upl. MORE FROM FORBESGay Fancial Advisor Shar 6 Ways To Take Pri In Your FancBy David RaeLGBT Amerins Are Rponsible for Carg for Other Fay Members. I gus some s, is assumed a gay uple wh no children will have more time and flexibily to re for agg fay members pared to a parent tryg to raise their children.

Breakg this down further, jt 19% of gay men have fancially pennt children, while 28% of lbians report havg fancially pennt children. In realy, the number of people who have to provi some support for agg parents will likely be much higher than the percentag whether you are gay, straight, or otherwise.

Carg for agg parents n stall reers, lim retirement savgs as gay workers near retirement, or the worst-se scenars, bankptcy after the parent pass.

I know many of my iends (and gay fancial planng clients) are expectg to receive re om, or give re to, their chosen fai (iends). Pl, all married upl will have fewer hurdl to jump through to avoid tax problems when one spoe is payg for long-term re for the other same-sex gays and lbian upl are startg fai.