A new group of beer pani and breweri like Gay Beer and Queer Brewg are supportg LGBTQ+ muni while rvg out space the beer world for queerns
Contents:
- BEER IS SO GAY
- MASSACHETTS’ GAYT BREWERY MAK DAMN GOOD BEER
- PRI AND POLICS: GAY BEER AND MARKETG ‘AUTHENTICY’
- QUEER & GAY BERL: YOUR GUI FOR LGBTQ+ BERL
BEER IS SO GAY
* gay owned breweries *
One of their beers, Love Hazy IPA: Pri Edn, transforms Almanac’s most popular hazy IPA durg Pri month to a beer to support the Oakland LGBTQ Communy Center, a nonprof dited to enhancg and stag the well-beg of lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, and Queer people through tnal-, social-, health-, and wellns-related activi, programs, and servic.
MASSACHETTS’ GAYT BREWERY MAK DAMN GOOD BEER
Gay-owned brewery Dorchter Brewg has bee a place of muny Massachetts servg up great beer an clive space. * gay owned breweries *
Partners bs and life, Shyla Sheppard and her wife, Missy Begay, opened their Native-, women-, and Queer-owned brewery New Mexi to rporate gredients and culture om their Native Amerin herage. Born and raised on the Fort Berthold Rervatn North Dakota, Sheppard is a member of the Three Affiliated Trib, while Begay is the granddghter of Navajo silversmhs and weavers.
PRI AND POLICS: GAY BEER AND MARKETG ‘AUTHENTICY’
Loyal Brands' label-centric Gay Beer rais qutns about what means to "thentilly" target the LGBTQ craft beer muny. * gay owned breweries *
A revered gay bar Greenwich Village New York Cy, The Stonewall Inn is the se of the historic Stonewall Inn Rts, six days of protts and rts rponse to New York Cy police raidg the bar. Often regnized as igng the gay rights movement the Uned Stat and worldwi, the Stonewall Uprisg and The Stonewall Inn have bee tegral to Queer history and the Queer muny. Director of Operatns Anne Abrahamson has proudly reprented as a gay female on the Cerebral Brewg learship team sce jog the brewery four years ago.
DBCo serv the same gatherg functn as gay bars, which have slowly been disappearg om plac where once they were rnerston, leavg Queer people short supply of spac to ll their own. That means hostg gay-oriented events (like Bears, Brews, & Boys) and participatg cywi events (like the Boston Pri Para, which award DBCo Bt Float 2019).
QUEER & GAY BERL: YOUR GUI FOR LGBTQ+ BERL
A small gay and Mexin-owned brewery that opened only earlier this year, El Sueño has already ma a big impact on s muny. Started by craft beer lovers and members of the Queer muny, Jason Pazmo and Jon Moore, Gay Beer honors the herage of the Queer muny and speaks directly to a diverse dience.
Wh all this md, a portn of proceeds om the sale of Gay Beer go directly back to supportg LGBTQIA+ advocy. In the past, Gay Beer has worked wh anizatns like Project Renewal, Center for Black Equy, Hog Works, and more. Or hirg an entirely Queer staff and postg signs around the taproom that say racism and homophobia won’t stand.
The taproom has bee a hub for the Queer muny, wh Goldspot hostg everythg om Queer Dungeons & Dragons to craft markets featurg Queer-owned bs to open mic nights wh Queer performers and gay dance parti.