Fact Check: Has Ford Rolled Out an LGBT 'Very Gay Raptor' Tck?

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“Very Gay Raptor”’ (VGR) and Next-Gen Ranger Raptor to appear at the Goodwood Ftival of Speed, reaffirmg Ford’s long-term mment to LGBTQ+ allyship

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FORD ACTUALLY BUILT A 'VERY GAY RAPTOR' RPONSE TO AN TER TROLL

Ford builds Very Gay Raptor out of a Ranger Raptor Special Edn a strong stance agast homophobia. It buts at Christopher Street Day Cologne. * gay ford commercial *

A spokperson for Ford said an email to Rters, “The vio is a year old and was created and ed by the Ford team Europe for a specific purpose – to make somethg posive out of a negative onle ment that a lor of our new Ranger Raptor pickup was ‘very gay. Ford did not release a new “Very Gay Raptor” ad mpaign 2023; the onle vio dat to article was produced by the Rters Fact Check team.

FORD ROLLS OUT 'VERY GAY' TCK RPONSE TO HOMOPHOBIC TROLL

Is the "Very Gay Raptor" a social media hoax or a real thg om Ford Motor Co.? Here's the unsettlg answer. * gay ford commercial *

Ford’s “Very Gay” Raptor adopted a gltery gold body adorned wh a wave of rabow nng om the ont si of the r to the back. The Pri-themed Raptor was rponse to a homophobic ment about a Ranger Raptor vio that was shared 2021. Conservativ react to Very Gay Raptor.

FACT CHECK: HAS FORD ROLLED OUT AN LGBT 'VERY GAY RAPTOR' TCK?

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Introducg the Very Gay Raptor was a follow-up to the “Tough Talks” vio seri prented by the pany featurg Gareth Thomas, a former Welsh Rugby player.

Gareth is the first gby unn player who is openly gay.

FORD’S ‘VERY GAY RAPTOR’ SET TO REFE ‘TOUGH’ AT GOODWOOD

Ford Motor Company ran an ad featurg gay pri lors which has h social media the US settg on fire wh lls for a boytt. * gay ford commercial *

In the vio seri, he spoke wh guts about fightg homophobia the tomotive world and shed light on the need of refg how one perceiv the notn of beg tough. Ford’s iative to build the Very Gay Raptor was prompted by what seemed to be a homophobic rponse to their prev versn of a blue Ranger Raptor. The menter wrote that the r was ol, but the blue lor of the vehicle was “very gay”.

However, they took the homophobic jab as a pliment and took a remendatn om another person who asked the pany to pat the Raptor black and requted, they built the Very Gay Raptor wh a gold body and a rabow livery to celebrate their 25 years of LGBTQ+ advocy across Europe.

FORD UNVEILED A 'VERY GAY' TCK RPONSE TO A HOMOPHOBIC COMMENTER

An onle menter lled the new Ford Raptor Ranger "gay," so Ford created the #VeryGayRaptor time for Berl's Pri celebratns. * gay ford commercial *

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FORD BUILDS 'VERY GAY' RANGER RAPTOR IN RPONSE TO HOMOPHOBIC COMMENT

Ford celebrat Pri Month wh a 2022 Bron Wildtrak rated the same lor scheme as 2021's 'Very Gay' Raptor Ranger. * gay ford commercial *

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Ford rpond to an ter troll wh a strong statement agast homophobia, creatg a rabow and gltery gold-wrapped tck that parad the streets of Cologne, Germany to celebrate Pri Day.

"Very gay" is how one ter nizen scribed the new Ranger Raptor Special Edn pickup a ment on a Ford Europe social media post. The pany noticed and, rponse, took the ncept of a very gay Ranger Raptor and ran wh . -But that blue lor is very Gay!!

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‘Very Gay’ was a pliment, right? ✨? #VeryGayRaptor — Ford Europe (@FordEu). What Ford has dubbed the Very Gay Raptor ma s but at the Christopher Street Day para, a LGBTQ+ celebratn Cologne.

The ncept never ma to productn, but was later repated rabow lors by Ford's ternal GLOBE (Gay, Lbian Or Bi-Sexual Employe) group for e Christopher Street Day celebratns for many years. — But that blue lor is very Gay!!

” What happened next was a masterclass shuttg down homophobic a vio released on Twter by Ford Europe, the tomaker revealed s new and improved “Very Gay Raptor” cked out rabows and gold glter. A 60-hour procs saw the vehicle draped rabow and gold glter Alpha foil, then topped wh rabow and heart isn’t even the first time that Ford has cked out a Gay Pri vehicle. It looks like the Ford executiv who uld have stopped their brand om beg the “Bud Light of Tcks” had already done the ed a year ago, when they ran the “Very Gay Raptor” — y, that is s real name — at a major motorsports event.

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Ford Rolls Out 'Very Gay' Tck Rponse to Homophobic Troll .

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