One newly lnched pany is releasg "Gay Water" a rponse to the backlash Bud Light suffered after partnerg wh trans TikTok star Dylan Mulvaney.
Contents:
- GAY WATER CLAPS BACK AT BUD LIGHT'S INSCERE LGBTQ+ SUPPORT
- CANNED COCKTAIL GAY WATER AIMS TO RIGHT BUD LIGHT'S LACK OF LGBTQ+ SUPPORT
- COMPANY GO FULL-ON BUD LIGHT WH ‘GAY WATER’ RELEASE
- BUD LIGHT'S LOUDLY SUPPORTG GAY MARRIAGE — NO MATTER WHAT THE HATERS SAY
- GAY WATER, A NEW NNED CKTAIL, WANTS TO BE THE ANTI-BUD LIGHT
- CHARL BARKLEY FENDS LGBTQIA+ MUNY, BUD LIGHT EXPLETIVE-FILLED RANT: ‘IF YOU’RE GAY, GOD BLS YOU’
- GAY WATER, A NEW NNED CKTAIL, WANTS TO BE THE ANTI-BUD LIGHT
GAY WATER CLAPS BACK AT BUD LIGHT'S INSCERE LGBTQ+ SUPPORT
One such supporter is newer Gay Water. However, the pany is reclaimg the phrase "gay water" by offerg four fun flavors of the drk: lime, peach, grapeu, and watermelon.
CANNED COCKTAIL GAY WATER AIMS TO RIGHT BUD LIGHT'S LACK OF LGBTQ+ SUPPORT
Followg s lnch on July 20, Gay Water will be available as a variety 12-pack for $36.
Gay Water also sells tumblers and hats, wh s Instagram htg at stickers beg available soon. Currently, Gay Water ships to 35 stat, and asks ctomers to expect lays shippg as the pany settl .
While Gay Water hasn't publicly mented on other drk brands' LGBTQ+ support (or lack thereof), 's certaly on many people's mds, nsirg the recent Bud Light ntroversy. " Ball lik to pot out that rporatns are far om perfect, wh disturbgly homogeno workplac that are far om beg tly diverse, clive or equal. A Harvard Universy study that analyzed data om over 4 ln tts of attus between 2007 and 2016 found anti-gay bias had creased by 33% over the 10-year perd.
COMPANY GO FULL-ON BUD LIGHT WH ‘GAY WATER’ RELEASE
In an terview on 60 Mut 1997, Disney CEO Michael Eisner fend his pany's clive stance: "We do not put up signs that say, 'No Blacks Allowed, No Jews Allowed, No Homosexuals Allowed'... Available for purchase startg July 20, newly found pany Gay Water is releasg a le of sugarls pre-mixed vodka soda cktails to the adult beverage market. "We're creatg a brand that creat reprentatn, particularly spac where reprentatn is lackg like liquor stor, bars, rtrants, and grocery stor, " Gay Water founr Spencer Hodson told CNN.
"Puttg a product wh the word gay the tle is reprentatn self, " he stated, sirg to remove some harmful nnotatns attached to the phrase. However, Bud Light's quiet rponse to the matter is somethg the owner of Gay Water tends to addrs head-on. Gay Water's flavors and where to fd them.
"Gay is an umbrella term, and the ia behd the brand is to be as clive as possible... As a rult, spe the appropriatens bee of his onle prence, Gay Water Vodka Soda is maly available for purchase through the pany's webse. One newly lnched pany is releasg “Gay Water” a rponse to the backlash Bud Light suffered after partnerg wh transgenr TikTok star Dylan Mulvaney.
BUD LIGHT'S LOUDLY SUPPORTG GAY MARRIAGE — NO MATTER WHAT THE HATERS SAY
Twelve ns of Gay Water n be purchased onle for a total of $36. The pany also sells “Gay Water” tumblers and tcker hats.
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.
GAY WATER, A NEW NNED CKTAIL, WANTS TO BE THE ANTI-BUD LIGHT
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. Bud Light's Loudly Supportg Gay Marriage — No Matter What The Haters Say Fance Watchlists My Portfol Markets Optns: Hight Open Intert Optns: Hight Implied Volatily News Vios Yahoo Fance Pl Screeners Personal Fance High-yield savgs acunt rat Crypto Indtri Contact Us S&P 500 Dow 30 Nasdaq Rsell 2000 C Oil Gold Silver EUR/USD 10-Yr Bond GBP/USD USD/JPY B USD CMC Crypto 200 FTSE 100 Nikkei 225 Bud Light's Loudly Supportg Gay Marriage — No Matter What The Haters SayBud Light thst self to the middle of the gay marriage nversatn by postg an ad on s Facebook page promotg pic featur a pair of Bud Light ns aligned like an equals sign, mimickg the Human Rights Campaign's symbol for marriage equaly that went viral this around 15 hours, the post has accumulated more than 34, 000 'lik' and racked up 1, 400 rponse om menters was thread volved to one gigantic ter 's not even really an argument. I t's more like everyone simply proclaimg which si they're on and lettg the world know that they're eher gog to buy Bud Light, or boytt Bud 's the one si:"To the Christian believer I say homosexualy is a s, mentned over and over as such the Bible.
CHARL BARKLEY FENDS LGBTQIA+ MUNY, BUD LIGHT EXPLETIVE-FILLED RANT: ‘IF YOU’RE GAY, GOD BLS YOU’
""You guys n have gay marriage as long as 's a gay man marryg a gay woman. Back 1999, advertised a gay magaze and felt the heat om nservative this se, 's part of a broar narrative.
It's the story that Bud Light wants to tell, and 's stickg to s From Bs Insir Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz Slaps Down Anti-Gay Marriage Activist At Shareholr MeetgBudweiser Has Begun To Qutn The 'Very Nature' Of Its BeerMillerCoors Is Totally Rebrandg Its Ultra-Light Beer To Fight Off Anhser-Bch. 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 LGBTQ2S+ 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, A NEW NNED CKTAIL, WANTS TO BE THE ANTI-BUD LIGHT
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. 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.