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

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

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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.

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“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.

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“When was the last time you saw the word gay at a rtrant, bar, liquor store, or grocery store? The word ‘gay’ origally was fed as happy, and we’re hopg to remd folks of that by beg prent, ” he add. 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.

THE QUEER HISTORY (AND PRENT) OF NYC'S VILLAGE HALLOWEEN PARAJEANNE FLEMG, ARTISTIC/PRODUCG DIRECTOR OF THE PARA FOR MORE THAN 30 YEARS, FILLS {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}LIFEBY BRYAN VAN GORROCTOBER 22, 2018/1:19 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:4912PX;WIDTH:7360PX;}COURTY OF THE VILLAGE HALLOWEEN PARABY BRYAN VAN GORROCTOBER 22, 2018 / 1:19 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"THE QUEER HISTORY (AND PRENT) OF NYC'S VILLAGE HALLOWEEN PARA","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2018-10-22T17:19:29.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2018-10-22T17:19:29.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"BRYAN VAN GORR","KEYWORDS":"TRAVEL","ARTICLESECTN":"LIFE"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NEW YORK’S VILLAGE HALLOWEEN PARA TURNS 45 THIS YEAR. THE ANNUAL PROCSN OF 60,000 STUMED PARTICIPANTS ATTRACTS NEARLY 2 LN TIMATED ONLOOKERS, MAKG THE LARGT EVENT OF S KD THE WORLD. DPE S ENORMO SIZE, THE VILLAGE HALLOWEEN PARA NTU TO FEEL LIKE A HOMEGROWN, GRASSROOTS EVENT DUE MOSTLY TO S HUMBLE ROOTS AND THE TIRELS EFFORTS OF JEANNE FLEMG, THE ARTISTIC/PRODUCG DIRECTOR OF THE PARA FOR MORE THAN THREE S.PHOTO URTY OF THE VILLAGE HALLOWEEN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“THE WAY THE PARA STARTED WAS THAT THERE WAS A MASK MAKER AND PUPPETEER WHO LIVED GREENWICH VILLAGE, AND HE WALKED OM HOE TO HOE AROUND THE PARK—WASHGTON SQUARE PARK—WH HIS KIDS,” EXPLAS FLEMG. “THEN THE NEXT YEAR SOME PEOPLE JUMPED ON. AND, THE NEXT YEAR, MORE PEOPLE JUMPED ON.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}INED, AFTER S SEND YEAR, THEATER FOR THE NEW CY STEPPED AND PRODUCED THE EVENT, CREASG THE LENGTH OF THE PARA ROUTE AND DRAWG MORE PARTICIPATN. THE FOLLOWG YEAR THE VILLAGE HALLOWEEN PARA FORMED SELF TO A NOT-FOR-PROF ANIZATN, PRODUCED THE PARA ON S OWN.COURTY OF VILLAGE HALLOWEEN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“TIM WERE CHANGG. PEOPLE WERE STARTG TO E OUT,” RELLS FLEMG. “IN THOSE DAYS, THE WT VILLAGE WAS FILLED WH CREATIVE PEOPLE AND THE GAY MUNY WAS CENTERED THERE. 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HOWEVER, THOSE MARCH WERE FIANT AND POLIL, NOT THE FLAMBOYANT CELEBRATNS WE ASSOCIATE WH PRI PARAS TODAY.COURTY OF THE VILLAGE HALLOWEEN PARA2017-10-31 NEW YORK CY’S 44TH ANNUALVILLAGE HALLOWEEN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}VILLAGE HALLOWEEN PARADE"]{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“THEN AIDS ME AND THAT KD OF CHANGED EVERYTHG,” SAYS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ALTHOUGH THE VILLAGE HALLOWEEN PARA WOULD RRY ON, WOULD CEASE TO BE THE FACTO PRI EVENT FOR THE CY'S LGBTQ MUNY. IN THE FACE OF GLOBAL PANMIC'S RISE, QUEER NEW YORKERS NCENTRATED THEIR EFFORTS ON CREASG VISIBILY THROUGH THEIR OWN DITED EVENTS AND PRI PARAS.COURTY OF VILLAGE HALLOWEEN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HOWEVER, EVEN TODAY, AIDS NTU TO IMPACT THE VILLAGE HALLOWEEN PARA. THE OFFICIAL AFTER PARTY, HELD AT THE NCLN OF THE PARA, WILL BE AN OVER-THE-TOP GALA EVENT TO BENEF REARCH FOUNDATN TO CURE AIDS (RFTCA). EXTREME STUMER—AND THIS YEAR'S GRAND MARSHAL—MACHE DAZZLE (ABOVE) WILL HOST THE AFTER PARTY'S $5,000 BT STUME {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"MACHE DAZZLE'S PARTICIPATN IS PECIALLY PERFECT BEE THIS YEAR OUR THEME IS, 'I AM A ROBOT,'" STAT FLEMG. PARTICIPANTS ARE ENURAGED TO E DRSED AS THEIR FAVORE CYB, ARTIFICIAL HUMAN, ROBOT, OR MACHE AND, FOR THE PARA'S FIRST TIME, THIS GROUP WILL BE SIGNATED S OWN SPOT THE PARA.PHOTO URTY OF THE VILLAGE HALLOWEEN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AS FOR FLEMG'S FAVORE STUM OF ALL TIME?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“THERE ARE SO MANY. THERE WAS A GUY WHO ME AS VCENT VAN GOGH OM ONE OF HIS PATGS," SHE RELLS. "ONE OF MY FAVOR EVER THE PARA—DID YOU EVER SEE THE TWA AIRLE STEWARSS? THEY HAD THE LTLE ROUND HAT BOX AS PURS. AND THEY WOULD STOP AND POSE. AND THE FIRST WOULD TURN HIS PURSE AROUND AND WOULD SPELL 'T', AND THE SEND ONE WOULD SPELL 'W', THEN 'A', AND FALLY THE LAST ONE TURNED AROUND A 'T'. AND, THEY'D LGH AND N AWAY AND DO AGA."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FOR ANYONE WHO WANTS TO JO, THE 45TH ANNUAL PARA TAK PLACE WEDNDAY, OCTOBER 31, AT 7 {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

