Canned Cocktail Gay Water Aims To Right Bud Light's Lack Of LGBTQ+ Support

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• COMPANY GO FULL-ON BUD LIGHT WH ‘GAY WATER’ RELEASE
• MOVE OVER BUD LIGHT, GAY WATER IS HERE AND IT’S QUEER
• CANNED COCKTAIL GAY WATER AIMS TO RIGHT BUD LIGHT'S LACK OF LGBTQ+ SUPPORT
• GAY WATER CLAPS BACK AT BUD LIGHT'S INSCERE LGBTQ+ SUPPORT
• ARE PEOPLE REALLY SELLG ‘PRE-GAY BUD LIGHT’? BEER NTROVERSY PH SAL

COMPANY GO FULL-ON BUD LIGHT WH ‘GAY WATER’ RELEASE

One newly lnched pany is releasg “Gay Water” a rponse to the backlash Bud Light suffered after partnerg wh transgenr TikTok star Dylan Mulvaney. Twelve ns of Gay Water n be purchased onle for a total of $36. The pany also sells “Gay Water” tumblers and tcker hats.

MOVE OVER BUD LIGHT, GAY WATER IS HERE AND IT’S QUEER

When you really thk about, how many products n you thk about that have ‘gay’ the tle?

“gay [sic] water has always been a lloquialism for vodka soda, so surprise, that’s our re product. However, we see ourselv as a liftyle brand here to brg back the origal fn of the word gay by puttg our products everywhere – your rtrant, your bar, your liquor store, your grocery store, and your home. ” Canned cktail ‘Gay Water’ aims to sh on Bud Light’s Dylan Mulvaney disaster — New York Post (@nypost) July 21, 2023 The pany’s founr, Spencer Hodson, told the New York Post that the backlash Bud Light suffered after s cisn to partner wh Mulvaney spir him to be more unapologetic his pro-LGBT stance.

CANNED COCKTAIL GAY WATER AIMS TO RIGHT BUD LIGHT'S LACK OF LGBTQ+ SUPPORT

'” Coors Light: “The f*** you are, ” wh pictur of both Bud Light’s special Pri edn and Coors Light’s history of backg the LGBTQ+ media advocy anizatn GLAAD has scribed Coors as “among the most progrsive for s employee polici toward gays” and noted that the pany has been advertisg gay papers sce the also claims to be the first brewer to adopt a non-discrimatn policy on sexual orientatn back Irony of Boyttg Bud LightSome people are tellg others to stop drkg Bud Light and start drkg Coors Light bee they thk Bud Light supports transgenr rights. *Photo cred: Gay Water via Instagram.

Where Bud Light sks, Gay Water ris to the ocsn. On Thursday, the brightly-packaged nned alholic beverage Gay Water lnched s way to happy hours. Named after the nickname given to the vodka and soda bo that’s equently orred gay bars, Gay Water wants to be the drk of choice for the queer muny.

Spencer Hodson, a gay man, created the product wh the LGBTQ+ muny md. Hodson created Gay Water to be out, loud, and proud. And while Gay Water’s four sugar-ee flavors, watermelon, lime, peach and grapeu, n be purchased select retailers, Gay Water’s reach is expand through onle sal.

GAY WATER CLAPS BACK AT BUD LIGHT'S INSCERE LGBTQ+ SUPPORT

“Puttg a product wh the word gay the tle is reprentatn self. Sometim great ias start om vatn nversatns, as did the creatn of Gay Water.

ARE PEOPLE REALLY SELLG ‘PRE-GAY BUD LIGHT’? BEER NTROVERSY PH SAL

Wh that, Hodson believ that ’s “exactly the right time” to enter Gay Water to the market. Gay Water is here to turn the tis wh a premixed cktail that was tentnally signed for everyone. 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. “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, however, is out and proud.