Canned cktail 'Gay Water' aims to sh on Bud Light's mistak

Contents:

• CANNED CKTAIL ‘GAY WATER’ AIMS TO SH ON BUD LIGHT’S DYLAN MULVANEY DISASTER
• POPE FRANCIS SHOWERS GAY MISTRY WH PRAISE DURG PRI MONTH
• US WHE SUPREMACISTS FOUND GUILTY OF GAY PRI RT PLOT
• GAY PRI
• LETTERS TO THE EDOR: I’M GAY AND DON’T WANT TO PATRONIZE BIGOTS. THANKS, SUPREME COURT

CANNED CKTAIL ‘GAY WATER’ AIMS TO SH ON BUD LIGHT’S DYLAN MULVANEY DISASTER

Consirg a recent survey by the Gay & Lbian Alliance Agast Defamatn (GLAAD) found that 12 percent of the populatn intifi as LGBTQIA+, 's more ccial than ever to unrstand the termology around this growg muny. Until somewhat recently, variatns of the term "gay muny" were ed to enpass the entirety of the group that we now refer to as LGBTQIA+. Magaze, the first acronym to take shape the 1990s was "GLBT, " ed to scribe those who intified as eher gay, lbian, bisexual, or transgenr.

POPE FRANCIS SHOWERS GAY MISTRY WH PRAISE DURG PRI MONTH

" This notatn clus space for those intifyg as lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, queer (and some s, "qutng"), tersex, asexual (and sometim "ally"), and the "+" is for a plethora of other orientatns and inti. Before then, the term "gay" was ed to refer to both men and women, although was more closely associated wh men. Before the latter half of the 19th century, the word "gay" simply referred to someone who was "reee, " "cheerful, " or "bright and showy, " acrdg to The Oxford Dictnary of Difficult Words.

Sce then, the word "gay" has fully replaced the term "homosexual, " which many found to be too clil and was riddled wh stigma. Acrdg to the Universy of Illois, "gay" is still ed to scribe a number of thgs, cludg the LGBTQIA+ muny as a whole, a sgle dividual who do not intify as straight, and men who are attracted to other men a "romantic, erotic and/or emotnal sense. (And, while this should go whout sayg, the ia that intifyg as bisexual is a "way statn" om straight to gay is an accurate and hurtful stereotype.

The "A" LGBTQIA+ n also refer to the term "ally, " which is ed to fe someone who "nonts heterosexism, homophobia, biphobia, transphobia, heterosexual, and genrstraight privilege themselv and others, " acrdg to the Universy of Illois. " — Amandla Stenberg"I am not gay, but if I were, I would be the first one nng out of the closet.

US WHE SUPREMACISTS FOUND GUILTY OF GAY PRI RT PLOT

" — River Phoenix"I thk beg gay is a blsg, and ’s somethg I am thankful for every sgle day. " — Sylvia Rivera"You don't have to be gay to be a supporter, you jt have to be human. " — Ellen DeGener"After a long ternal journey, you now embrace beg gay, regnizg as a wonrful and tegrally important ponent part of the totaly that is you.

" — Senator Tammy Baldw "As anyone who is gay will nfirm, beg that way is not somethg you bee, is a set of emotnal and physil rpons that jt are. AdvertisementSKIP WisemanJune 21, 2018Updated on June 7, 2019When I me out as gay more than 10 years ago, there were only four letters monly ed to group var sexual and genr mori: L, G, B and letters were an evolutn toward cln — an expansn of the language ed to reprent a disparate group that had often jt been lled “the gay muny. We have updated this list to reflect more mon them among the follows is a by-no-means clive list of AND LESBIAN It’s important to start wh the basics, and “gay” and “lbian” are as basic as gets.

As “homosexual” began to feel clil and pejorative, gay beme the rigur mastream term to refer to same-sex attractn the late 1960s and early ’70s. Gradually, as what was then lled the gay liberatn movement gaed steam, the phrase “gay and lbian” beme more popular as a way to highlight the siar-yet-separate issu faced by women the fight for is still sometim ed as an umbrella term, but the days, also refers specifilly to men, as “gay men and lbians.

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It is not a way statn om straight to gay, as had once been stereotyp around bisexualy — that ’s a transnal stage or a ver for promiscuy — have been at the center of ght nversatn wh L. Stay ahead of the trend fashn and beyond wh our ee weekly Liftyle Ed newsletterStay ahead of the trend fashn and beyond wh our ee weekly Liftyle Ed newsletter In October, people the US will observe LGBT+ history month, a perd durg which we reflect on and celebrate the history and achievements of lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr month-long perd of observance, which is different than Pri Month June, was created 1994 by Missouri high school history teacher Rodney Wilson, the first openly gay public school teacher the state. It was also durg the mid-to-late 1980s that the language ed to refer to the gay muny changed, acrdg to PkNews, as the acronym LGB was first troduced, to refer to those who were lbians, gay or bisexual.

Although not everyone the queer muny choos to subscribe to specific labels, this is the most monly ed list of terms to refer to non-hetero is an ialism for lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr. The acronym, which is often ed as a blanket term to refer to the queer muny, first beme popular the 1980s when replaced the term gay to reference all those who do not intify as has sce grown to LGBTTQQIAAP, to enpass numero other sexual and genr inti.

As unrstandg about sexualy and sexual inty has grown, a fifth letter has been add to the acronym wh creasg Q often placed at the end of LGBT refers to queer or qutng, acrdg to the Lbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgenr Communy Center.

LETTERS TO THE EDOR: I’M GAY AND DON’T WANT TO PATRONIZE BIGOTS. THANKS, SUPREME COURT

As noted by the Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgenr, Queer, Intersex, Asexual Rource Center (LGBTQIARC) at the Universy of California at Davis, which has built a glossary, there are numero other letters and terms e by the LGBT muny as reprent those who do not intify wh one of the letters the acronym, such as those who intify as pansexual, a pl sign is often ed. An entreprenr lnched a nned cktail this week lled “Gay Water” that’s aimed at LGBTQ drkers — and said he’s lookg to palize on Bud Light’s mistak. But “Gay Water” — which adopts a moniker the gay muny has long given to the simple vodka and soda cktail — has been spired by the dtup to bee even bolr about the dience ’s targetg, founr and CEO Spencer Hodson told The Post.

Gay Water — a nned cktail brand that plays on the gay muny’s lloquialism for the vodka-and-soda mixed drk — lnched on Wednday and promis to unrstand s dience better than Bud Light. The 30-year-old Hodson said he is g suggtive — albe playful — msagg and imagery Gay Water’s social media and webse, cludg a provotive nod to the 12-ounce n’s 6. “Our missn is to -stigmatize the word ‘gay’ and start to create reprentatn spac that tradnally don’t have queer-owned products, let alone products wh the word ‘gay’ their tle, ” Hodson told The Post.

“When was the last time you saw the word gay at a rtrant, bar, liquor store, or grocery store?