Ford’s ‘Very Gay Raptor’ Set to Refe ‘Tough’ at Goodwood | Ford of Europe | Ford Media Center

Contents:

• FACT CHECK: HAS FORD ROLLED OUT AN LGBT 'VERY GAY RAPTOR' TCK?
• FORD ROLLS OUT 'VERY GAY' TCK RPONSE TO HOMOPHOBIC TROLL
• FORD’S ‘VERY GAY RAPTOR’ SET TO REFE ‘TOUGH’ AT GOODWOOD
• FORD UNVEILED A 'VERY GAY' TCK RPONSE TO A HOMOPHOBIC COMMENTER
• HAROLD FORD SUPPORTS GAY MARRIAGE
• JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS KEV MAXEN BE FIRST PROFSNAL MALE ACH TO E OUT AS GAY

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

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 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?

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

✨? #VeryGayRaptor. 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.

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

Advertisg, Automobile, Boytt, bs and pani, Culture, Homosexual Agenda, inty polics, LGBT, social media, Transgenr, Tweet, vio, wokens. Dpe not weighg on the Dylan Mulvaney-Bud Light ntroversy, Ford has ma their allyship well last summer, Ford lnched their ‘Very Gay Raptor’ (VGR) at the Goodwood Ftival of Speed.

— Em McKiernan (@EieMcKiernan) April 6, 2023 View Tweet For support via phone, one-to-one chat or email you n ntact The Gay, Lbian, Bisexual and Transgenr Natnal Hotle: (888) 843-4564. — 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 UNVEILED A 'VERY GAY' TCK RPONSE TO A HOMOPHOBIC COMMENTER

“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. GOODWOOD, UK, June 21, 2022 – 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. The appearance of “Very Gay Raptor” at the event near Chichter, UK, will be ed to further iate important discsns and aimed at drivg out discrimatn the tomotive dtry, and beyond.

As part of this, Ford will be prentg live ssns of s new “Tough Talks” seri at Goodwood om the tck bed of “Very Gay Raptor”, hosted by Welsh gby legend Gareth Thomas, the first openly-gay gby unn player. Created 2021, “Very Gay Raptor” was born rponse to a negative ment on social media, wh Ford renrg s most badass nameplate sparklg gold adorned wh rabow graphics. In a vio teasg the appearance of “Very Gay Raptor” and Next-Gen Ranger Raptor at the event, both vehicl speed through off-road trails vered mud – at tim takg different paths, facg off, yet displayg their equally imprsive and tough abili, regardls of their differg inti.

The Next-Gen Ranger Raptor, appearg for the first time as “Very Gay Raptor”, will make s European dynamic but at Goodwood, tacklg the challengg off-road track between ns up the famo hill, powered by a tw-turbo 3. 0-lre EBoost V6 homologated CO2 emissns 315 g/km and homologated fuel efficiency om 13. (BP)–A one-year boytt of the Ford Motor Company by pro-fay groups is nearg an end but uld be extend bee the pany has done ltle, if anythg, to addrs ncerns over s support of homosexual activism, a spokman for the Amerin Fay Associatn and more than 30 other nservative groups lnched the boytt March 13, urgg Christians not to buy rs om Ford or s seven other brands: Lln, Mercury, Volvo, Jaguar, Land Rover, Aston Mart and Mazda.

HAROLD FORD SUPPORTS GAY MARRIAGE

The groups poted to Ford’s fancial support of anizatns such as the Gay and Lbian Alliance Agast Defamatn, s sponsorship of “gay pri” events and s advertisg homosexual magaz and televisn nearly one year later, ltle seems to have changed at the pany, spe a signifint drop sal — which the boyttg anizatns take at least a partial cred for. “Most recently, Ford has ntued advertisg homosexual magaz such as Out and the Advote….

Last June more than 75 Texas Ford alers signed on to a letter urgg then-Ford CEO Bill Ford to “cease” advertisg homosexual “media and events. “While is te that others do [support homosexual ], they don’t do to the extent that the Ford Motor Company do.

”Among Ford’s offens:— In 2005, Ford gave the Gay and Lbian Alliance Agast Defamatn (GLAAD) up to $1, 000 for every Jaguar sold. In 2003, Ford gave the Human Rights Campaign — the natn’s largt homosexual activist anizatn — up to $500 for each Volvo sold. )— The pany received a perfect “gay iendly” sre of 100 2006 om the Human Rights Campaign.

JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS KEV MAXEN BE FIRST PROFSNAL MALE ACH TO E OUT AS GAY

To achieve a perfect sre, a pany had to, among other thgs, offer domtic partner benefs to partners of same-sex employe, provi at least one “transgenr wellns benef” (such as payg for a “sex-change” operatn or offerg short-term leave for ), provi “sexual orientatn diversy trag” for s employe, and give fancially to the homosexual muny. In 2006 Ford was the lead sponsor at the Detro Motor Cy “Gay Pri” ftival, which clud a mment ceremony for same-sex upl. It also sponsored the 2006 GLAAD Media Awards, which regnized movi, televisn programs and other typ of media for their portrayal of homosexuals.