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

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

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.

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.

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

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

-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? 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.

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

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 edition ford truck *

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 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 edition ford truck *

“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.

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

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

"You asked Ford to make the Very Gay Raptor a realy… and we heard you." * gay edition ford truck *

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AMID THE BUD LIGHT-DYLAN MULVANEY BACKLASH, FORD’S ‘VERY GAY’ TCKS HAVE RURFACED

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 . -But that blue lor is very Gay!!

FORD GERMANY UNVEILS ‘VERY GAY’ TCK, PATED GLTER GOLD AND RABOW LORS, EPIC RPONSE TO HOMOPHOB

✨? #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.

IS THE FORD 'VERY GAY RAPTOR' TCK REAL?

It was also created due to a specific, negative social media menter that lled the Raptor's origal lor of Performance Blue "very gay. " As such, Ford specifilly named this pickup the Very Gay Raptor.

Gallery: Ctom 'Very Gay' Ford Ranger Raptor Regnizg the discrimatory tone of the ment, the tomaker rpond wh an over-the-top image of a rabow Ranger to make the pany's posn very clear. Addnally, Ford's GLOBE (Gay, Lbian, or Bisexual Employe) work celebrat s 25th anniversary this year, supportg LGBTQ+ employe and diversy the workplace. The Very Gay Raptor will be on display Cologne through Augt 28 and partake the annual ColognePri 2021 para on Sunday.

FORD RAPTOR COMMERCIAL – “ALL IN” ON GAY PRI

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 VERY GAY RANGER RAPTOR MAK COLORFUL DEBUT AT GOODWOOD

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.

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

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