After Rajon Rondo directed a gay slur toward referee Bill Kennedy durg a Kgs game on Dec. 3, Kennedy announced publicly that he's "proud to be a gay man."
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- COMPANY GO FULL-ON BUD LIGHT WH ‘GAY WATER’ RELEASE
- GAY WATER, A NEW NNED CKTAIL, WANTS TO BE THE ANTI-BUD LIGHT
- JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS KEV MAXEN BE FIRST PROFSNAL MALE ACH TO E OUT AS GAY
- IN 'LAST CALL', A SERIAL KILLER TARGETS MANHATTAN'S '90S GAY BARS. INSI THE TE STORY
- REFEREE ENDS USMNT ROUT OVER MEXI EARLY AMID ANTI-GAY CHANTS
- LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENR, AND QUEER (LGBTQ) STUDI
- IGOR BENEVENUTO BE FIRST FIFA-RANKED REFEREE TO E OUT AS GAY
- RUDY GAY
- REFEREE BILL KENNEDY, FOLLOWG SLUR BY RAJON RONDO, ANNOUNC HE'S GAY
- THIS GAY REFEREE JT WORKED AN AMERIN HOCKEY LEAGUE GAME, A FIRST FOR THE LEAGUE
- MATT GAY
- BILL KENNEDY OUT AS SEND ACTIVE OPENLY GAY NBA OFFICIAL
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 ref *
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.
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. * gay ref *
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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.
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.
JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS KEV MAXEN BE FIRST PROFSNAL MALE ACH TO E OUT AS GAY
Kev Maxen, an associate strength ach wh the Jacksonville Jaguars, has bee the first male ach a major U.S.-based profsnal league to e out as gay. * gay ref *
Gay Water, however, is out and proud.
IN 'LAST CALL', A SERIAL KILLER TARGETS MANHATTAN'S '90S GAY BARS. INSI THE TE STORY
Brazilian referee Igor Benevenuto has bee the first FIFA-ranked referee football history to e out as gay. * gay ref *
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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.
REFEREE ENDS USMNT ROUT OVER MEXI EARLY AMID ANTI-GAY CHANTS
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Michael Sam beme the first openly gay player to be drafted when the then-St. HBO’s doceri “Last Call: When a Serial Killer Stalked New York” has gaed tractn sce premiered on July four-part seri vtigat the stori surroundg a serial killer who targeted gay men a seri of btal murrs and dismemberments the 1990s. "Like his victims, who were bisexual and gay, Rogers is a gay man, per his trial ’s book go over some of his bgraphil tails: Rogers was the elst of five children born to a fay Plymouth, had had n-s wh the law before for siarly morbid allegatns.
LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENR, AND QUEER (LGBTQ) STUDI
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A total of four murrs were brought up at his trial, but he was only charged Thomas Mulhy and Anthony Marrero’s four victims were middle-aged, gay or bisexual men, last seen at gay bars Manhattan. In July 1993, Michael Sakara, a gay man his 50s, left Five Oaks Piano Bar, where he was a regular, wh Rogers and was never seen the killgs, evince prented durg Rogers’ trial stated that he stopped visg the bars. And throughout June, there were Barbie floats gay pri paras across the untry.
They've crossed paths on the Phoenix karaoke circu before, but only recently did a iend tell him Kennedy's name and what he do for a most refere at the big league level, Kennedy don't seek the spotlight, but found him last December, when he publicly clared his sexual inty as a gay man a few days after the league spend Rajon Rondo for llg Kennedy a "motherfuckg faggot. " Though NBA staff, fellow officials and numero players and ach have known for years that Kennedy is gay, the announcement stantly ma him a public figure.
IGOR BENEVENUTO BE FIRST FIFA-RANKED REFEREE TO E OUT AS GAY
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13, tellg Yahoo Sports, "I am proud to be an NBA referee, and I am proud to be a gay man. He tells Kennedy he was the bt man at his gay 's weddg.
