While some untri have ma mov to expand LGBT rights and legalize gay marriage, most Rsians still fd the ia of gay sex "reprehensible."
Contents:
- RSIA TO GAYS: SHUT UP AND DISAPPEAR
- 'WE'RE NOT HIDG': GAY AND LBIAN RSIANS SAY A CULTURAL SHIFT IS UNRWAY
- MOST RSIANS SAY GAY SEX IS 'REPREHENSIBLE' AFTER 20-YEAR SPIKE HOMOPHOBIA, POLL SHOWS
RSIA TO GAYS: SHUT UP AND DISAPPEAR
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.
'WE'RE NOT HIDG': GAY AND LBIAN RSIANS SAY A CULTURAL SHIFT IS UNRWAY
“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. “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.
MOST RSIANS SAY GAY SEX IS 'REPREHENSIBLE' AFTER 20-YEAR SPIKE HOMOPHOBIA, POLL SHOWS
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. 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.