Is the "Very Gay Raptor" a social media hoax or a real thg om Ford Motor Co.? Here's the unsettlg answer.
Contents:
- FACT CHECK: HAS FORD ROLLED OUT AN LGBT 'VERY GAY RAPTOR' TCK?
- FORD ACTUALLY BUILT A 'VERY GAY RAPTOR' RPONSE TO AN TER TROLL
- FORD ROLLS OUT 'VERY GAY' TCK RPONSE TO HOMOPHOBIC TROLL
- FORD GERMANY UNVEILS ‘VERY GAY’ TCK, PATED GLTER GOLD AND RABOW LORS, EPIC RPONSE TO HOMOPHOB
- FORD UNVEILED A 'VERY GAY' TCK RPONSE TO A HOMOPHOBIC COMMENTER
- FORD’S ‘VERY GAY RAPTOR’ SET TO REFE ‘TOUGH’ AT GOODWOOD
- FORD BUILDS 'VERY GAY' RANGER RAPTOR IN RPONSE TO HOMOPHOBIC COMMENT
- FORD DROPS ADS GAY-ORIENTED MAGAZ
- OLR/ FATTER - NIWEZIJDS GAY SNA
FACT CHECK: HAS FORD ROLLED OUT AN LGBT 'VERY GAY RAPTOR' TCK?
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 truck ad *
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 Motor Company has stepped over an ad that actually me out Europe ten months ago featurg gay pri lors, jt now htg social media the Uned Stat, settg on fire wh lls to boytt the r pany which now has a fe Bud Light vibe.
FORD ACTUALLY BUILT A 'VERY GAY RAPTOR' RPONSE TO AN TER TROLL
Ford celebrat Pri Month wh a 2022 Bron Wildtrak rated the same lor scheme as 2021's 'Very Gay' Raptor Ranger. * gay ford truck ad *
” It shows a rabow-lored tck racg the mud tryg to portray as macho while phg the gay theme. If I was gay, this would make me straight.
This year, 's a new Ford Bron Wildtrak 2-door and wears the same rabow and glter gold livery as last year's "Very Gay Raptor" built rponse to an ter troll. -But that blue lor is very Gay!! In rponse, Ford created the rabow Ranger Raptor, postg on social media, "'Very Gay' was a pliment, right?
FORD ROLLS OUT 'VERY GAY' TCK RPONSE TO HOMOPHOBIC TROLL
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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. The ad featur the Worlds Strongt Men to nvce you how tough the new “Very Gay Raptor” really is!
The ad shared by London featur Rob Kearney, the first openly gay petor the World’s Strongt Man petn, talkg up the allyship he found the event.
Others also recently posted promotnal vios of the “Very Gay Raptor, ” a rabow flag-becked versn of the $56, 000-pl tw-turbo performance tck:. The only thg that’s wrong about the statements is that the “Very Gay Raptor” isn’t somethg new.
FORD GERMANY UNVEILS ‘VERY GAY’ TCK, PATED GLTER GOLD AND RABOW LORS, EPIC RPONSE TO HOMOPHOB
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 truck ad *
“Ford will ntue monstratg s allyship wh the LGBTQ+ muny at the Goodwood Ftival of Speed this week, brgg ‘Very Gay Raptor’ and the Next-Gen Ranger Raptor along for the ri, ” Ford said a news release last June, clarg that the tck would “refe ‘tough.
“Created 2021, ‘Very Gay Raptor’ was born rponse to a negative ment on social media, wh Ford renrg s most bada** nameplate sparklg gold adorned wh rabow graphics, ” the news release said. ‘Very Gay’ was a pliment, right? ✨? #VeryGayRaptor.
FORD UNVEILED A 'VERY GAY' TCK RPONSE TO A HOMOPHOBIC COMMENTER
"You asked Ford to make the Very Gay Raptor a realy… and we heard you." * gay ford truck ad *
Footage of the “Very Gay Raptor” also featur promently a rep of Ford’s numero petn rs and productn specials at Goodwood last year:. Whereas prevly an ostentatly woke mpaign specifilly targetg nsumer products that are cidly unwoke would fly unr the radar for most people, the “Very Gay Raptor” sudnly seems like a “Very Bad Ia” — particularly for a pany stgglg other areas at prent that has to sell the Ford Ranger Raptor to a mostly male, generally nservative clientele that’s not nsirg a sendhand Nissan Leaf the Raptor’s stead. (Before Mulvaney), ’ll be cur to see what Ford do wh the “Very Gay Raptor” and what kd of publicy gets over the next few months.
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FORD’S ‘VERY GAY RAPTOR’ SET TO REFE ‘TOUGH’ AT GOODWOOD
An onle menter lled the new Ford Raptor Ranger "gay," so Ford created the #VeryGayRaptor time for Berl's Pri celebratns. * gay ford truck ad *
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Ford Ranger Very Gay Raptor 04. Ford Ranger Very Gay Raptor 05. 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 .
FORD BUILDS 'VERY GAY' RANGER RAPTOR IN RPONSE TO HOMOPHOBIC COMMENT
“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 * gay ford truck ad *
-But that blue lor is very Gay!! ✨? #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.
FORD DROPS ADS GAY-ORIENTED MAGAZ
Ford Motor Co. has dropped advertisg gay-oriented publitns after the threat of a boytt by the nservative Amerin Fay Associatn. The group has cricized the r manufacturer for supportg what nsired an immoral liftyle. * gay ford truck ad *
Ford Very Gay RaptorWhen Ford Germany recently unveiled s new blue Ford Ranger Raptor, got plenty of praise, but there was one piece of feedback the pany said “stopped our tracks. — 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. Ford Germany is throwg a tckload of sha at a person who said that one of s latt releas was “ol, ” but the lor was “gay. But that blue lor is very Gay!!
”Ford Europe rpond to the ment wh glz, glam and gay lors, sharg on social media a 30-send animatn showg what a “very gay” tck would look like: pated gold glter, wh a rabow on s si. Breakg NewsAs happensGet updat on the ronavis panmic and other news as happens wh our ee breakg news email ptn read, “‘Very Gay’ was a pliment, right? ” followed by a rabow emoji and the hashtag pany later cid to “take one step further” and created a very real, very queer gold-and-rabow Raptor tck — which also wh a pk heart on the Very Gay Raptor was troduced to the world over the weekend, durg Christopher Street Day Cologne, the cy’s versn of LGBTQ Germany, which is based Cologne, has participated the cy’s Pri celebratns for the last 25 “very gay” tck, which was ed the Pri para, was wrapped 30 square meters (323 square feet) “of foil the unique rabow and gold dt sign, ” the pany said a took workers around 60 hours to transform a regular tck to a Very Gay pany also featured a rabow-lored Ford Ka, a now-disntued pact r, which Ford had brought to the 1998 Christopher Street Day celebratns.
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Out the wild wh the #Ford #NextGenRangerRaptor and #VeryGayRaptor who will be partnerg up at @fosgoodwood to Drive out Discrimatn the tomotive dtri. Learn about the Very Gay Raptor on our #FordBlog ? #FOS — Ford News Europe (@FordNewsEurope) June 21, 2022 A prs release was posted to Ford’s webse last year about the tck seen the mercial, lled “Very Gay Raptor.
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.
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.