Queerg Che Crossgs Late Twentieth Century Jamai: Larry Chang and the Gay Freedom Movement | Department of Women, Genr & Sexualy

Contents:

• SENOR CHANG'S "HA, GAY!"
• GAY WATER, A NEW NNED CKTAIL, WANTS TO BE THE ANTI-BUD LIGHT
• ACTIVISTS NMN VLENCE AGAST LGBTQ MUNY ST. VCENT, WHERE GAY SEX IS ILLEGAL
• QUEERG CHE CROSSGS LATE TWENTIETH CENTURY JAMAI: LARRY CHANG AND THE GAY FREEDOM MOVEMENT
• CHARL BARKLEY FENDS LGBTQIA+ MUNY, BUD LIGHT EXPLETIVE-FILLED RANT: ‘IF YOU’RE GAY, GOD BLS YOU’

SENOR CHANG'S "HA, GAY!"

Senor Chang's "Gayyyyy" refers to a quote attributed to the fictnal character Señor Ben Chang the TV s seri Communy. Due to Chang's unual enunciatn, upled by his qutnably sophomoric word choice, the scene has lent self to many parodi and YouTubePoop remix on s like Tumblr and YouTube. In one of the scen, Jeff Wger (Joel McHale) tri to spire his stunts by tellg the class that "the most important tool is rpect, " to which Señor Ben Chang (played by Ken Jeong) simply retorts "Ha, gayyyyy!

On November 5th, 2010, webic artist Stephen Gillan referenced Señor Chang's quote his Antics Comic seri, which beme wily known as the Homophobic Seal among the fans.

In this particular ic, two men ci to embrace each other an arctic blizzard orr to survive the ld, when the homophobic seal sudnly appears out of nowhere and yells "GAAAAAAYYYY. One of the first notable remix based on Señor Chang's "Gayyyyy" soundbe was upload by YTPMV artist zumspeedboi on June 21st, 2011.

GAY WATER, A NEW NNED CKTAIL, WANTS TO BE THE ANTI-BUD LIGHT

New York (CNN) — 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. The nned cktail is named after a lloquialism given to the popular mixed drk (vodka and soda) orred at bars by the gay muny.

ACTIVISTS NMN VLENCE AGAST LGBTQ MUNY ST. VCENT, WHERE GAY SEX IS ILLEGAL

“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. 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.

QUEERG CHE CROSSGS LATE TWENTIETH CENTURY JAMAI: LARRY CHANG AND THE GAY FREEDOM MOVEMENT

For now, Gay Water is sold largely onle (wh a few retailers) and four sugar-ee flavors — watermelon, lime, peach and grapeu — at lnch. Gay Water might not have the ep pockets pared to s petors, like Whe Claw, but “even at small sle, pani of many siz are havg succs makg spir-based seltzers and premixed cktails, ” Bryan Roth, an analyst for Feel Goods Company and edor of the alhol beverage newsletter, Sightl+, told CNN.

CHARL BARKLEY FENDS LGBTQIA+ MUNY, BUD LIGHT EXPLETIVE-FILLED RANT: ‘IF YOU’RE GAY, GOD BLS YOU’

“There’s lots of space the spir-based seltzer tegory which Gay Water n play, pecially if the brand n offer a cultural or emotnal nnectn that will feel more excg than the prospect of another peapple-flavored vodka seltzer om natnal or ternatnal rporatns, ” Roth said. Of urse, other drks e the word “gay, ” too, cludg Gay Beer and So Gay Rosé, Hodson noted, which are also tryg to reach the queer muny and offer them an alternative the straight-domated space.