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Contents:
- 茶屋 = GAY QUARTERS?
- THE BOYS OF SHJU: IS TOKYO'S GAY DISTRICT DOOMED?
- YOSHIWARA GAY QUARTERS
- JAPANESE CLOSING THE 'GAY QUARTER'; CHTO R MARK DEMISE OF 64 NAGOYA BROTHELS AS REFORM GETS UNR WAY
茶屋 = GAY QUARTERS?
Beg Asian Amerin and LGBTQ+ n feel lonely, wh stutns such as ethnic church often disavowg non-heterosexual relatnships while tradnal LGBTQ+ spac such as gay bars n be unwelg. * japan gay quarters *
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 BOYS OF SHJU: IS TOKYO'S GAY DISTRICT DOOMED?
So 茶室 is tradnal tea hoe and 茶屋 is gay tea hoe? * japan gay quarters *
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.
YOSHIWARA GAY QUARTERS
Tokyo's gay scene is 300 bars and clubs packed to two blocks, where, perhaps surprisgly an otherwise regimented society, has been anythg go for s. So why, asks our Tokyo rrponnt David McNeill, is the wilst party town g to an end? * japan gay quarters *
“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.
JAPANESE CLOSING THE 'GAY QUARTER'; CHTO R MARK DEMISE OF 64 NAGOYA BROTHELS AS REFORM GETS UNR WAY
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.