BackgroundAdolcence and emergg adulthood are cril perds for an dividual's sexual inty velopment. The ter has bee a primary avenue for gay inty exploratn. The purpose of this study was to exame the role of the ter Che young gay male's sexual inty velopment.MethodsQualative terviews were nducted wh 37 gay mal aged 16 to 29. Data were analyzed g ground theory methods.RultsThree tegori of inty velopment relatn to e of the ter were intified: (1) Gay inty nfirmg, which clus verifyg same-sex attractn and nnectg the attractn feelg to gay inty through nsumptn of pornography, Tanbi (boy's love) materials, and searchg for rmatn onle. (2) Gay inty practicg, clus teractg wh the gay muny to ga unrstandgs of gay subcultur and make close gay iends, engagg same-sex sexual and romantic relatnship velopment through onle group and terpersonal teractns. The ter practice impact on an dividual's gnn and behavr by prentg same-sex sexual ntact is normal and mon, facilatg longg for a romantic relatnship, and facilatg relatnship velopment; and (3) Gay inty pg, clus creasg self-acceptance of gay inty, gag a sense of belongg the gay muny, creasg tonomy sexual and romantic relatnship velopment, and growg nsiratn of g out to...
Contents:
- GAY WATER, A NEW NNED CKTAIL, WANTS TO BE THE ANTI-BUD LIGHT
- THE PROCS OF NTEMPORARY GAY INTY VELOPMENT CHA: THE FLUENCE OF TER E
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. * china young gay *
Most prompts for gay porn, meanwhile, explibly flt to people of ambiguoly LatX scent wh an unrcut hairstyle. 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. “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.
THE PROCS OF NTEMPORARY GAY INTY VELOPMENT CHA: THE FLUENCE OF TER E
“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. 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.
“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. Sexual inty is often scribed as discrete tegori cludg heterosexual, bisexual, lbian/gay, or as a spectm om exclively heterosexual to exclively homosexual (4).