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• I’M 43 – BUT I’M MA TO FEEL LIKE A DOSR BY YOUNGER GAY MEN
• VATNS FOR GAY MEN OVER 40 YEARS OLD
• THE GAY MAN'S GUI TO DATG AFTER 50
• THE TOP LGBTQ+ DATG S AND APPS: 14 BT GAY DATG S
• GAY SENR DATG WH SILVERSGL: REAL LOVE
• GAY SENR DATG - HOW TO MEET GAY SENRS
• GAY SENR DATG: AUTHENTIC CONNECTNS TODAYSHARE GAY SENR DATG: AUTHENTIC CONNECTNS TODAY
• PARADISE FOR MATURE GAY MEN - VISTA GRAN RORT - A GAY MENS RORT

I’M 43 – BUT I’M MA TO FEEL LIKE A DOSR BY YOUNGER GAY MEN

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

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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.

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“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.

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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. 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.

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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. It is important to note that the same-sex soc-sexual behavr observed the study is distct om homosexual behavr bee s motivatn and purpose are social, said Jean-Baptiste Le, who studi primate behavr at the Universy of Lethbridge Canada and was not volved the new rearch.

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To be classified as te homosexual behavr, the form, motivatn and functn would all have to be sexual nature, he said. Consired one of the most popular s among the LGBTQ muny and many others, Zoosk is known for s gay-iendly filters, large datg pool, easy-to-e platform, numero ee featur, and unique behavral matchmakg technology.

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There are many rorts, cis, and vatn spots that are open to the gay muny. You uld vis South Ai for a safari, stay at a clothg optnal rort or sample the Caribbean on a gays-only cise. Cape TownCape Town loted South Ai offers a variety of attractns for the mature gay traveler.

South Ai has bee a socially progrsive and smopolan untry providg employment non-discrimatn laws, marriage equaly and adoptn laws to the gay and lbian muny. While on vatn, enjoy the nightlife at clubs such as Belah Bar and Crew which has a gay and lbian ParadiseThe Dert Paradise Rort loted Palm Sprgs, California, is a clothg optnal gay rort. The property boasts fountas and fish and Carribean CiseAtlantis Events offers and ordat gay vatn packag and a variety of cis.

The cise parts om San Juan, Puerto Ri and charters a major cise le such as Royal Caribbean and ctomiz the cise ship to acmodate the gay liftyle. Referenc Gay Cape Town Gui: About Cape TownDert Paradise RortAtlantis Events: Exotic Southern Carribean Cis About the Author Alisa Herrscher has been wrg budget proposals for a San Diego-based nonprof anizatn sce 2003. Neher is datg at midlife — pecially if you're a gay man.

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Right, gay datg isn't easy. You're never too old to fd love, but that's not a msage gay men hear very often. The gay muny's — OK, let's get real, mostly the gay male muny's — ageism.

"Wh the gay muny, negative stereotyp rerce the belief that gay relatnships are based solely on physil attractn, and that once youth starts to fa, we are unlikely to have any real or lastg relatnships, " says Rik Isensee, thor of Are You Ready? The Gay Man's Gui to Thrivg at Midlife. For every 20-somethg enterg the gay datg scene full of wi-eyed wonr, there's a 50-somethg (or a 60-, 70- or olr-somethg) man back on the market after a relatnship ends.

Do walkg to a gay bar make you feel more out of place than Lady Gaga shoppg for cloth at a mall?