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Contents:

• FORD’S ‘VERY GAY RAPTOR’ SET TO REFE ‘TOUGH’ AT GOODWOOD
• FORD CREATED A RABOW 'VERY GAY' RANGER RAPTOR IN RPONSE TO AN ONLE TROLL
• FORD CREATED A RABOW ‘VERY GAY’ RANGER RAPTOR IN RPONSE TO AN ONLE TROLL
• FORD ACTUALLY BUILT A 'VERY GAY RAPTOR' RPONSE TO AN TER TROLL
• FACT CHECK: HAS FORD ROLLED OUT AN LGBT 'VERY GAY RAPTOR' TCK?
• IS THE FORD 'VERY GAY RAPTOR' TCK REAL?
• DID FORD REALLY MAKE A “VERY GAY RAPTOR” MERCIAL?
• FORD BUILDS 'VERY GAY' RANGER RAPTOR RPONSE TO HOMOPHOBIC MENT
• FACT CHECK: HAS FORD ROLLED OUT AN LGBT ‘VERY GAY RAPTOR’ TCK?

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

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.

” 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. “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.

FORD CREATED A RABOW 'VERY GAY' RANGER RAPTOR IN RPONSE TO AN ONLE TROLL

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.

FORD CREATED A RABOW ‘VERY GAY’ RANGER RAPTOR IN RPONSE TO AN ONLE TROLL

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. While the practice is, luckily, beg more and more a thg of the past, there are sadly still people out there who will e the term "gay" as a pejorative.

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

That kd of sual, everyday homophobia is ls socially acceptable than ed to be— part due to the fact that now people are more cled to ll out when they see or hear . One menter om Germany, however, scribed the choice of blue lor as "very gay."There is an argument to be ma that when faced wh such an immature, regrsive ment, you should simply ignore , so as to ny that dividual of the attentn they are tryg to get.

The marketg team at Ford adopted a slightly different approach, and stead took the ment as a challenge: What would a "very gay" versn of their tck look like?More From Men's Health"Our latt Raptor reveal has had a lot of attentn," Ford stated on social media. "But one ment stopped our tracks." Enter the #VeryGayRaptor: a sparkly gold Ranger cked out the lors of the rabow flag. — But that blue lor is very Gay!!

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

” 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’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.

IS THE FORD 'VERY GAY RAPTOR' TCK REAL?

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.

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

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. 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 BUILDS 'VERY GAY' RANGER RAPTOR RPONSE TO HOMOPHOBIC MENT

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.

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

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.