Gay Water Claps Back At Bud Light's Inscere LGBTQ+ Support

bud light gay

Gay Water is here to turn the tis wh a premixed cktail that was tentnally signed for everyone. 

Contents:

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

Gay Water is here to turn the tis wh a premixed cktail that was tentnally signed for everyone.  * bud light gay *

*Photo cred: Gay Water via Instagram. Where Bud Light sks, Gay Water ris to the ocsn.

GAY WATER, A NEW NNED CKTAIL, WANTS TO BE THE ANTI-BUD LIGHT

In a sea of nned cktails, Gay Water wants to stand out. * bud light gay *

On Thursday, the brightly-packaged nned alholic beverage Gay Water lnched s way to happy hours.

CHARL BARKLEY FENDS LGBTQIA+ MUNY, BUD LIGHT EXPLETIVE-FILLED RANT: ‘IF YOU’RE GAY, GOD BLS YOU’

Lnchg Thursday is a brightly lored nned vodka and soda beverage lled Gay Water that proudly displays who ’s for, stead of backg off om support for the LGBTQ+ muny like Bud Light did. * bud light gay *

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.

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

As the Bud Light ntroversy blaz on, some angered ctomers are searchg for olr, ridiculoly-dubbed 'pre-gay' versns of the beer. * bud light gay *

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. “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.

GAY WATER, A NEW NNED CKTAIL, WANTS TO BE THE ANTI-BUD LIGHT

The new limed-edn bottl will benef GLAAD, the world's largt lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer media advocy anizatn" emprop="scriptn * bud light gay *

Wh that, Hodson believ that ’s “exactly the right time” to enter Gay Water to the market.

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

Gay Water is here to turn the tis wh a premixed cktail that was tentnally signed for everyone.  * bud light gay *

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. The nned cktail is named after a lloquialism given to the popular mixed drk (vodka and soda) orred at bars by the gay muny.

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

Lnchg Thursday is a brightly lored nned vodka and soda beverage lled Gay Water that proudly displays who ’s for, stead of backg off om support for the LGBTQ+ muny like Bud Light did. * bud light gay *

“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.

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

As the Bud Light ntroversy blaz on, some angered ctomers are searchg for olr, ridiculoly-dubbed 'pre-gay' versns of the beer. * bud light gay *

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. “Gay is an umbrella term and the ia behd the brand is to be as clive as possible, which means we want alli, we want straight people to be part of this muny we’re buildg.

For now, Gay Water is sold largely onle (wh a few retailers) and four sugar-ee flavors — watermelon, lime, peach and grapeu — at lnch.

Gay Water might not have the ep pockets pared to s petors, like Whe Claw, but “even at small sle, pani of many siz are havg succs makg spir-based seltzers and premixed cktails, ” Bryan Roth, an analyst for Feel Goods Company and edor of the alhol beverage newsletter, Sightl+, told CNN.

CHARL BARKLEY FENDS LGBTQIA+ MUNY, BUD LIGHT EXPLETIVE-FILLED RANT: ‘IF YOU’RE GAY, GOD BLS YOU’

Gay Water is here to turn the tis wh a premixed cktail that was tentnally signed for everyone.  * bud light gay *

“There’s lots of space the spir-based seltzer tegory which Gay Water n play, pecially if the brand n offer a cultural or emotnal nnectn that will feel more excg than the prospect of another peapple-flavored vodka seltzer om natnal or ternatnal rporatns, ” Roth said. Of urse, other drks e the word “gay, ” too, cludg Gay Beer and So Gay Rosé, Hodson noted, which are also tryg to reach the queer muny and offer them an alternative the straight-domated space. Baird, notably, reached out to his gay neighbors on Castro Street, key among them a radil labor activist named Howard Wallace and a lol mera-shop owner and aspirg polician, Harvey Milk.

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

In a sea of nned cktails, Gay Water wants to stand out. * bud light gay *

Milk told Baird that he had to get unn jobs for openly gay men and women.

Baird agreed to both, and a historic gay–labor aln was born.

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

Lnchg Thursday is a brightly lored nned vodka and soda beverage lled Gay Water that proudly displays who ’s for, stead of backg off om support for the LGBTQ+ muny like Bud Light did. * bud light gay *

’ ” Owners and patrons plied, and Coors beme a rare sight at gay bars and clubs. By the 1990s, Joe and other fay members were also lked to Moral Majory and anti-gay, fay-valu ndidat and . ” It was, the leaflet said, “Trickle Down Homophobia.

As Joe’s brother Bill put a 1977 meetg wh gay activists Los Angel, “We found out that the gay muny was havg a boytt of our product, and this was the first time that we knew there was a very well-fed gay muny. In 1979 Coors add sexual orientatn to s nondiscrimatn clse and began payg for ads gay publitns. Many gay activists refed to see the efforts as anythg more than disgenuo payoffs and have vigoroly protted Coors’ sponsorships over the years.

