Ford Builds 'Very Gay' Ranger Raptor In Rponse To Homophobic Comment

Contents:

• FORD'S VERY GAY RAPTOR READY FOR GOODWOOD ACTN
• FORD VERY GAY RANGER RAPTOR MAK COLORFUL DEBUT AT GOODWOOD
• IS THE FORD 'VERY GAY RAPTOR' TCK REAL?
• FORD BUILDS 'VERY GAY' RANGER RAPTOR IN RPONSE TO HOMOPHOBIC COMMENT
• FACT CHECK: HAS FORD ROLLED OUT AN LGBT 'VERY GAY RAPTOR' TCK?
• DID FORD REALLY MAKE A “VERY GAY RAPTOR” MERCIAL?
• “VERY GAY RAPTOR” BUILT BY FORD

FORD'S VERY GAY RAPTOR READY FOR GOODWOOD ACTN

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 VERY GAY RANGER RAPTOR MAK COLORFUL DEBUT AT GOODWOOD

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's Very Gay Raptor Ready For Goodwood Actn.

Jt unr a year ago, Ford created the 'Very Gay Raptor' rponse to a ment ma about the Ford Ranger Raptor's Performance Blue lor. In sence, that r was signed to make the loust and most homophobic of Ford's crics unfortable while showg support for the LGBTQ+ muny. Ford cid should make one after a renrg of the tck went viral on Twter, and here we year, the Very Gay Raptor (VGR, as Ford lls ), is makg a eback for the Goodwood Ftival of Speed, where will but alongsi an all-new electric Ford Supervan wh the aim of "reaffirmg Ford's long-term mment to LGBTQ+ allyship.

IS THE FORD 'VERY GAY RAPTOR' TCK REAL?

Ford will also be holdg live ssns of s YouTube seri "Tough Talks" wh host Gareth Thomas, the first openly gay gby unn player. The ments sectn on one of the Tough Talks vios is filled wh appallg homophobic ments om hasn't gone to great tail on what we'll be seeg om the Ranger Raptor at Goodwood, sayg that 'll be tacklg Goodwood's off-road track between ns up the famo hillclimb. That will hopefully give a better ia of what this tck is pable of, as Ford looks to irk more homophob the procs.

Jun 21, 2022 at 2:38pm ET Ford is gog beyond last year's Very Gay Ranger wh the new Very Gay Raptor.

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

In addn to takg a n up the hill there, the Very Gay Ranger's rgo bed will be the stage for ssns of what Ford lls "Tough Talks. " Welsh gby player Gareth Thomas, who is gay, is havg nversatns about how the to dtry n be more clive and foster allyship for the LGBTQ+ muny.

Gallery: Ford Very Gay Raptor For Goodwood Ford has not yet buted the versn of the latt Ranger for the Uned Stat.

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

The origal Very Gay Ranger was a project om Ford of Germany for the Christopher Street Day celebratn Cologne. Its orig was someone on social media llg the tomaker's Performance Blue lor "very gay. " The pany cid to turn the homophobic plat to somethg worth celebratg by buildg the rabow-and-gold pickup.

The Very Gay Ranger was also a homage to a rabow-lored Ford Ka pickup nversn that Ford build for Cologne's Christopher Street Day 1998. In the Uned Stat, Ford observed Pri Month this year by buildg a Ford Bron Wildtrak wh the same rabow-and-gold lor scheme as the Very Gay Ranger and Very Gay Raptor.

Ford created a tck lled the "Very Gay Raptor. ContextThe "Very Gay Raptor" is a real tck created by Ford 2021.

DID FORD REALLY MAKE A “VERY GAY RAPTOR” MERCIAL?

The pany reportedly created the r rponse to a social media post that referred to the "Performance Blue" lor optn on Ranger Raptors as "very gay.

“VERY GAY RAPTOR” BUILT BY FORD

In May 2023, claims began to spread onle that Ford had buted a new tck lled the "Very Gay Raptor, " a vehicle pated gold dt and rabow graphics. " Attached to the tweet was a mercial claimg to show the "Very Gay Raptor" advertised by Ford. @44vatox Ford buts their new 2023 "Very Gay Raptor" #mexintiktok #fortheraza #lgbt #verygayraptor ♬ Spense Mic - Gabriel Andra Produçõ.