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• 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
• ALL OF THE 'EVIL AND DIRTY' THGS THAT THE GAYS DO
• JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS ASSISTANT STRENGTH ACH KEV MAXEN OUT PUBLICLY AS GAY
• JAGUARS ASSOCIATE STRENGTH ACH KEV MAXEN OUT AS GAY A FIRST FOR US-BASED PRO LEAGU
• STRICTLY LEGAL: SU OVER 'DON'T SAY GAY' BILL FAILS
• NORTH CAROLA LT. GOV. FAC LLS TO RIGN AFTER LLG GAY AND TRANSGENR PEOPLE 'FILTH'
• NORTH CAROLA REPUBLIN CALLS GAYS ‘FILTH’

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

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.

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

“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.

ALL OF THE 'EVIL AND DIRTY' THGS THAT THE GAYS DO

Gay Water, however, is out and proud.

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.

JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS ASSISTANT STRENGTH ACH KEV MAXEN OUT PUBLICLY AS GAY

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.

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.

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

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. Edward Heath was told poet should be led out over ‘utterly revoltg’ vers about gay sex and Aun’s cisn to be an Amerin cizen.

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STRICTLY LEGAL: SU OVER 'DON'T SAY GAY' BILL FAILS

The followg are the claims ma about the LGBT muny over the years by relig right and anti-gay activists:Gays are sick people: Their [gay] mds are perverted, they're ankly sick people psychologilly, mentally, and emotnally.

- Bishop EW Jackson Yet almost all gays make lots of money: You know, I saw yterday how much -- how much money the homosexual muny has. I mean, good grac, the average homosexual mak four tim more than I do...

- Donald Wildmon, Amerin Fay Associatn Gays are only a small part of the populatn: Relyg on three large data sets: the General Social Survey, the Natnal Health and Social Life Survey, and the U. Cens, a recent study Demography timat the number of exclive male homosexuals the general populatn at 2. - Fay Rearch Council s accurate brief "Homosexualy and Child Abe" Yet gays "ntrol" the culture: Homosexual activists many ways, drive our culture, they ci what's gog to be a movie, we see all the portrayals, homosexuals are the most posively portrayed the movi and on televisn.

NORTH CAROLA LT. GOV. FAC LLS TO RIGN AFTER LLG GAY AND TRANSGENR PEOPLE 'FILTH'

- Peter LaBarbera, Amerins for Tth Gays "bully" all of those who oppose them: Instead, what we have is the gay Gtapo who go out and try to timidate morally, enomilly, profsnally, and personally anyone who speaks out agast the homosexual agenda. - Jefey Kuhner, The Washgton Tim Gays "Rec" children:...

NORTH CAROLA REPUBLIN CALLS GAYS ‘FILTH’

- Bishop Harry Jackson And are plottg to eher stroy or change Ameri and "silence" Christians: Those special gay rights would require Christians not to speak agast -would require Christians not to speak agast homosexual rights...