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
• THE GAY SI OF SOFIA
• THE BEST SOFIA GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS SOFIA
• SOFIA GAY CISE CLUBS
• REMEND ME GAY PLAC SOFIA, BULGARIA? - LGBTQIA+ TRAVEL FOM
• EXPLORE GAY ROOMS & RENTALS BULGARIA
• GAY BULGARIA TRAVEL GUI

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

VAULT @ The StepsVAULT is a gay dance party takg place the back room of the lounge, The Steps. 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?

THE GAY SI OF SOFIA

The word ‘gay’ origally was fed as happy, and we’re hopg to remd folks of that by beg prent, ” he add.

THE BEST SOFIA GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS SOFIA

Founr Spencer Hodson, a gay man, says the brand is about reclaimg the word “gay” as a word that “jt means happy. Gay Water’s brandg is full of playful, suggtive msagg. “Part of the pot of lnchg outsi of Pri month is to rerce the msage that Gay Water is here to make the LGBTQ+ muny more visible 365 days a year, not jt a sgle month, ” he said.

However, non-discrimatn is still a far cry om equal rights, and at the moment there are no provisns Bulgarian law regardg civil unns or marriage for homosexual upl, and -habg partners nnot adopt children, nor do they have hospal visatn or herance rights. However, gay unns are now regnised some Eastern European untri, such as Hungary, so may only be a matter of time before Bulgaria tch up.

While other ci Central and Eastern Europe have been holdg tolerance or equaly paras the past few years, Sofia's first official gay para 2008 was marred by vlence om extremists. However this year, 400 people marched peacefully through the cy centre, a sign which hopefully shows that Bulgaria is beg more acceptg of gays and lbians.

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Gay visors to Bulgaria, and pecially Sofia, will fd a tolerant place, and actually much more open to homosexualy than many Eastern European untri. There are more than a handful of popular gay bars and clubs the cy, and homosexual upl n generally walk around the centre of the cy safe om harassment.

To help you get the most out of your trip we've put together a list gay, lbian and gay-iendly bars and clubs below, open as of July 2009. We have also piled a list of webs of GLBT anizatns and different portals where Sofia's homosexual muny munit on the web, and are good startg pots for meetg people before g to Sofia. The ma anizatn for advancg GLBT rights Bulgaria is the Bulgarian Gay Organizatn Gemi, which was started 1992 by a gay uple, but several other gay anizatns and portals exist for Bulgaria.

So if you're a gay visor to Bulgaria, we wele you, and hope you'll only experience the posive si of life Sofia. Above: BGO Gemi, the largt gay rights anizatn BulgariaSofia's gay and gay-iendly venu:. Adonis is one of the olst gay bars the Balkans, and recently re-opened after a brief closure.

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This gay club has three levels, massive dance floors, and is open 24 hours a day so the party never stops. ID Club - NEW LISTING 18 Vosha Blvd Tel:0898 200 000 Wbe: Click here Currently the place to be seen on Sofia's burgeong gay scene, this popular party hangout has different themed nights cludg Chalga sgers, baret, and retro gigs.

Tel: 986 66 30 A private gay club, 's a b hard to fd and you have to rg the doorbell of an iron door to get . Attracts both a gay and straight crowd.

+36 (309) 323334 The first gay hotel Sofia, Stty's is loted a renovated and rtored historil buildg the very centre of the cy and offers a variety of rooms. The staff is exclively gay and ready to pot out the bt spots town. Tours Sofia's gay gui provis a variety of gay-tailored tours around Sofia and throughout Bulgaria.

EXPLORE GAY ROOMS & RENTALS BULGARIA

Massage therapy performed by a team of young male massrs who graduated om the Natnal Sports Amy - this sure is a steamy way to be relaxed and gay Sofia. BGO Gemi: European Regn of the Internatnal Lbian and Gay Associatn (ILGA): Bulgaria's gay portal: Bulgarian gay portal for men: Dolph Gay Club for Naturism and Sport: Tangra Gay Sports Club: Gay News Bulgarian Portal: GayGui Sofia: - A gui specially terg to the gay or lbian traveller.

If you know of other particularly gay-iendly plac Sofia, please let know; and feel ee to post your ments about gay Sofia on this page below.

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We enurage different viewpots and want to hear your thoughts about the gay e Sofia (though we won't tolerate abive or hateful ments). It was a sta on Sofia's gay scene. Im now g over on my own, so i would love to have your on the bt place to eat, fe bars and bars, that are gay n.