On the ABC edy's 40th anniversary, Michael Montlack reflects on how he learned to be gay om a straight actor playg a straight character pretendg to be gay.
Contents:
- COMPANY GO FULL-ON BUD LIGHT WH ‘GAY WATER’ RELEASE
- CANNED COCKTAIL GAY WATER AIMS TO RIGHT BUD LIGHT'S LACK OF LGBTQ+ SUPPORT
- DO BOBBY NEED TO BE OPENLY GAY STEPHEN SONDHEIM’S REVISED ‘COMPANY’?
- THREE'S COMPANY MA ME THE GAY MAN I AM TODAY
- STEPHEN SONDHEIM REWORKG SEMAL 'COMPANY' TO MAKE LEAD GAY
- WHY HAVE SO MANY GAY ACTORS PLAYED THE ROLE OF "BOBBY" IN COMPANY?
- OPENLY GAY THE BOARDROOM: WHY SO FEW LGBTQ EXECUTIV LEAD AMERI'S LARGT PANI
- CEOS WHO ARE OPENLY GAY
- 12 BIGGT COMPANI WH GAY CEOS
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 trans TikTok star Dylan Mulvaney. * gay in company *
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.
CANNED COCKTAIL GAY WATER AIMS TO RIGHT BUD LIGHT'S LACK OF LGBTQ+ SUPPORT
* gay in company *
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.
DO BOBBY NEED TO BE OPENLY GAY STEPHEN SONDHEIM’S REVISED ‘COMPANY’?
The qutn of whether the lead character Stephen Sondheim's semal 1970 mil <em>Company</em> is gay has been hoverg over the show for years. Now, Sondheim, along wh director John Tiffany, is reworkg the show to make explicly clear. * gay in company *
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. In a sea of nned cktails, Gay Water wants to stand out.
THREE'S COMPANY MA ME THE GAY MAN I AM TODAY
The show was wrten for Anthony Perks, who at the last mute had to drop the list of gay actors who played "Bobby" CompanyLarry KertGee Chakiris (Natnal Tour)John BarrowmanRl ... * gay in company *
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.
STEPHEN SONDHEIM REWORKG SEMAL 'COMPANY' TO MAKE LEAD GAY
Apple CEO Tim Cook may be "proud to be gay," but he is not alone. More pany chiefs are makg their sexual orientatn known. Here is a list. * gay in company *
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.
WHY HAVE SO MANY GAY ACTORS PLAYED THE ROLE OF "BOBBY" IN COMPANY?
“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.
OPENLY GAY THE BOARDROOM: WHY SO FEW LGBTQ EXECUTIV LEAD AMERI'S LARGT PANI
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.
CEOS WHO ARE OPENLY GAY
“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.
12 BIGGT COMPANI WH GAY CEOS
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.