This week, Papi advis a letter wrer wh an unual qutn: is space gay? Why do LGBTQ folks have an affy for outer space? Papi rponds.
Contents:
- GAYS SPACE: 6 QUEER SCI-FI BOOKS YOU SHOULD READ
- GAY WATER, A NEW NNED CKTAIL, WANTS TO BE THE ANTI-BUD LIGHT
- ‘IS SPACE GAY?’
- LONDON'S LANDMARK BUILDG DOTTED WH STRIP CLUBS, GAY VENU TO TURN TO MOSQUE
- MYGAYSPACE
GAYS SPACE: 6 QUEER SCI-FI BOOKS YOU SHOULD READ
Celebrate Pri wh some of our favore gays space! Here are six sci-fi books wh queer reprentatn you won't want to miss. * my gay space *
Now I’m here to share the love and brg you my favor that feature gays space, a niche but wonrful space the world of science-fictn.
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. * my gay space *
Kiem and Jaan are the most recent members of the “gays space” club, but they f right Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max GladstoneThis Is How You Lose the Time War is full of geo prose and leral star-crossed lovers on oppose sis of a lennia-old war and so much longg. Templer stunngly b the medieval them of jotg for the hand of a fair main wh the drama and actn of robot gladiators, all starrg a ragtag band of space gays smashg the patriarchy. Gion is absolutely an sential member of the gays space are by no means all of the wonrful gays space that you n read about durg Pri and all year long!
In a sea of nned cktails, Gay Water wants to stand out.
‘IS SPACE GAY?’
* my gay space *
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.
LONDON'S LANDMARK BUILDG DOTTED WH STRIP CLUBS, GAY VENU TO TURN TO MOSQUE
“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.
MYGAYSPACE
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. “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.