Gay Men, We Have a Drkg Problem

Contents:

• HI, GAY! - CANNED VODKA SODA BRAND CREATED BY AND FOR THE LGBTQ+ MUNY AIMS TO DTIGMATIZE THE WORD 'GAY', LNCH WH FOUR INIC FLAVORS
• GAY AA: A LOOK AT LGBT GROUPS ALHOLICS ANONYMO
• FABULO FIZZ: D2C HARD SELTZER BRAND GAY WATER COM OUT
• GAY MEN, WE HAVE A DRKG PROBLEM
• CANNED CKTAIL ‘GAY WATER’ AIMS TO SH ON BUD LIGHT’S DYLAN MULVANEY DISASTER
• LIQUOR LAWS ONCE TARGETED GAY BARS. NOW, ONE STATE IS APOLOGIZG.
• ALHOLICS ANONYMO AND GAY AMERIN MEN
• LGBT ADDICTN TREATMENT: GAY REHAB CENTER

HI, GAY! - CANNED VODKA SODA BRAND CREATED BY AND FOR THE LGBTQ+ MUNY AIMS TO DTIGMATIZE THE WORD 'GAY', LNCH WH FOUR INIC FLAVORS

In other words, where Bud Light has buckled unr prsure as bigotry grows agast the LGBTQ+ muny, Gay Water’s creator Spencer Hodson wants his new boozy brand to be the anthis of that. “The key issue that Bud Light tapped to was the fact that they didn’t unrstand their re dience and know enough about them,” Hodson, a gay man, told CNN about the ntroversy that began when the Anhser-Bch beer brand sent fluencer Dylan Mulvaney a n of beer. Hodson built up a strong social media followg on TikTok and Instagram durg Covid-19 and is g some of the money om that (as well as om iends and fay) to help fund Gay Water.

“Gay is an umbrella term and the ia behd the brand is to be as clive as possible, which means we want alli, we want straight people to be part of this muny we’re buildg.”. Gay Water might not have the ep pockets pared to s petors, like Whe Claw, but “even at small sle, pani of many siz are havg succs makg spir-based seltzers and premixed cktails,” Bryan Roth, an analyst for Feel Goods Company and edor of the alhol beverage newsletter, Sightl+, told CNN.

GAY AA: A LOOK AT LGBT GROUPS ALHOLICS ANONYMO

“There’s lots of space the spir-based seltzer tegory which Gay Water n play, pecially if the brand n offer a cultural or emotnal nnectn that will feel more excg than the prospect of another peapple-flavored vodka seltzer om natnal or ternatnal rporatns,” Roth said. Of urse, other drks e the word “gay,” too, cludg Gay Beer and So Gay Rosé, Hodson noted, which are also tryg to reach the queer muny and offer them an alternative the straight-domated space. Alhol and dg e among some gay and bisexual men n be a reactn to homophobia, discrimatn, or vlence they experienced due to their sexual orientatn and n ntribute to other mental health and physil problems.

For some gay and bisexual men, alhol and illegal dg e, pecially methamphetam (meth), amyl nrat (poppers), and dgs ed to treat erectile dysfunctn (when a man has a hard time keepg an erectn durg sex), also ntribute to a higher chance of gettg HIV and other STDs. - Canned Vodka Soda Brand created by and for the LGBTQ+ muny Aims to Dtigmatize the word 'Gay', Lnch wh Four Inic Flavors Fance Watchlists My Portfol Markets Optns: Hight Open Intert Optns: Hight Implied Volatily News Vios Yahoo Fance Pl Screeners Personal Fance High-yield savgs acunt rat Crypto Indtri Contact Us S&P 500 Dow 30 Nasdaq Rsell 2000 C Oil Gold Silver EUR/USD 10-Yr Bond GBP/USD USD/JPY B USD CMC Crypto 200 FTSE 100 Nikkei 225 HI, GAY!

FABULO FIZZ: D2C HARD SELTZER BRAND GAY WATER COM OUT

- Canned Vodka Soda Brand created by and for the LGBTQ+ muny Aims to Dtigmatize the word 'Gay', Lnch wh Four Inic FlavorsNEW YORK, July 20, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- For many years, the term 'gay water' has been known wh the queer muny as a lloquialism for a vodka soda.

As of today, the brand Gay Water officially lnch to brg that phrase to the mastream as one of the first alholic beverag found and ground the LGBTQ+ Water LogoGay Water is more than a beverage pany, is a brand that will reprent the LGBTQ+ muny 365 days a year. At s earlit fn, "gay" means "happy, " yet over the years perceptn of the word shifted to negative as people began g as a pejorative label for people and actns.

"There has been a distct lack of LGBTQ+ reprentatn the alhol dtry, but Gay Water aims to change this, " says Spencer Hodson, Founr and CEO of Gay Water.

GAY MEN, WE HAVE A DRKG PROBLEM

"Wh three simple gredients, only 80 lori and 4% ABV, gluten-ee and no sugar, Gay Water also aims to appeal to folks tryg to make healthier liftyle choic, but still want to enjoy alhol. Gay Water will lnch wh four rehg flavors: watermelon, lime, peach, and grapeu wh plans to expand to more product l the g Water sgle flavor packs will nta six 12oz ns for $18. About Gay WaterGay Water is not jt any nned vodka soda pany, but a queer missn-driven liftyle brand that aims to celebrate and empower the LGBTQIA+ muny.