Eric Bach is an openly gay broadster for the Frericksburg Natnals. He has major league aspiratns, but his path has been much lonelier than he would prefer. * queer halloween nyc *

There’s no shortage of LGBT and gay Halloween events NYC this time of year. Rivalg NYC’s Gay Pri Para enthiasm, stum and all around queerns is the annual Village Halloween Para down Sixth Avenue. Gay men?

Every year, Gallup releas a survey of how many Amerins intify as lbian, gay, bisexual or transgenr.

“Three out of 10 women unr the age of 25 nsir themselv to be gay or transgenr. Everyone will be eher gay or trans or nonnformg or whatever the list of 50 or 60 different optns there are. ” The edian Bill Maher said on his show that by 2054, if we follow what he se as the current trajectory, “we will all be gay, ” addg that the rise the number of younger people intifyg as transgenr seemed spic.

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Bee of the fluence of Schorr put siarly Natnal Review: “To suggt that social suggtibily uld be playg a role the skyrocketg numbers of young girls’ exprsg their sire to bee mal, for example, is not of urse to say that gay and transgenr people would not exist whout the topics’ beg discsed the public square. ”This fear is based on an unrstandg of genr and sexualy as alarmgly agile, easily undone by a gay teacher or a trans TikTok fluencer.

And so are homosexualy, bisexualy and beg ’s been an objective crease the number of visible L. This is the first time Amerin history that gay and trans people have been able to live as themselv any real way, wh jobs and marriag and dogs and ts and visibily. Major profsnal sports to publicly e out as gay.

Last Febary, Maxen nnected wh lebacker Carl Nassib, who beme the first active NFL player to e out as gay 2021, as he navigated a path forward. “In those days, the Wt Village was filled wh creative people and the gay muny was centered there.

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His sensibily as a gay artist has shaped and elevated the magaze’s athetic, but he has to keep his creativy check lt Mx be seen as a magaze for gay men.

But fish strong, as the nflict over Richie’s bathhoe project grows and Mx has to nsir whether ’s too risky for the magaze to speak to gay men, or even gay moments like this, the historil fictn feels not entirely historil. "Merrie cherryAn extravaganza of the supernatural, all thgs sweet and larger-than-life stum, many LGBTQ Amerins like Roberts hail Halloween as "gay Christmas.

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