In 1979, when the pany sought to open a send brewery on the East Coast, Virgia’s Shenandoah Valley, lols worried that their home would bee “a haven for homosexuals” bee of Coors’ advertisg mpaigns.

‘BOOK OF MORMON’ STAR CLAR ‘BUD LIGHT IS GAY’ AMID DYLAN MULVANEY NTROVERSY

ST. LOUIS—In an effort to distance self om a ntroversial marketg mpaign featurg a transgenr fluencer, Anhser-Bch nfirmed Thursday that all ns of Bud Light beer had unrgone gay nversn therapy. “As of today, all of our Bud Light ns, bottl, and kegs have been fully cleansed of all trac… * bud light gay *

It ultimately took the pany two years to secure the land for s new brewery, all while litely balancg overtur to both nservativ and gay nsumers.

HEY BUD LIGHT BOYTTERS, PROTTG BEER IS ACTUALLY REALLY GAY

* bud light gay *

” It simply wasn’t worth to try to w them over, suggted the firm: “The gay muny’s negative feelgs n ep. The gay Tiger Kg star and beer giant are not the strangt bedfellows. Budweiser- Try puttg the worlds favore transphobic gay redneck on a n and get back to sellg beer.

“Budweiser- Try puttg the world’s favore transphobic gay redneck on a n and get back to sellg beer, ” tweeted Exotic, who is currently servg a 21-year prison sentence for payg to murr wildlife activist Carol Bask. READ NEXTBarbie is Not the Only Doll Diva to Inspire DevotnAtomic Blon: Our Film Crics Discs ‘Barbie’ and ‘Oppenheimer’Florida Gay Nu Rort Can’t Ban Women, Judge RulDeSantis Campaign Shar Homoerotic Ad Toutg Anti-LGBTQ Rerd.

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.

GAY WATER, A NEW NNED CKTAIL, WANTS TO BE THE ANTI-BUD LIGHT

In a sea of nned cktails, Gay Water wants to stand out. * bud light gay *

"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.

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

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. New York (CNN) — In a sea of nned cktails, Gay Water wants to stand out. This turn has led to a rponse of an altogether more lic variety: Gay Water, a new premium nned cktail brand packaged lorful ntaers and named after the slang term ed for vodka and soda water wh lemon or lime, a popular drk served gay bars.

WATCH: ACTOR PERFORMS “BUD LIGHT IS GAY” SONG

Gay Water offers four different varieti of sugar-ee, gluten-ee vodka and soda cktails bed wh var, well, uy flavorg agents: watermelon, peach, lime, and grapeu.

Gay means happy. Appearg time to take advantage of the nned cktail boom, Gay Water won't be direct petn wh Bud Light, which is a beer brand. Hodson, a gay man, is not only terted Gay Water appealg to LGTBQ+ nsumers, of urse.

HOWARD STERN AND ROSIE O’DONNELL SLAM KID ROCK FOR SHOOTG BUD LIGHT CANS, SHOW SUPPORT FOR DYLAN MULVANEY: ‘GAY PEOPLE DRK BEER, TOO’

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.

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.

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

“I’m not bothered by gay people or transsexual people. Well, ors le was actually the first beer pany to promote gay rights all the way back 1978. I thought we all already knew drkg Bud Light was gay...

GAY WATER, A NEW NNED CKTAIL, WANTS TO BE THE ANTI-BUD LIGHT

When was not gay? When I saw men drkg ten years ago I thought the same as I do today, "GAY!

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

So, GAY!

CHARL BARKLEY FENDS LGBTQIA+ MUNY, BUD LIGHT EXPLETIVE-FILLED RANT: ‘IF YOU’RE GAY, GOD BLS YOU’

As the Bud Light ntroversy blaz on, some angered ctomers are searchg for olr, ridiculoly-dubbed ‘pre-gay’ versns of the giftg transgenr fluencer Dylan Mulvaney wh a personalized beer n celebratg her “365 days of girlhood, ” Bud Light has e unr fire. ‘Pre-Gay Bud Light’ go up for saleSome people have taken upon themselv to sell ns of ‘Pre-Gay Bud Light’ on the lik of eBay and Facebook has spawned a slew of mem about beer lovers huntg for the beverag. Whout specifilly outlg what a ‘Pre-Gay Bud Light’ uld be, one n assume is a cel jab about the pany’s public support of LGBTQ+ muni.

It is then perceived as a beer produced before all the ntroversy 5 beer pani that support LGBTQ+ muni‘Bids startg at $200’Although there is no difference between the beverag pre- and post-ntroversy, that hasn’t stopped trated ctomers om phg the ia that there is a ‘Pre-Gay Bud Light’ are jokgly lookg to explo those who are termed to get their hands on ‘Pre-Gay Bud Light’.