We believe reclaimg the word 'gay' by makg visible every day - be at your lol bar, rtrant, liquor store, grocery store, and of urse, your own a pany, we are mted to creatg a safe and clive muny for everyone, cludg our employe, the non-profs we llaborate wh, and the vendors we work wh. 1 In fact, studi show that people who self-intify as lbian, gay, or bisexual are approximately 2 tim as likely to have an addictn than straight peers and transgenr dividuals are close to 4 tim as likely.

Rearch suggts that gay alhol treatment programs mt nsir important factors such as sexual objectifitn, the tersectnaly of multiple margalized inti—pecially the impacts of racism—and high occurrenc of mental health ndns.

CANNED CKTAIL ‘GAY WATER’ AIMS TO SH ON BUD LIGHT’S DYLAN MULVANEY DISASTER

While rearch has not drawn specific nclns about why gay women are so much more likely to mise or bee addicted to alhol than straight women, studi do show certa risk factors for alhol abe the muny.

Studi dite that gay women experience certa mental health ncerns—many of which are associated wh a higher rate of substance mise—more often than straight women. Gay men have been observed to mise alhol as a pg mechanism, as well as part of a pattern of risk-takg behavrs that may be related to addictn, trma, peer fluence, or mental health ndns. Dpe advancements both the unrstandg and treatment of HIV and other sexually transmted fectns, some people still stigmatize gay men based on the AIDS crisis of the 1980s.

LIQUOR LAWS ONCE TARGETED GAY BARS. NOW, ONE STATE IS APOLOGIZG.

Gay men of lor are vulnerable to addnal systemic opprsn, which n be related to the homophobic beliefs about specific margalized muni or the crimalizatn of homosexualy. This is particularly ncerng when nsirg that a 2007-2017 Centers for Disease Control and Preventn (CDC) report showed that over 23% of lbian, gay, or bisexual high school stunts and almost 27% of stunts who were unsure of their sexualy had ed illic dgs, pared to jt over 12% of straight stunts. Statement of InclnGaL-AA (Gays and Lbians Alholics Anonymo) was tablished to serve and have the volvement of lbians, gay men, and others Alholics Anonymo, regardls of how they choose to intify themselv.

Another LGBT dividual said of the procs that led him to a gay group, “I refed to go to the gay groups bee I did not want to be intified as a homosexual. Bee of this, and not beg able to let anyone really know me AA (as this would mean sayg I was gay), I did not make any real progrs my first six months AA.

CEO told Marketg, Gay Water is officially g out as a hard seltzer brand created by, and for, the queer muny, ially available through the brand’s D2C. Hodson explaed the ia for the brand name emerged om the realizatn that the term “gay water” reference to vodka and soda was wispread enough that a straight,. AdvertisementadvertisementHard seltzer is a particularly crowd tegory, but addn to s brandg, Gay Water has a few other attribut to help stand apart.

ALHOLICS ANONYMO AND GAY AMERIN MEN

brand is available via retail, Hodson said Gay Water would engage s muny to shape s evolutn, htg that such feedback may lead to a stronger versn of the drk the future. " In a society where beg homosexual was taboo, not to mentn illegal, those on the LGBT spectm gathered small bars across the untry where they would drk, let down their exterr fens, and miserate wh the people who accepted them for who they really were. The mic, the style, and the laws agast homosexualy have all changed, but that drk is still to today, s after the first brick was thrown at Stonewall, years after the 1990s brought gay characters to the mastream media, and months after same-sex marriage beme a right to all LGBT Amerins, the fn of gay culture is now limbo.

Only problem, however, is that the roundg prence of alhol leadg up to this historic LGBT moment history has given him a b of a drkg no mistake, the lic, grty, and nt history of the gay bar is a betiful one. I cut my teeth on cherry vodka sours well before I turned 21 at a rickety gay bar lled Moby Dicks, sneakg to the si door and tryg not to look the bartenr the eye.

LGBT ADDICTN TREATMENT: GAY REHAB CENTER

But there is this notn that by leavg the gay waterg hol and regnizg the stctive nature of bge drkg as you grow up, you are somehow rebg gay culture and "normalizg" to hetero the Slate article "The Gay Bar. However, this article reprents a popular belief that the substance of the gay ghetto and gay culture is wang jt bee gay bars are no longer the sgular avenu for our liv. Que ankly, the evolutn of morn gay life will only crease the prence of gay culture, as more men and women feel fortable exprsg their inty the way they stead of fightg to keep this boomg bar culture alive, younger generatns are champng new avenu and experienc that allow for gay men and women to navigate other areas of adulthood, wh their LGBT inti firmly tact.

And whether you like or not, 's time to take a sober look at the health of the LGBT urse, alhol e and abe isn't unique to gay, bisexual, and trans people, but has e to be one of our most regnizable tras. But as the CDC stat, alhol and dg e among gay and bisexual men n be a reactn to homophobia, discrimatn, or vlence they experienced due to their sexual orientatn. "This, however, stck a nerve among many people who do not want to see the gay party culture they know watered down for fear of the homogenizatn of what means to be dissentg menter, whose opn was shared by many, wrote rponse, "Drk if you want.

"To me, actg like the gay man I want to be means acknowledgg stctive behavrs for what they are (bge drkg, dg e, etc) and takg the steps to change them. To me, actg like a gay man means seekg better for myself and for my muny so that gay children today do not ntue to have higher rat of smokg, drkg, dg abe, and HIV. My health and the health of the muny I am a part of, however, n means to be gay will forever and always be synonymo wh the fabuloly alternative, the flamboyant, and the queer.