Partners — Big Gay Out

Contents:

• JAGUARS ACH KEV MAXEN OUT AS GAY HISTORIC ANNOUNCEMENT
• BIG GAY OUT 2023
• GAY CISG SPOTS
• BIG GAY OUT 2023
• GAY WATER, A NEW NNED CKTAIL, WANTS TO BE THE ANTI-BUD LIGHT

JAGUARS ACH KEV MAXEN OUT AS GAY HISTORIC ANNOUNCEMENT

In a sea of nned cktails, Gay Water wants to stand out. 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.

Gay Water, however, is out and proud. The nned cktail is named after a lloquialism given to the popular mixed drk (vodka and soda) orred at bars by the gay muny. “Puttg a product wh the word gay the tle is reprentatn self, ” which he hop reclaims the word om the negativy ’s sometim associated wh.

He thought of creatg Gay Water about a year ago while on a vatn wh his iend that had got a job wh the beverage dtry.

BIG GAY OUT 2023

The two chatted about the limed amount of gay people wh , and wh Hodson burnt out om his tradnal day job tech, started the nned cktail. 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. For now, Gay Water is sold largely onle (wh a few retailers) and four sugar-ee flavors — watermelon, lime, peach and grapeu — at lnch. 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.

“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. He had been anonymo until Wednday's his openg statement, Ziegler emphasized that he is a gay man and a registered Democrat who has been acced of betrayg his party.

GAY CISG SPOTS

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Michael Sam beme the first openly gay player to be drafted when the then-St.

Jacksonville Jaguars associate strength ach Kev Maxen me out as gay on Thursday what is believed to be a first for a male ach major U.

BIG GAY OUT 2023

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GAY WATER, A NEW NNED CKTAIL, WANTS TO BE THE ANTI-BUD LIGHT

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This ticket adms one person onto the Big Gay B partg Henrson to Big Gay Out, and clus a return fare. We feel credibly privileged to once aga be workg wh the Burt Foundatn Aotearoa to brg you another succsful Big Gay Out. Alongsi our sponsorship of the Big Gay Out, over the past few years our staff have pched wh ndom packg events, got their sweat on to raise $18, 000 for Sweat wh Pri and our Staff Foundatn provid $25, 000 to fund an at-home HIV ttg programme.

Alongsi our partnership wh Burt Foundatn and Big Gay Out, there are many other ways we’ve been playg our part the Rabow muny. In 2022 we; Sponsored Ōttahi Christchurch’s #ColourfulCashel art stallatn and Kahura Dner, helpg raise money for the Christchurch Foundatn’s PRIDE Endowment Fund Ran our send Proud Colleague Campaign, givg rabow lleagu across ANZ a platform to share their voice and spire the muny Raised money for Q-topia through our Pri Network social events We’ve got some excg thgs planned for Big Gay Out 2023. Once aga we’re lighted to be helpg people and small bs thrive through the ANZ Big Gay Marketplace – makg possible for over 50 stall holrs to take part via the ANZ stall subsidy.