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

“I have a pre-gay 12 pack of bud light the idge, ima hold & sell for some thoands to some republin, ” one Twter er joked.

“I have a whole unopened 30 pack of pre gay bud light. Bids startg at $200, ” another support via phone, one-to-one chat or email you n ntact The Gay, Lbian, Bisexual and Transgenr Natnal Hotle: (888) 843-4564. "The benefs of appealg to one dience may outweigh the sts of another dience, " Schwezer some s, however, boytts succeed bee advot rema foced for a prolonged perd and a target prov sensive to the prsure, experts 2019, celebri Ellen Degener and Gee Clooney lled for a boytt of Bnei-owned hotels worldwi bee the untry punished gay sex and adultery wh the ath penalty.

GAY WATER, A NEW NNED CKTAIL, WANTS TO BE THE ANTI-BUD LIGHT

Ultimately, Bnei cid not to impose the ath penalty for offenrs of the anti-gay law.

Donohoe add that ’s no different om how brands now feature other mory groups, such as the gay muny, as part of mpaigns a way they didn’t generatns ago. In two s of partnerg wh GLAAD (formerly the Gay & Lbian Alliance Agast Defamatn), Bud Light hasn’t let the gay muny down.

ANHSER-BCH CONFIRMS ALL BUD LIGHT CANS HAVE UNRGONE GAY CONVERSN THERAPY

This year marks the 50th anniversary of the rts at New York’s Stonewall Inn that lnched the gay rights movement. The new limed-edn bottl will benef GLAAD, the world's largt lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer media advocy anizatn.

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

Bud Light is partnerg wh GLAAD, the world’s largt lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer media advocy anizatn. In a sea of nned cktails, Gay Water wants to stand out.

GAY WATER, A NEW NNED CKTAIL, WANTS TO BE THE ANTI-BUD LIGHT

“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. “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. “Gay is an umbrella term and the ia behd the brand is to be as clive as possible, which means we want alli, we want straight people to be part of this muny we’re buildg.”.

CHARL BARKLEY FENDS LGBTQIA+ MUNY, BUD LIGHT EXPLETIVE-FILLED RANT: ‘IF YOU’RE GAY, GOD BLS YOU’

Gay Water might not have the ep pockets pared to s petors, like Whe Claw, but “even at small sle, pani of many siz are havg succs makg spir-based seltzers and premixed cktails,” Bryan Roth, an analyst for Feel Goods Company and edor of the alhol beverage newsletter, Sightl+, told CNN.

“There’s lots of space the spir-based seltzer tegory which Gay Water n play, pecially if the brand n offer a cultural or emotnal nnectn that will feel more excg than the prospect of another peapple-flavored vodka seltzer om natnal or ternatnal rporatns,” Roth said. Of urse, other drks e the word “gay,” too, cludg Gay Beer and So Gay Rosé, Hodson noted, which are also tryg to reach the queer muny and offer them an alternative the straight-domated space. Disney is a particularly pellg se, that ially remaed quiet about Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” bill and was wily cricized for by LGBTQ groups and advot.

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

Beyond the 2016 “Labels” spot, the Bud Light Party mpaign also clud a fun ad about gay weddgs. Bud Light, so pafully gay, now I’m gonna chug one for the LGBTQIA.

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

“OK, I’m not sure I mentned , but Bud Light is gay! Amid 2023’s wave of anti-trans hate, right-wg beer drkers are llg for a boytt of Bud Light—a beer that gay people fely love—over s recent brand partnership wh transgenr actrs Dylan Mulvaney.

For starters, the mob’s only plat seems to be that Mulvaney is a trans woman—a crime I m every day—but the current movement agast Bud Light don’t seem to know that, historilly speakg, boyttg beer is one of the gayt thgs you n do. On the heels of the Lavenr Sre, when gay and lbian ernment employe were forced om their jobs 1950, protectns for queer people the workplace were virtually nonexistent (the first statewi protectns for LGBT workers me 1982, shout out Wisns). The vibe of gay panic ntued well to the 60s and 70s, when the Coors Brewg Company ed polygraph tts to screen job ndidat for what scribed as “potential troublemakers.

GAY WATER, A NEW NNED CKTAIL, WANTS TO BE THE ANTI-BUD LIGHT

Bee of the pany’s reputatn for homophobic hirg practic, unn print Allan Baird reached out to iend and LGBT muny anizer Harvey Milk to help grow the boytt.

Milk—who later beme the first publicly gay elected official the Uned Stat—put out an impassned ll his Bay Area Reporter lumn wh the headle “Teamsters Seek Gay Help.

*BEAR-MAGAZINE.COM* BUD LIGHT GAY

Move Over Bud Light, Gay Water Is Here and It's Queer - INTO .

TOP