RUDY GAY
And a crowd whose energy was wang before the microphone found s way to Kennedy has been drawn to the man who, jt an hour ago, was visible to referee Bill Kennedy scrib the challeng he faced on and off the urt as a gay manAfter Rajon Rondo berated NBA referee Bill Kennedy wh an anti-gay slur durg a game last season, Kennedy publicly revealed that he was gay. Kennedy talks about the fears he lived wh as a closeted gay man and the reactn he received om the York/AP PhotoFOR A MOMENT that stands as a watershed event Kennedy's life -- and arguably the history of gay people profsnal sports -- the cint at the Palace of Auburn Hills is shroud mystery. He knew that an ter mor -- or even a news story -- on a gay NBA referee might not be a fireable offense, but the acpanyg chatter was exactly the kd of attentn he wanted to avoid.
"Pearl had Kennedy wa outsi the nference room while he went to brief the powers that be on his new fdg: Billy Kennedy was not terted appropriately touchg the female her; Kennedy was a gay the NBA uld fd no report on the Kennedy vtigatn s offic or outsi fil, the league says the matter was put to rt.
"The Letter led to The Talk, " Kennedy says, addg that he's certa his mother knew he was gay before he did.
REFEREE BILL KENNEDY, FOLLOWG SLUR BY RAJON RONDO, ANNOUNC HE'S GAY
After The Talk, he began to venture to gay spac his early 20s -- cludg Charlie's, a gay untry bar a few blocks om where he went to gra school. "Like many gay men, Kennedy existed somewhere between the closet and daylight durg his early adult years.
Though he wasn't out Ref World, there was a tac "don't ask, don't tell" policy between Kennedy and his iends, who operated unr the assumptn that he is gay. And so Kennedy, forced to disclose his sexual inty to the league office New York to save his reer, proceed to spend the next 15 years gog about the bs of the bifurted life of a gay referee. He might not have clared himself openly gay, but when did refere publicly clare anythg about themselv?
THIS GAY REFEREE JT WORKED AN AMERIN HOCKEY LEAGUE GAME, A FIRST FOR THE LEAGUE
"Back Phoenix, Kennedy was a member of an extend circle of young, gay male profsnals who socialized, played sports and traveled on weekend getaways together. Yet as central as Kennedy's gay iends were to his life and he to theirs, he often went missg. "Billy was the origal ghoster, " says Mike Fornelli, a close iend of Kennedy's who owns BS Wt, a popular gay club Sttsdale, Arizona, that Kennedy has equented and sung karaoke at for years.
A dozen men joyoly pose for a gay newspaper Hoton that was verg the event, but one of the subjects is obscured.
MATT GAY
Friends om his officiatg life unanimoly say they eher knew or spected Kennedy is gay -- and didn't re.
All the while, gay iends found his attempt to manage his persona entertag, given that peggg Kennedy as gay might seem obv to anyone wh even a margally tuned gaydar.
"Billy, you don't want people to know you're gay, " Fornelli would quip, "but your hands are on your hips all the fuckg time.
BILL KENNEDY OUT AS SEND ACTIVE OPENLY GAY NBA OFFICIAL
"When disgraced former NBA referee Tim Donaghy effectively outed Kennedy 2010 by tellg a rad host Boston, "It's no secret on [the NBA officiatg] staff that Bill Kennedy is a homosexual, " Kennedy simultaneoly beme more relaxed about his sexual inty around people he knew yet more sktish about the possibily of beg public at a time when social media was explodg.
"Still, Kennedy embraced life as an openly gay man the digal age. Off nights NBA ci were spent at gay karaoke or untry bars, maybe a steam hoe or flirtg on Grdr.
(Kennedy's profile photo is what's known gay parlance as a "headls torso, " om the waist to the neck. The Natnal Basketball Refere Associatn's general unsel, Lee Seham, also got touch to discs wh Kennedy a more nuanced pot: Players who have yelled anti-gay ephets at officials, as Kobe Bryant did at Adams 2011, were typilly h wh a fe ($100, 000 Bryant's se) but no spensn. Adams isn't gay, therefore the "faggot" hurled his directn is regard as offensive and excable, but not hate speech.