In 1791, France legalized same-sex sexual acts for s 29 ln rints. A wave of acceptance for gays and lbians was slow to follow, only gag momentum 200 years later the 1990s, when untri began prohibg employment discrimatn and grantg rights to same-sex partners. Here's how laws have spread by untry, year and natnal populatn at the time the law was enacted. Rearchers generally timate 4 percent of the populatn of the world is gay.
Contents:
- HOW GAY RIGHTS HAVE SPREAD AROUND THE WORLD OVER THE LAST 224 YEARS
- NEW ‘GAY WATER’ LOOKS TO AVOID BUD LIGHT DISASTER
- AFTER YEARS OF PROGRS ON GAY RIGHTS, HOW DID THE US BEE SO ANTI-LGBTQ+?
- I'M A GAY ARMY OFFICER—QUEER TROOPS MT FIGHT BACK
HOW GAY RIGHTS HAVE SPREAD AROUND THE WORLD OVER THE LAST 224 YEARS
* gay rights back in the day *
116 untri legalized homosexual acts startg 1791. The state of gay rights around the world.
NEW ‘GAY WATER’ LOOKS TO AVOID BUD LIGHT DISASTER
A new nned cktail lled Gay Water is lookg to attract LGBTQ drkers and avoid the pfalls of Bud Light's disastro marketg partnership wh transgenr fluencer Dylan Mulvaney. * gay rights back in the day *
Many untri still punish homosexual acts wh prison time, torture and even ath.
A new nned cktail lled Gay Water is lookg to attract LGBTQ drkers and avoid the pfalls of Bud Light’s disastro marketg partnership wh transgenr fluencer Dylan Mulvaney.
AFTER YEARS OF PROGRS ON GAY RIGHTS, HOW DID THE US BEE SO ANTI-LGBTQ+?
The mixture of vodka and soda water, long known rmally as “gay water” the LGBTQ muny, is the brachild of 30-year-old gay entreprenr Spencer Hodson. He noted that the nctn aims “to stigmatize the word ‘gay’ by brgg reprentatn to spac that have not tradnally featured queer products, such as bars, liquor stor, grocery stor, rtrants, hotels and more.
Hodson, who is fancg Gay Water wh his own money pl backg om fay and iends, his brightly lored ns are leang to their gayns stead of avoidg . He told CNN that he worked wh a queer signer to base Gay Water’s red, purple, green and orange lor scheme on pop art and 1990s televisn shows om Nickeloon, a ble work for children.
I'M A GAY ARMY OFFICER—QUEER TROOPS MT FIGHT BACK
“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. A statement on the Gay Water webse not that the word “gay” appears barely any products outsi of Pri Month each June. Acrdg to the statement, the new cktail reclaims the ia that “gay means happy.
In 2019, the Atlantic ran an opn piece tled “The stggle for gay rights is over”. The mise of the homophobic Defense of Marriage Act 2013 was followed by the end of the feral ban on marriage equaly 2015.